Category: Jerusalem

Israeli occupation forces carried out a series of invasions, home searches, abductions, school closures, and assaults across the occupied West Bank on Sunday, targeting communities in Bethlehem, occupied Jerusalem, Hebron,…

Israeli occupation forces and illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers carried out widespread violations across the occupied West Bank on Saturday, including home invasions, abductions, shootings, among them the killing of two…

In a serious escalation, Israeli forces killed two Palestinians, on Saturday, including a child, in the northern West Bank governorate of Jenin. Occupation soldiers shot a young man near Tulkarem…

Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers carried out a series of coordinated attacks across multiple West Bank villages on Saturday, invading residential areas, targeting Palestinian vehicles, and damaging property in Ramallah, Nablus,…

Israeli forces shot and seriously wounded a Palestinian young man before dawn Saturday, in the village of Qarawat Bani Zeid, northwest of Ramallah in the central occupied West Bank. The…

The head of the Wall & Colonization Resistance Commission, Minister Muayyad Sha’ban, warned that Israel has begun a new phase of colonial expansion southeast of occupied Jerusalem, converting the small…

Israeli  occupation forces carried out widespread invasions, home break‑ins, abductions, assaults, and movement restrictions across multiple areas of the occupied West Bank on Friday, targeting communities in Hebron, Qalqilia, Tulkarem,…

Israeli occupation forces launched coordinated invasions across the occupied West Bank on Thursday, breaking into homes, abducting dozens of Palestinians, and assaulting residents in Bethlehem, Jericho, Tubas, Nablus, Jenin, Tulkarem,…

The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday held a high‑level plenary session to mark the 65th  anniversary of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples…

The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates on Thursday condemned the “escalating campaign of organized terror by illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers against Palestinian civilians,” including physical assaults, arson targeting…

Catholic rights center fights Arnona hikes imposed on Palestinian communities: Jerusalem Municipality Continues the “Arnona War”: Cancellation of Category “D” and Tax Increase on 14 Palestinian Neighborhoods. According to the…

Compilation of news reports – IAK staff (While a “ceasefire” is ostensibly in place, Israel has continued its assault on Gaza without interruption. If Americans Knew considers the war to…

Israeli occupation authorities on Wednesday delivered eviction notices to Palestinian citizen Khalil Basbous and his son Bilal in the Baten al-Hawa neighborhood, while illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers seized the homes…

Israeli occupation forces carried out multiple invasions across the occupied West Bank, Wednesday, breaking into homes and abducting dozens of Palestinians in cities, towns, and refugee camps stretching from Hebron…

Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers carried out a series of coordinated assaults across the occupied West Bank, Wednesday, December 17, under the protection of Israeli occupation forces. The violations targeted multiple…

The Israeli Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee has advanced legislation that would bar water and electricity services to properties registered under the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for…

The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in the occupied Palestinian territory warned on Tuesday that Israel, the occupying power, has intensified its repression against…

Israeli occupation forces intensified demolitions across occupied Jerusalem on Tuesday, destroying homes and structures in Qalandia, al‑Judeira, Rafat and Jabal al‑Mukabber, while issuing new demolition notices. The latest actions come…

At dawn on Tuesday, Israeli occupation forces escalated their invasions across multiple areas of the occupied West Bank, deploying reinforcements toward Nablus in the northern West Bank while continuing widespread…

On Monday evening, Israeli occupation forces shot and wounded two young Palestinian men in the town of ar-Ram, north of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank. Local media reported that…

The United Nations General Assembly has adopted, by an overwhelming majority, a resolution reaffirming the Palestinian people’s right to self‑determination. The vote, held Monday, saw 164 countries in favor, only…

Israeli occupation forces carried out widespread invasions across the occupied West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem earlier Monday, breaking into homes, abducting civilians, and setting up military roadblocks that disrupted daily…

On Sunday, three Palestinian families were forcibly evicted from their homes in Baten al-Hawa, a neighborhood in Silwan just south of Al‑Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem, in the occupied West…

Compilation of news reports – IAK staff (While a “ceasefire” is ostensibly in place, Israel has continued its assault on Gaza without interruption. If Americans Knew considers the war to…

On Sunday evening, groups of illegal Israeli paramilitary colonizers held a provocative procession in Hebron city, in the occupied West Bank’s southern part, as Israeli soldiers closed Palestinian streets and…

On Sunday, December 14, 2025, Israeli occupation forces carried out a series of invasions and abductions across multiple areas of the occupied West Bank, targeting towns, villages, and refugee camps…

Israeli forces and paramilitary militias launched a widescale invasion of various parts of the West Bank on Sunday before dawn, abducting 41 Palestinians and damaging Palestinian property, including chopping down…

Israeli occupation forces carried out a series of invasions across the occupied West Bank on Saturday, breaking into and ransacking homes, abducting civilians, and disrupting daily life in several towns…

The Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates on Saturday strongly condemned the Israeli government’s decision to approve and “legalize” 19 illegal colonies in the occupied West Bank, describing the…

Israeli occupation forces carried out systematic invasions, abductions, and assaults across multiple districts of the occupied West Bank on Friday, leaving civilians injured, homes vandalized, women and youth detained, while…

The Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the United Nations, Ambassador Riyad Mansour, welcomed the overwhelming adoption by the UN General Assembly of a resolution calling on Israel,…

The foreign ministers of Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, Pakistan, and Turkey issued a joint statement Friday underscoring the indispensable role of the United Nations…

Minister Moayyad Shaban, head of the Palestinian Authority’s Wall & Colonization Resistance Commission, condemned the Israeli occupation cabinet’s decision to approve the establishment and legalization of 19 new illegal colonies…

The Israeli occupation’s political‑security cabinet has approved the establishment of 19 new illegal colonies across the occupied West Bank, in a decision that represents the largest expansion in years. The…

Israeli occupation forces and illegal paramilitary colonizers intensified their campaign of abductions, invasions, and assaults across the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, Thursday. Reports from WAFA News, Al‑Jazeera, Quds News,…

The Jerusalem Governorate has sounded the alarm over what it described as a dangerous escalation by Israeli occupation forces and illegal paramilitary colonizers against Bedouin communities surrounding the governorate. These…

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) condemned on Wednesday the Israeli occupation authorities’ approval of 764 new colonial housing units and the unveiling of a plan to establish 17 additional…

Israeli occupation forces abducted dozens of Palestinians and detained many more during overnight invasions across several governorates in the occupied West Bank early Wednesday. In Nablus, in northern West Bank,…

European Union diplomatic missions in Jerusalem and Ramallah, joined by 18 European governments, issued a strong condemnation of Israel’s invasion and occupation of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency…

Israeli occupation forces on Tuesday evening severely beat three Palestinian detainees immediately after releasing them at the al‑Jib military roadblock, northwest of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank. The Palestinian…

Israeli occupation forces carried out widespread invasions and abductions across the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, seizing dozens of Palestinians and escalating attacks on communities from Hebron to Bethlehem. Local…

Israeli forces escalated, on Monday, their demolition operations, destroying several Palestinian-owned homes and various structures in the governorates of Nablus, Ramallah, and Jerusalem, in the occupied West Bank. Nablus In…

United Nations Secretary‑General António Guterres has condemned in the strongest terms the Israeli police invasion of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) compound in occupied East…

Israeli forces shot two Palestinian young men, on Monday, near the Annexation Wall in Ar-Ram town, north of occupied Jerusalem. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) reported that its ambulance…

Reposted with permission from its author – Jack Sara: First Published on Come And See: A prophetic appeal to the 1000 pastors who visited Israel but ignored the Body of…

Jerusalem — Archbishop Atallah Hanna, Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Sebastia, December 8, 2025: Jerusalem has in recent days witnessed a deeply provocative incident that struck at the heart of Christian…

Far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has unveiled a government plan to allocate 2.7 billion shekels over the next five years to establish 17 new illegal colonies in the occupied…

On Saturday evening, Israeli occupation soldiers shot and wounded a Palestinian man near Jerusalem, assaulted and injured two children near Nablus, in the occupied West Bank. Media sources reported that…

Israeli occupation forces continued their campaign of invasions and abductions across the occupied West Bank on Sunday, targeting communities from Hebron in the south, Qalqilia and Tulkarem in the northwest,…

On Sunday, Israeli occupation authorities delivered demolition and evacuation notices targeting more than ten Palestinian residential and agricultural structures near the Arab al-Jahhalin community, south-east of the occupied Palestinian capital,…

Israeli occupation forces shot and wounded four Palestinian civilians on Saturday evening in the town of ar‑Ram, northeast of the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank. The Palestinian…

Israeli occupation forces and illegal paramilitary colonizers carried out a series of assaults across the occupied West Bank on Saturday, leaving multiple Palestinians injured, abducted, and harassed in incidents spanning…

Israeli occupation forces invaded the town of Biddu, northwest of occupied Jerusalem, late Thursday night, unleashing live fire and toxic gas before abducting several Palestinian youths in a sweeping military…

United Nations — The UN General Assembly on Friday adopted five resolutions in support of Palestine, reflecting broad international consensus on refugee rights, accountability for Israeli practices, and the illegality…

Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers and occupation forces carried out a series of coordinated assaults on Palestinian communities across the West Bank on Friday, cutting vital water supplies, abducting residents, and…

Israeli forces tore down a two‑story building under construction on Thursday in Wadi al‑Hummus, southeast of the occupied capital, Jerusalem, in the occupied West Bank. Witnesses said troops moved in…

On Tuesday evening, occupation forces shot two Palestinian workers in the towns of Ar-Ram and Beit Hanina, north of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society…

The United Nations General Assembly has overwhelmingly adopted a resolution demanding Israel’s withdrawal from all Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, including East Jerusalem, and reaffirming the inalienable rights of the…

On Monday, illegal Israeli colonizers uprooted 850 olive trees and grape vines in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron in the southern West Bank. Osama Makhamra, a local anti-settlement activist, told…

Israeli forces shot a Palestinian worker on Monday, near the Apartheid Wall in Ar-Ram town, north of occupied Jerusalem. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) reported that its ambulance crews…

On Monday at dawn, Israeli occupation forces launched wide‑ranging invasions across multiple districts in the occupied West Bank, abducting and detaining dozens of Palestinians after storming and ransacking homes, and…

Israeli forces shot two Palestinian young men with live rounds, on Sunday night, in the town of Ar-Ram, north of occupied Jerusalem. Occupation soldiers assaulted three Palestinians near Tubas in…

Israeli occupation forces carried out a series of invasions across the occupied West Bank, including  Jerusalem on Sunday, abducting numerous Palestinian civilians and assaulting others, while also deploying toxic tear…

Israeli forces launched a wide-scale invasion of various parts of the West Bank on Sunday morning, abducting 54 Palestinians and setting up additional checkpoints and roadblocks in several different areas.…

A report by the National Bureau for Defending Land and Resisting Colonies indicates that both Jerusalem and the northern Jordan Valley, located in the occupied West Bank, are experiencing a…

Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers, accompanied by occupation forces, carried out several assaults,  Monday, attacking Palestinian farmers in Mikhmas northeast of occupied Jerusalem and torching agricultural lands between Atara and Birzeit…

Updated: Israeli occupation forced invaded and violently searched, earlier Monday, dozens of Palestinian homes, interrogated many Palestinians and abducted at many Palestinians, including siblings, a father, and his son, in…

Israeli forces shot two Palestinian young men on Sunday, near the Annexation wall in the town of Ar-Ram, north of occupied Jerusalem. On Sunday night, the army shot a Palestinian…

On Saturday, Israeli forces shot six Palestinians with live rounds in the governorates of Qalqilia, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, and Hebron, in the occupied West Bank. Media sources reported that Israeli forces…

Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers set fire at dawn today to an agricultural room in the village of Abu Falah, north of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank’s central part. Local…

Earlier Friday, illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers have established a new outpost near the Bedouin community of al-Hathroura in Khan al-Ahmar, east of occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank. The outpost…

At dawn on Friday, Israeli forces fatally shot two Palestinian teenagers during a military invasion in the town of Kafr Aqab, located north of occupied Jerusalem in the occupied West…

Israeli occupation forces demolished five residential and agricultural structures east of occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank, on Thursday. According to the Jerusalem Governorate, the demolitions targeted two residential units…

On World Children’s Day, three leading Palestinian prisoner advocacy organizations—The Commission for Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society, and Ad-Dameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association—issued a joint…

On November 20, recognized globally as World Children’s Day, Palestine commemorates its children—those whose lives, education, and dreams have been extinguished by Israel’s ongoing war of extermination in Gaza since…

The UN General Assembly’s Fourth Committee overwhelmingly adopted seven resolutions in support of Palestine, reinforcing international opposition to Israeli occupation policies and affirming Palestinian rights. Palestine’s Permanent Representative to the…

Israeli occupation forces invaded the al-Hathroura Bedouin community east of occupied Jerusalem on Wednesday evening, storming several tents and abducting three Palestinian residents from the Arab al-Ara’ra. Local sources said…

On Wednesday, Israeli occupation forces demolished a Palestinian home in the town of Anata, east of occupied East Jerusalem, in the West Bank, for the second time. The house, owned…

Theodosius Atallah Hanna, Palestinian Archbishop of Sebastia from the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem: Palestine is real. Its people are real—whether some choose to recognize that or not. The inciteful and…

Israeli occupation forces carried out a series of coordinated invasions and field assaults across the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem on Tuesday evening, resulting in multiple abductions and widespread disruption.…

Israeli occupation forces continued their campaign of abductions and invasions across the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, targeting cities, refugee camps, and villages from Bethlehem in the south to Jenin…

Israeli forces shot two Palestinian young men on Monday morning, while they were near the Annexation Wall in the town of Ar-Ram, northeast of occupied Jerusalem. Media sources reported that…

A 26-year-old Palestinian laborer was shot and wounded by Israeli forces on Sunday, near a section of the illegal Annexation Wall in the town of ar-Ram, north of occupied Jerusalem,…

Israeli occupation forces carried out numerous invasions across multiple areas of the occupied West Bank at dawn on Sunday, abducting many Palestinians from their homes during extensive and violent searches.…

Israeli forces shot three Palestinians, including a child, on Thursday evening, after storming the town of Al-Eizariya, east of occupied Jerusalem. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) reported that its…

Earlier Thursday, Israeli occupation forces launched a wide-scale invasion across the occupied West Bank, including the occupied capital, Jerusalem, abducting at least 40 Palestinian citizens, including former prisoners, and subjecting…

Official Israeli police data reveals a staggering 73% drop in investigations into violent crimes committed by illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers against Palestinians and their property in the occupied West Bank…

On Wednesday evening, Israeli forces shot two Palestinians, including a child, after storming the town of Qabatiya, south of Jenin in the northern West Bank. Media sources said that a…

Israeli occupation forces demolished a Palestinian home in Silwan, south of Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank, on Wednesday—marking another escalation in the campaign to forcibly displace…

Israeli occupation forces carried out widespread invasions and abductions across the occupied West Bank earlier on Tuesday, targeting towns, refugee camps, and agricultural areas in a coordinated campaign of repression…

Israeli forces and paramilitary colonial settlers invaded several parts of the West Bank on Monday, abducting and harassing Palestinian residents, wounding at least one and destroying homes and farmland belonging…

The Israeli Knesset has advanced a bill that would give the government sweeping authority to shut down foreign media outlets it deems a “threat to national security,” without court oversight.…

The Israeli Knesset has advanced two bills authorizing the death penalty for Palestinian detainees accused of killing Israeli citizens under what the proposed law defines as “racist or hateful motives.”…

Israeli colonizers and occupation authorities began two new road projects Monday on Palestinian land in the Bethlehem and Jerusalem districts, aiming to expand illegal colonies and fragment surrounding Palestinian communities.…

Two Palestinian workers were injured in separate incidents while attempting to cross the Israeli Annexation Wall in the town of ar-Ram, north of occupied Jerusalem, underscoring the daily risks faced…

Israeli occupation forces carried out a series of coordinated invasions across the central and northwestern West Bank and occupied Jerusalem on Sunday evening and night, targeting Palestinian towns with abductions,…

Israeli forces shot a Palestinian young man on Sunday afternoon, in the town of Ar-Ram, north of occupied Jerusalem. Media sources said that occupation soldiers opened fire with live rounds…

Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers, backed by Israeli occupation forces, assaulted Palestinian land restoration workers and olive harvesters in the town of Beit Duqqu, northwest of occupied Jerusalem, on Sunday. The…

Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers established a new outpost on Sunday near the Bedouin communities of Abu Ghaliya and al-‘Arara, east of the town of ‘Anata in occupied East Jerusalem. The…

Israeli police forcibly evicted three Palestinian families from their homes and assaulted one of the homeowners on Sunday, in the town of Silwan, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied…