The Israeli settler movement and state both work toward the same goal: the colonization of Palestine, and the repression of resistance to that colonization by the native population.
Israeli settlers and military systematically made life unbearable for the Bedouin community living in the West Bank’s Ein Samiya region. On May 22 they were forced to leave their lands and were displaced for the fourth time since 1969.
Four minors among 30 Palestinians detained by Israel in the occupied territories
Israeli occupation soldiers detaining Palestinians in the occupied territories. (File photo)
RAMALLAH, Tuesday, February 02, 2021 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation forces last night and today detained at least 30 Palestinians, including four minors, from various parts of the occupied territories, according to local and Palestinian security sources.
They said Israeli occupation forces rounded up five Palestinians, including a minor, from Ramallah and al-Bireh district.
Soldiers detained two Palestinians, including a 16-year-old teen, after ransacking their families’ houses in Beitunia city, west of Ramallah.
Soldiers detained two others after ransacking their houses in Ramallah’s al-Irsal neighborhood.
WHO: Health attacks by Israelis against Palestinians persist in the occupied territories during COVID-19 pandemic
An Israeli occupation soldier pointing his gun at a Palestinian ambulance in the West Bank.
JERUSALEM, Monday, February 1, 2021 (WAFA) - In 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) recorded 59 Israeli attacks against Palestinian health care in the occupied Palestinian territory, according to the latest WHO report on health access in the occupied territories.
Of these, 42 percent (25) involved obstruction to the delivery of health care services, including 12 incidents of obstructing access for ambulances to reach persons who had been fatally wounded.
Meanwhile, 61% of incidents (36) involved physical violence against health workers, ambulances, and health facilities, and six incidents involved the detention of health care workers, ambulances, patients, and patient companions.