A new illegal outpost is being built "in broad daylight" – above a Bedouin community, with clear backing from the state. This is the method: the state looks away, settlers act – and the expulsion and the expulsion goes on. Thread >> 1/18 Three weeks ago (March 18), a bulldozer began breaking a new unauthorized road up a hill just a few dozen meters east of the Museum of the “Good Samaritan”, which is operated by the Israeli Nature and Parks Authority >>

1/ Two pogroms recently took place just a few days apart in two different Palestinian villages. The first one occurred in the village of Jinba, located in the area of Massafar Yata. The second one occurred in the village of Duma, east of Nablus. >> 2/ Although these are distinct regions with different communities, what they share is that both attacks were carried out by settlers who came from nearby shepherd outposts. And that is an important point to address. >>

1/ A new report in collaboration with @peacenowisrael: The Bad Samaritan - Land Grabbing by Israeli Settlers in the Occupied West Bank Through Grazing. >>
keremnavot.org/the-bad-samari… 2/ The rise of the extreme right wing government in early 2023 and the outbreak of war on October 7, 2023, have allowed the most nationalist and violent groups in Israeli society to act as they wish in the West Bank. >>

The Ein Prat pre-military preparatory program is establishing an illegal outpost east of the violent settlement of Kfar Adumim. The outpost is being built in an area from which Palestinians were expelled by local settlers with the assistance of the army. A thread. >> 1/ What does the Pre-Military Preparatory Program prepare you for? The Ein Perat pre-military preparatory is part of the association 'Ein Prat – the Academy for Leadership', which was founded in 2001. >>

In Ras Ein Al Auja, dozens of settlers armed with weapons and clubs robbed about 1,000 sheep over the weekend. This incident is part of a coordinated campaign that has been unfolding across the West Bank over the past year to expel shepherd communities. A Thread >> 1/ In recent months, we have written several times about the situation in the Al Auja area, north of Jericho. In recent years this area has become one of the key targets for settlers who have been trying to seize it through violence. >>

1/19 At the end of our previous post, where we described the expulsion of several Palestinian shepherd communities from their homes, we briefly described the expulsion of the shepherd community that had lived for many years west of the Palestinian village of Al Luban Al Gharbi >> 2/ northwest of Ramallah. Today, we want to revisit and discuss what happened there. >>

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1/24 A new wave of attacks and expulsions targeting Palestinian shepherd communities has been unfolding over the past two weeks. This is a continuation of the mass expulsion campaign that began immediately after the outbreak of the war. >>

haaretz.com/israel-news/20… 2/ An expulsion that is affecting dozens of shepherd communities in Area C. Now, the settlers, along with the army and police, continue to expel communities they had previously failed to expel, some of which are within the Palestinian Authority controlled areas. >>

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1/16 The massacre that was carried out by Hamas in the western Negev and the 16 months that have passed since, have stirred dark sentiments across large segments of the Israeli public. >> 2/ You can see the devastating consequences that are evident in the large-scale destruction Israel has inflicted on the Gaza strip and its population. >>

1/24 On Monday, February 10, 2025, Mr. Yossi Segal, the "Custodian of Abandoned and Governmental Property in Judea and Samaria”, whom we have written about several times in the past, had an especially busy day. >> 2/ On that day, he signed no fewer than 6 separate announcements regarding the "Approval of permits for temporary use of state lands for grazing purposes". Each of the 6 notices includes a map indicating the specific areas Mr. Segal intends to allocate. >>
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1/20 Last Wednesday (February 5, 2025), Guy Yifrach, the mayor of the settlement of Ma'ale Adumim, uploaded a three minute video titled "I Cancel the Left Turn to Al Eizariya". Yes, you read that right, Yifrah is personally "canceling the left turn to Al Eizariya". >> 2/ "Ma'ale Adumim will no longer be a transit station… Canceling the left turn is big news, and I am very proud of it." Later in the video, it becomes clear that Yifrach is not exactly the one canceling the left turn to Al Eizariya. Rather, a series of officials did so. >>

1/ It turns out that what seems illusory and unacceptable to us, is passing through at the Judicial Appointments Committee. >> 2/ Last week (January 26, 2025), the committee approved the appointment of Attorney Ariel Ehrlich as a judge in the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court. >>

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Destroying and Taking Over the Wye Agreement “Natural Reserve”

1/21 In our last post, we detailed the situation surrounding the isolated and violent settlement of Telem, west of Hebron. >> 2/ As we explained, the Telem settlers have seized approximately 560 dunams of land belonging to the village of Tarqumiyah - land officially designated as Area B under the Oslo Accords, meaning it falls under Palestinian Authority jurisdiction for planning and construction. >>

1/20 About six months ago, we published a post detailing the situation around the isolated and violent settlements of Telem and Adora, located in the western part of Mount Hebron. >> 2/ Today, we want to revisit this topic and focus specifically on the developments that occurred over the past two years around the settlement of Telem. >>

1/ Last Monday (January 6, 2025), three Israeli settlers were murdered while driving through the village of Al Funduq. This occurred just days after the Israeli government announced the plan to begin paving a bypass road east of the village. >> 2/ We wrote about this road 2 years ago, when the head of the military Central Command at the time issued a "temporary" seizure order for "security needs" in order to seize 219 dunams of agricultural land that belongs to the residents of Al funduq, Haje & Jinsafut. >>

1/ Last Thursday (January 2, 2025), an interesting article was published in Haaretz, detailing how the coup plot was orchestrated by the Justice Minister Yariv Levin and his close associates. >> 2/ It turns out that the key figure in shaping this coup is none other than Dr. Aviad Bakshi, a prominent member of the far right Kohelet organization. >>

1/ On December 9, 2024, the Civil Administration issued an "announcement of the intention to amend the area of jurisdiction of the settlement of Geva Binyamin". >> 2/ For those unfamiliar, “Geva Binyamin” is the official name of the isolated and violent settlement of Adam, located a few kilometers north of Jerusalem's municipal border since June 1967. >>

1/ The isolated and violent settlement of Ofra is home to ambitious individuals driven to change the world. Among them are journalists, publicists, teachers, educators, public officials, civil servents, members of various organizations. >> 2/ A few of them are even aspiring to high judicial positions. Last March, we wrote about one of them: Ariel Erlich. a member of the legal department of the far right Kohelet organization, one of the forces behind the regime coup in Israel. >>

1/ Mr. Yossi Segal, who holds the title of “Custodian of Abandoned and Governmental Property in Judea and Samaria”, is a very busy man. >> 2/ Last month, we reported here on a declaration he signed, designating new State Land for the cemetery of the isolated and ultra violent settlement of Yitzhar. >>

1/ Here is a story: A little over a month ago, a number of bulldozers appeared one morning on a nearby hill west of the Palestinian village of Bardala. Alongside the bulldozers came soldiers guarding the work and the equipment. >> 2/ At no stage were the villagers officially informed of the purpose of the construction, who had authorized it, or how long it would last. No military order or plan was presented to them in order for them to understand what is the scope of the area or the nature of it. Nada. >>

1/ On 23/09/2024, the Supreme Planning Committee of the Civil Administration approved Master Plan 208/3/3 for submission to public objections. The plan, covering an area of approximately 142 dunams, aims to expand the religious/ ultra-Orthodox settlement of Ganei Modi'in. >> 2/ The settlement of Ganei Modi'in was established in the early 1980s on lands belonging to the villages of Ni'lin and Al Midya. >>

1/ In our last post, we mentioned the isolated settlement of Ariel in the context of the expansion of Highway 505, which connects it to even more isolated and violent settlements that are situated in the heart of the West Bank. >>

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2/ Today, we return for a brief look at the settlement of Ariel in order to shed light about the large agricultural areas it has effectively annexed for itself. >>