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Israeli occupation commits billions to expand illegal settlements across the West Bank

Post author:Charlie Jaay
Post published:15 July 2026
Post last modified:15 July 2026

The pace of settlement advancement in the occupied West Bank is unprecedented. Bezalel Smotrich – finance minister and illegal settler – has long opposed the creation of a Palestinian state. He has now not only called for the complete conquest of the Gaza Strip, but is also promising a settlement “revolution”. Expansion of settlements will further tighten the occupation’s control The occupation is actively advancing major settlement and infrastructure projects across the occupied Palestinian territory. According to Peace Now, most of these new settlements are deep inside the West Bank, where there is very little or no Israeli occupation presence. This…

Sources allege Palestinian Authority hospitals are treating members of Israeli occupation backed anti-Hamas armed groups

Post author:Charlie Jaay
Post published:12 July 2026
Post last modified:12 July 2026

According to Quds News Network, sources claim the Palestinian Authority (PA) has begun providing medical treatment for members of armed groups in Gaza accused of collaborating with “Israel” — admitting them to hospitals in the occupied West Bank. Palestinian Authority treats collaborators with “Israel” in its hospitals This follows the Zionist regime’s refusal to receive wounded members of these militia groups at hospitals inside “Israel.” Instead, the Palestinian sources claim the PA coordinated the collaborators’ transfer to hospitals under its administration, where they received medical care and logistical support. One of the wounded fighters, who is identified only by the initials…

US puppet Syrian ‘president’ silent on Zionist occupation of Golan Heights

Post author:Cameron Baillie
Post published:11 July 2026
Post last modified:11 July 2026

Imagine the significance of what Donald Trump said about the Golan! The President of the United States effectively reaffirmed Israel’s occupation and annexation of the Golan Heights while Abu Mohammad al-Julani sat beside him without a single objection, not even a reminder that… pic.twitter.com/f6RlXdpmuw — Kevork Almassian (@KevorkAlmassian) July 9, 2026 The US-UK-Zionist ally, former ISIS-linked Syrian terror leader al-Jolani, recently attended another intimate US-NATO press conference. In the clip, Ahmed al-Sharaa (as he since restyled himself) silently capitulates Syria’s territory to Zionist occupation. Trump reaffirms Israel’s illegal occupation and annexation of the Golan Heights, while Abu Mohammad al-Jolani sat beside…

Israeli occupation attempts to assassinate Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem

Post author:Charlie Jaay
Post published:10 July 2026
Post last modified:10 July 2026

The Israeli occupation, on 9 July, tried but failed to assassinate Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem. “Israeli” drone targeted Hamas spokesperson’s car An Israeli occupation drone targeted Qassem’s vehicle near Abbas Junction, West of Gaza City, on the afternoon of 9 July. Qassem was not in the vehicle at the time. But his bodyguard, Mohammed Al-Fayoumi, was killed. Three others were also wounded, as the car was hit on a crowded street. Qassem had attended a press conference on 7 July, in which Hamas announced it was dissolving its civilian governing body in Gaza. He told the AFP news agency at the…

Israel’s approval of new illegal settlements will further isolate East Jerusalem and deepen its unlawful occupation

Post author:The Canary
Post published:6 July 2026
Post last modified:7 July 2026

Israel’s approval of plans to establish 13 new illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories is yet another example of the abhorrent and utter disregard of the international rules-based order by Israel. This forms another troubling development in the rapidly deteriorating situation on the ground in the Occupied Palestinian Territories which calls for urgent and substantive measures by all states. The approved ‘Binyamin’ plan is yet another attempt to further fragment Palestinian territory and isolate East Jerusalem from its surrounding Palestinian communities. It is situated along Route 60, the central north-south artery running through the West Bank that links Palestinian cities,…

Israeli occupation plans to establish 100 settlement sites in Palestinian controlled area of West Bank

Post author:Charlie Jaay
Post published:5 July 2026
Post last modified:5 July 2026

A settlement scheme has been launched. It aims to establish a settler presence at around 100 strategic locations in Area A of the occupied West Bank. According to the Oslo Accords — which divide the West Bank into areas A, B and C — this area is under the full control of the Palestinian Authority. It has, until now, been considered the safest area for Palestinians. Israeli settler groups have prepared a plan to seize 100 strategic locations in the Palestinian Authority-administered Area A of the occupied West Bank, according to a media report. The Israel Hayom newspaper reported that the…

The Wall Museum: sumud, survival, and resistance under Israeli occupation in Bethlehem

Post author:Charlie Jaay
Post published:29 June 2026
Post last modified:29 June 2026

In northern Bethlehem, a community-led project is preserving Palestinian experiences of life under occupation through public documentation. Centred around the Sumud Story House, the initiative gathers and displays personal testimonies in the shadow of the separation barrier. The separation barrier: creating a ghost town in northern Bethlehem The Sumud Story House of the Arab Educational Institute (AEI) is located in Northern Bethlehem and was opened in 2009. It is close to the sacred site of Rachel’s Tomb, also known as Bilal Bin Rabah Mosque. “Israel” has banned Muslims from accessing Rachel’s Tomb since it occupied the West Bank in 1967. During…

Euro-Med Monitor closes offices after threats by Israeli occupation

Post author:Charlie Jaay
Post published:20 June 2026
Post last modified:20 June 2026

After 15 years of carrying out essential fieldwork in the Strip, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor (Euro-Med Monitor) has closed its Gaza office. Precautionary measures in place The decision was taken as a precautionary measure, in response to recent Israeli occupation threats, smear campaigns, and actions targeting the organisation and its staff. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor (@euromedhr) Maha Hussaini, Euro-Med Monitor’s head of media, manages the Gaza office. Herself and her Gaza team have received threats, including death threats via social media and phone calls. There have also been multiple hacking attempts of…

West Bank — continued terror attacks by Israeli settlers and occupation forces

Post author:Charlie Jaay
Post published:17 June 2026
Post last modified:17 June 2026

The town of Deir Dibwan, east of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, has long suffered from settler attacks. And since 7 October 2023, these have been occurring on a weekly or sometimes even daily basis. Settlers attempt to burn Palestinian worshippers alive at the mosque Around 8pm on 14 June, a group of around 40 to 50 illegal settlers set fires in several areas of Deir Dibwan. When they entered the Al-Marah area, near the western entrance, they set alight residents’ vehicles. Flames engulfed parked cars and spread to nearby roadside areas, and across large areas of agricultural land. Two…

French journalist is the latest foreign national to be denied entry by the Israeli occupation

Post author:Charlie Jaay
Post published:12 June 2026
Post last modified:12 June 2026

“Israeli” authorities have deported French journalist Alice Froussard. Although possessing all necessary paperwork, she was stopped at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport, on the evening of 10 June. She was then interrogated several times and detained for almost ten hours. Then she was expelled from the country, and sent back to France the following day. Deported French journalist said the October 7 massacre must be viewed ‘in context’ Froussard, 33, works for several French media outlets and has covered the occupied West Bank since 2019. She had planned to travel there on assignment for Radio France Internationale (RFI) when she was…

The Naksa of 1967: “Israel’s” war of dispossession and occupation

Post author:Charlie Jaay
Post published:5 June 2026
Post last modified:9 June 2026

During the Naksa, meaning “setback” in Arabic, “Israel” changed the lives of all Palestinians — entrenching them in a system of military control and apartheid that remains today. This war, fought in 1967, brought Palestinians displacement, occupation and loss, expanded on a scale not seen since the Nakba of 1948, when the Jewish state was formed. During the Six Day War — or Naksa — 300,000 Palestinians were forcibly displaced by ‘Israel’ It began on 5 June, when “Israel” launched surprise attacks against Egypt and quickly entered a conflict involving Jordan and Syria. By the time the fighting ended, six days…

Corporate Western media appears to celebrate Israel’s Illegal occupation of Lebanon

Post author:HG
Post published:31 May 2026
Post last modified:9 June 2026

Ethnic Cleansing — Several Western corporate media outlets have appeared to celebrate Israel’s illegal occupation of the Crusader-era Qal’at al-Shaqif Castle in southern Lebanon. “Captured a strategic mountain” At this point it sounds like AP is celebrating Israel’s unlawful occupation of Lebanon. https://t.co/b13dCVICHD — Assal Rad (@AssalRad) May 31, 2026 On Sunday, May 31, Israel issued more illegal forced displacement orders to all residents living south of the Zahrani River. The attack suggests that Israel is moving towards attacking the city of Nabatieh. Israel had issued more than 10 displacement orders in the last 24 hours. On Friday, the IOF crossed…

EXCLUSIVE: Flotilla activist relives capture by Zionist occupation forces

Post author:Cameron Baillie
Post published:26 May 2026
Post last modified:8 June 2026

Global Sumud Flotilla activists are returning home. Many suffered IOF torture, beatings and sexual violence. The Canary spoke with British flotilla activist, Alice Chapman, who was abducted by Zionist Navy forces. I joined the flotilla in Sicily, in Augusta, and from there we were sailing for about four days before we were intercepted — I think on night five. We were still in international waters, fairly close to Greek waters. We’d had a warning that day. At that same geographic point, the previous flotilla in September had encountered boats carrying explosives. From Barcelona to Italy, there’d been a lot of surveillance drones…

Serious scabies outbreak in Israeli occupation prisons is part of the policy of torture and slow killing used against Palestinian political prisoners

Post author:Charlie Jaay
Post published:24 May 2026
Post last modified:8 June 2026

A dangerous and rapidly escalating outbreak of the skin disease scabies is again sweeping through Israeli occupation prisons. This is causing huge suffering to the many thousands of Palestinian political prisoners who, for the past few years, have intentionally had the worst conditions ever inflicted on them. Abdullah al-Zighari, head of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society, told the Canary: The Israeli occupation system is carrying out acts of retaliation against Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons, by denying them the necessary medical care, posing a serious threat to their lives. “Intentional health catastrophe” and deliberate deprivation of treatment for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli…