Settlements

Monday, 18 August 2025

Middle East Eye 🇬🇧

US does not oppose Israeli development of West Bank settlements, Huckabee says

US Ambassador Mike Huckabee said Israel has the right to "massive" development and that it does not violate international law

The Irish Times 🇮🇪

‘We have no choice’: Palestinian women reveal exploitation working in Israeli settlements

Thursday, 14 August 2025

Deutsche Welle 🇩🇪

Israeli minister unveils controversial West Bank settlements

Wednesday, 13 August 2025

Haaretz 🇮🇱

As a Teen, She Wanted to Protect Settlements in Gaza. Now She's an Anti-Occupation Rabbi

Monday, 11 August 2025

The Times of India 🇮🇳

UCLA funding freeze and civil rights crisis: A complete timeline of federal actions and settlements

Sunday, 10 August 2025

The Tehran Times 🇮🇷

6th excavation season launched at Qal-e Kord cave, one of oldest human settlements in Iran

TEHRAN - The sixth season of archaeological excavations at Qal-e Kord cave in the Avaj county of Iran’s Qazvin province has begun under permits from the Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism, the institute said on Saturday.

The New York Times 🇺🇸

Behind Europe’s Anguished Words on Gaza, a Flurry of Hard Diplomacy

Images of starving children and Israel’s planned expansion of settlements spurred Britain, France and Germany to a tougher stance. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was undeterred.

Thursday, 7 August 2025

Middle East Eye 🇬🇧

Smotrich poses next to 'Death to Arabs' graffiti in illegal West Bank settlement

Far-right minister told settlers accompanying him on visit that Israel will expand its settlements in occupied West Bank

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Settlements ‘annex the West Bank into Israel’

The building of settlements “is going to be a fatal blow for a potential of any Palestinian state”.

The Guardian 🇬🇧

US universities’ settlements with Trump ‘will only fuel his authoritarian appetite’

The Irish Times 🇮🇪

Number of small claims court cases have more than halved since 2019

Pandemic, lack of awareness of the service and more settlements among factors behind drop

Wednesday, 6 August 2025

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Israel pushes for more illegal settlements in occupied West Bank amid raids

Saturday, 2 August 2025

The Tehran Times 🇮🇷

UNIDO to foster resilience, environmental responsibility among refugees

TEHRAN – Supported by the Government of the Republic of Korea, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) seeks to foster environmentally sustainable communities by promoting waste recycling and composting practices, thereby strengthening resilience and environmental stewardship in refugee settlements.

The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱

The youth of Gush Katif: The trauma, struggles of the once-teens of Israel's Gaza settlements

Friday, 1 August 2025

The Times 🇬🇧

Fascists buy up land for white-only communities in Wales

Far-right group has raised £162,000 to create racially exclusive settlements as its leader seeks to create enclaves across Britain

Thursday, 31 July 2025

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Israeli settlers at Gaza border calling for settlements

‘We are ready to move into Gaza right away’ Israeli settlers gathered at the border on Wednesday demanding that Israe

Thursday, 24 July 2025

Middle East Eye 🇬🇧

Emily Thornberry: Starmer has 'a golden opportunity' to sway Trump on Gaza

Senior British MP's comments come with release of Foreign Affairs Committee report calling for return of UN-led aid distribution in Gaza and ban on imported goods from illegal settlements

Tuesday, 22 July 2025

The Tehran Times 🇮🇷

Archaeologists consider new excavation at Qal-e Kord, one of Iran’s oldest known human settlements

TEHRAN – A number of local officials and university experts held a coordination meeting on Monday to plan the sixth season of archaeological excavations at Qal-e Kord Cave, marking the continuation of work at one of Iran’s oldest known human settlements located in Avaj county of Qazvin province.

Friday, 18 July 2025

The Mail & Guardian 🇿🇦

ANC, DA square off over budget

The Democratic Alliance won’t back the budgets for the departments of higher education, human settlements and police

Thursday, 17 July 2025

The Parliament Politics 🇬🇧

A Just Peace Demands Action: The Need to Address Forced Displacement in the West Bank

Earlier this month, I led a Westminster Hall debate on the forced displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank. While the world’s attention remains fixed on the devastation in Gaza, we must not lose sight of the escalating crisis in the West Bank – where the expansion of illegal settlements, rising settler violence, and the demolition of homes and schools

Saturday, 12 July 2025

Haaretz 🇮🇱

Why Is the IDF Sending My Daughter to Guard West Bank Settlements?

Friday, 11 July 2025

The Irish Times 🇮🇪

‘Hanging on by a thread’: Two days with activists protecting Palestinians from being forced off their land

In the occupied West Bank, life is constantly under threat with illegal Israeli settlements rapidly on the rise

Thursday, 10 July 2025

Haaretz 🇮🇱

West Bank Police Chief Says Protecting Israeli Settlements More Vital Than Law and Order

Monday, 7 July 2025

The Irish Times 🇮🇪

‘We are really in a big cage’: Palestinians say Occupied Territories Bill would give them hope

Residents throughout the occupied West Bank describe the fear and deprivations they endure amid the expansion of Israeli settlements

Sunday, 6 July 2025

The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱

Russia downs 120 Ukrainian drones overnight, gains control of Ukraine settlements

More than three years into the war, Ukraine has increasingly been using drones to attack targets deep inside Russia.

The Tehran Times 🇮🇷

Shush: from global heritage to civilizational capacity

TEHRAN—Shush, which embraces UNESCO-listed Susa in southwestern Iran, is considered one of history’s beating hearts and one of the most ancient human settlements not only for Khuzestan people but also for all Iranians, wrote a Shush lawmaker in Majlis.

Wednesday, 2 July 2025

The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱

Mamdani sponsors bill that would ban Jewish nonprofits from raising money for ZAKA, Hatzalah

Mamdani introduced a bill to fine NY nonprofits for funding groups like ZAKA and Hatzalah linked to Israeli settlements.

The Irish Times 🇮🇪

Zero sum recorded for services traded between Ireland and illegal Israeli settlements in 2023

Monday, 30 June 2025

The Irish Times 🇮🇪

Room for discussion: Israeli settlements and tourism platforms in the West Bank

Sunday, 29 June 2025

The Irish Times 🇮🇪

Resurgent inflation could unfold as world economy reels from Trump’s trade policies - BIS

‘We were meant to have a soft landing – everything was going according to plan’, Bank for International Settlements says

The Times of India 🇮🇳

Russia Claims Major Gains in Ukraine, Says Eight Settlements Captured in Kharkiv, Donetsk

Friday, 27 June 2025

The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱

Ireland becomes first European country to introduce ban on trade, imports from Israeli settlements

Ireland's commitment to the prohibition on imports from Israeli settlements came after the International Court of Justice delivered its Advisory Opinion on 19 July 2024.

Tuesday, 24 June 2025

Democracy Now! 🇺🇸

Danish Shipping Giant Maersk to Divest from Firms Linked to Israeli Settlements

Monday, 23 June 2025

Middle East Eye 🇬🇧

Shipping giant Maersk cuts ties with companies operating in Israeli settlements

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Shipping giant Maersk divests from companies linked to Israeli settlements

Move follows campaign accusing Maersk of links to Israel’s military and occupation of Palestinian lands.

Sunday, 22 June 2025

The Guardian 🇬🇧

Australia sanctions two Israeli ministers over 'violent' West Bank settlements – video

Thursday, 19 June 2025

The Irish Times 🇮🇪

EU’s failure to propose ways to cut trade with illegal Israeli settlements criticised by nine foreign ministers

Foreign ministers of Spain, Ireland and seven other EU states criticise slow response to ICJ opinion

Thursday, 12 June 2025

Financial Times 🇬🇧

Labour bets big on an infrastructure-led recovery

While the party shows largesse on capital spending, it pencils in pretty tight settlements for public services

Wednesday, 11 June 2025

Financial Times 🇬🇧

Companies under fire for ties to Israeli settlements

Airbnb is at the centre of a legal battle over alleged corporate support for Israel’s expanding presence in the West Bank

Tuesday, 10 June 2025

Middle East Eye 🇬🇧

Rights groups accuse Airbnb over listings in illegal Israeli settlements

Sunday, 8 June 2025

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

History Illustrated: Israel expands illegal settlements (redux)

The decision to add 22 settlements to the occupied West Bank ignores international law and a landmark UN resolution.

Friday, 6 June 2025

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

‘Premeditated genocide’: Brazil’s Lula slams Israel over Gaza war

Lula criticises Israel in Paris, as German FM voices rare criticism of onslaught in Gaza and West Bank settlements.

Tuesday, 3 June 2025

The Times 🇬🇧

Ministers fight over scraps as reality bites on spending review

The run-up to this year’s spending ­review has been particularly bloody and three ministers have yet to reach settlements with the Treasury

The Guardian 🇬🇧

I told the truth about the West Bank and was threatened and assaulted. Now I’m relying on you to act

Our lives are blighted by illegal settlements, and Israel has just approved 22 more. Without concrete action, we will be erased

Saturday, 31 May 2025

The Guardian 🇬🇧

Russia seizes more Ukrainian territory amid fears of fresh ground offensive

More than 200 settlements in Sumy region under evacuation orders after Russia take control of two villages

Thursday, 29 May 2025

Haaretz 🇮🇱

Time's Up for the Warmongers and Dreamers of Settlements: Seal the Deal Now

The Irish Times 🇮🇪

Israel approves biggest expansion of settlements in West Bank in decades

Move to build 22 new Jewish communities in occupied territory criticised by Israeli human rights groups

Le Monde 🇫🇷

Israel announces creation of 22 new settlements in West Bank

The United Kingdom and neighboring Jordan criticized the move, with London calling it a 'deliberate obstacle' to Palestinian statehood.

BBC News 🇬🇧

Israel announces major expansion of settlements in occupied West Bank

The biggest such move in years is condemned by the Palestinian presidency as a "dangerous escalation".

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Israel announces major expansion of illegal West Bank settlements

Israel announces 22 new illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, fuelling fears of further annexation and erasure.

The Times 🇬🇧

Israel approves 22 new Jewish settlements in the West Bank

Palestinians warn of ‘a dangerous escalation’ as Israel announces plans to reverse parts of a 2005 withdrawal of settlers from Gaza and the West Bank

The Guardian 🇬🇧

Israel confirms plans to create 22 new settlements in occupied West Bank

Financial Times 🇬🇧

Israel announces expansion of settlements in occupied West Bank

Ministers hail decision as ‘historic’ but move likely to increase international condemnation

Wednesday, 28 May 2025

Haaretz 🇮🇱

Israeli Cabinet Approves Construction of 22 New Settlements, Some Deep in West Bank

Thursday, 22 May 2025

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

US Justice Department ends post-George Floyd police reform settlements

The Trump administration has also announced it will rescind reports that found patterns of discrimination in policing.

Wednesday, 21 May 2025

The Guardian 🇬🇧

DoJ moves to cancel police reform settlements with Minneapolis and Louisville

Tuesday, 20 May 2025

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

UK government suspends free trade talks with Israel over Gaza war

It also imposes new sanctions, targeting illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.

Sunday, 18 May 2025

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Video: Israel approves major expansion of illegal settlements

Israel’s government has approved a major expansion of illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank.

Wednesday, 7 May 2025

Haaretz 🇮🇱

Israel Launches PR Initiative to Boost Global 'Legitimization' of West Bank Settlements

Tuesday, 29 April 2025

Haaretz 🇮🇱

Over 10 Million Citizens Live in Israel, West Bank Settlements on 77th Independence Day

Friday, 5 July 2024

BBC News 🇬🇧

Israel settlements drive heightens Palestinian land angst