Israel Approves Major Expansion of Gilo

Project cements Israeli control over strategic Jerusalem–Bethlehem corridor: The Israeli organization Ir Amim reported Wednesday that the Jerusalem “District Planning and…

Israeli sources have reported Sunday, that 40 people were injured in what was described as a “ramming attack” outside a…

Local sources have reported that a Palestinian man died under suspicious circumstances in the Israeli settlement of Gilo, near Bethlehem,…

The City Council in the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, approved a new road that would link between the illegal Mordot…

The Israeli government and the Jerusalem City Council are advancing a plan to build 2,500 units in the Gilo colony, south…

The Israeli “Construction and Planning Committee,’ of the Jerusalem City Council, has approved the construction of 891 units in Gilo…

[Monday Evening August 12, 2013] The Israeli government of Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, approved the construction of additional 890 units…

E.U. High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Catherine Ashton, denounced the recent Israeli decision to construct additional 797…

The Israeli government of Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, granted Thursday its official approval for the construction of 800 units in…

Spokesman for PA President Mahmoud Abbas, Nabil Abu Rudeineh, has strongly condemned the plans to expand the Jewish only settlement…

The “Construction and Planning Committee” of the Jerusalem Municipality decided Tuesday to build 700 units for Israeli settlers in the…

Media reports in Israel and the US over the weekend applauded the removal of a section of Wall near Bethlehem,…

The United Nations slammed an Israeli plan to expand the Gilo illegal Israeli settlement in East Jerusalem and considered it…

French Foreign Minister, Bernard Kouchner, claimed Wednesday that the Israeli plan to construct hundreds of homes in Gilo settlement, near…

Israeli sources reported Tuesday that the United States demanded Israel to halt the construction in Gilo settlement, built on Palestinian…

Israel has begun building 100 new housing units in the Har Gilo settlement outside Jerusalem, political sources said Monday. They…

an Israeli soldier was found near Gilo military check post at theFadi Abu Sa’ada, IMEMC, August 11, 2003 12:44 Israeli…

Israeli occupation forces demolished two agricultural structures and a concrete wall on Wednesday in the village of Al‑Walaja, northwest of…

On Wednesday morning, Israeli forces accompanied by military bulldozers invaded the village of Al-Walaja, northwest of Bethlehem in the occupied…

The Jerusalem Governorate documented Israeli violations in the occupied capital throughout April, focusing on fatal attacks, injuries, abductions, imprisonment orders,…

On Monday, Israeli soldiers invaded the Al-Walaja village, northwest of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, and demolished a Palestinian…

On Saturday, Israeli soldiers invaded the Al-Walaja village, west of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, and handed demolition orders…

Peace Now – Contrary to its commitment at the Sharm El-Sheikh summit, the Israeli government is publishing tenders for 940…

RAMALLAH, Wednesday, February 1, 2023 (WAFA) – The Israeli occupation authorities and settlers carried out more than 700 attacks against…

On Wednesday, Israeli occupation soldiers invaded the Al-Walaja village northwest of Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank,…

On Wednesday, Israeli soldiers demolished a Palestinian home in the al-Walaja village, west of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank.…

Israel has approved a 1 billion shekel ($310 million USD) plan to connect the illegal settlements in occupied East Jerusalem…

The Israeli-Palestinian peace group ‘Combatants for Peace’ has revealed, through a Freedom of Information petition, a massive Israeli government investment…

Israeli soldiers demolished, on Thursday morning, a retaining wall in the al-Walaja village, west of Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem,…

The so-called “Civil Administration Office”, the administrative branch of Israel’s illegal occupation, issued an order for the illegal confiscation of…

Israeli soldiers demolished, Tuesday, three Palestinian homes in the al-Walaja village, west of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, allegedly…

Israeli soldiers demolished, Wednesday, a chicken farm in Ein Jweiza neighborhood, in the al-Walaja village, northwest of Bethlehem, south of…

38 Palestinian homes and 8 structures in the al-Walaja village, northwest of Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem in the West…

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (oPt)…

Summary for February 18–24, 2021 Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continued to commit crimes and multi-layered violations against Palestinian civilians and…

by: Sami Abu Shehadeh Palestinians have the right to enjoy a future of peace based upon justice, tolerance and respect.…

Scores of Palestinians, on Friday, joined family members at the funeral of Abed Al Fatah Obiyat, the worker who was…

JERUSALEM, Tuesday, December 15, 2020 (WAFA) – The Israeli occupation authorities have approved the building of thousands of new colonial…

Summary for November 12 – 18, 2020 Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continued to commit crimes and multi-faceted violations against Palestinian…

The Higher Planning Council (HPC) of the Civil Administration is set to convene to advance at least 4,430 settlement units…

Israeli violations of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory  22 – 28 August 2019   Great March of Return…

Israeli occupation authorities on Tuesday stormed the village of al-Wallaja, near Bethlehem, to issue demolition orders to two homeowners who…

GENEVA, Saturday, August 10, 2019 (By The Palestinian News & Info Agency – WAFA) – The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor…

The National Bureau for Defending Land and Resisting Settlements pointed out, in its latest weekly report, the Israeli ignorance of…

Israeli soldiers invaded, Tuesday, the al-Walaja village, northwest of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and confiscated an agricultural mobile…

by Madeeha Araj/ NBPRS/ The National Bureau for Defending Land and Resisting Settlements said, in its latest weekly report, that …

The Israeli “Construction and Planning Committee” of the City Council in occupied Jerusalem, has approved the construction on an additional…

Israeli forces continue systematic crimes, in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), for the week of 07 – 13 February, 2019.…

The European Union condemned, on Saturday, the Israeli demolition ‎of some 20 commercial structures in Shu’fat Refugee Camp of occupied East Jerusalem,…

Israeli MK Oren Hazan, from the ruling Likud party, described his handicapped lawmaker Ilan Gilon, from Meretz, “half a human”,…

Israeli soldiers injured, Saturday, several Palestinians in the al-Walaja village, northwest of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank. Several army…

Israeli forces continued with systematic crimes in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) for the week of 26 July – 01…

photo: Israeli forces cordon off the area while bulldozers demolish Bedouin Palestinian community. by Madeeha Araj/ NBPRS/PNN The policy of Judaization…

The City Council in occupied Jerusalem approved, Thursday, the construction of 3000 new colonialist units, near Gilo illegal colony, south…

The Israeli government has reportedly informed the Palestinian residents of al-Walaja village, located in the southern occupied West Bank district…

The Jerusalem City Council has decided, Wednesday, to issue construction permits for 240 new units, in illegal colonies in occupied…

The Palestinian ambassador to the United Nations, Dr. Riyad Mansour, announced that the United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, will…

Download / Listen Here Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Monday,…

The Israeli Prime Minister’s office has given the green light, to the Planning and Building Committee in Jerusalem, to discuss…

The Israeli ministry of public security, the police command and the Jerusalem municipality are planning to install new security cameras…

  In its weekly report, the Palestinian National Bureau noted a number of colonial schemes carried out by the Israeli…

Israel’s Jerusalem municipality has reportedly cancelled plans to vote on approving the construction of new Israeli settlement units, in occupied East…

The Local Planning and Building Committee of the West Jerusalem municipality is expected, next Wednesday, to approve about 5,600 illegal…

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The Local Committee for Planning and Building for the Israeli occupation municipality in Jerusalem approved, on Wednesday evening, a plan to…

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The Israeli “Construction and Planning Committee” of the Jerusalem City Council is set to discuss and approve, Wednesday, 20 new…

A lawsuit filed in a federal court in Chile this week charges three Israeli High Court Justices with war crimes…

Israeli Public radio reported, Friday morning, that the Israeli occupation municipality of Jerusalem is to announce plans for building thousands of…

Israeli occupation authorities are planning to build 181 new housing units in Jerusalem, next week, according to the Bilateral Committee…

In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 22– 28…

Israeli soldiers and several military bulldozers invaded, on Tuesday afternoon, Beit Jala city near Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank,…

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The US State Department strongly condemned, in a statement issued on Wednesday, Israel’s continued settlement expansion in occupied Jerusalem. State…

The Israel land authority, on Wednesday, released tenders for the construction of 323 housing units in occupied Jerusalem. According to the…

The Israeli District Planning and Building Committee in Jerusalem has deposited a plan for the construction of 770 new settlement…

The Israeli “Civil Administration”, on Wednesday, approved the construction of 90 settlement units in the illegal settlement of Gilo, Jerusalem.…

PLO Executive Member Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, Tuesday, strongly denounced Israel’s plan to expand three illegal Israeli settlements around the Jerusalem…

At least 21 Israelis were injured among them two in critical conditions, and six six who suffered moderate wounds, in a…

Download/Listen Here       Eleven schoolchildren lightly wounded by Israeli army gas bombs, 20 Israeli injured in Jerusalem bus…

The EU mission in the occupied West Bank, on Friday, said they were “deeply concerned” at Israel’s renewed construction of…

The French Foreign Ministry has called on Israel to halt renewed construction of the Israeli separation wall in the southern…

Thousands of Palestinians and foreigners took to the streets on Friday, to take part in the fourth annual marathon to…

Member of Knesset (MK) of the Joint List party, Hanin Zoabi, reached a plea bargain of six months of probation…

Wadi Hilweh Information Center has issued their 2015 yearly report and monitored the main events in the city of Jerusalem,…

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Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on Tuesday, approved the construction of 500 more illegal settlement units in the Ramat Shlomo…

The Israeli occupation municipality in Jerusalem, on Wednesday, approved the construction of 891 settlement units in the illegal settlement of…

Israeli forces attacked a protest rally by Palestinian Christians following mass on Sunday. Priests, patriarchs and other church leaders marched…

Several Palestinians, Sunday, suffocated as Israeli army forces violently quelled a peaceful rally to protest the Israeli illegal expropriation of…

Palestinian Christians clashed with Israeli border police near Bethlehem, Wednesday, after dozens of demonstrators, including priests, gathered to protest renewed…

PLO Executive Committee Member Dr. Hanan Ashrawi has strongly condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s approval of 300 units in…

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a statement released on Wednesday, condemned the Israeli government’s decision to build a new…

Aida refugee camp, north Bethlehem city, has drowned after the Gilo settlement opened its barrages, throwing all excess rain and…

Big words were used in this latest dispute about Israel’s public announcement concerning construction of 2610 new housing units in…

The Israeli army said, Sunday, that unidentified gunmen opened fire at a military site near Bethlehem. Rockets were also fired…

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[Thursday, May 22, 2014] The Israeli Government of Benjamin Netanyahu, and the Jerusalem City Council, have decided to install 500…