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February 14, 2025

Settlements, Outposts, & Land Grabs

• “IDF takes first step in regularizing two outposts in Judea and Samaria” (2/14/25)
• “Israel builds new settlement in occupied West Bank amid escalation” (Andalou, 2/11/25)
• “Colonists open new colonial road connecting to illegal outpost in northern Jordan Valley” (Wafa, 2/14/25)
• “Smotrich’s policy: Enforcement in Gush Etzion” (Arutz Sheva, 2/12/25)
• “‘Last nail in the coffin’: Israeli settlers push on with fresh West Bank land grab” (The Guardian, 2/13/25)
• “The Settler Plot to Recolonize Gaza” (The Nation, 2/11/25)

Knesset Action

• “Knesset bill seeks to replace ‘West Bank’ with ‘Judea and Samaria’” (Israeli Today, 2/11/25) 
• “Israeli Ministers Set to Back Bill Blocking Courts From Hearing Cases Involving Foreign-funded NGOs” (Haaretz, 2/14/25)

Israel Carries Out 11 Demolitions in Masafer Yatta

• “Israel Demolishes 11 Buildings in West Bank’s Masafer Yatta, Raising Fears of Expulsion for Residents” (Haaretz, 2/11/25)

• “Illegal construction demolished near Hebron” (Arutz Sheva, 2/11/25)
• “Our film is going to the Oscars. But here in Masafer Yatta, we’re still being erased” (+972 Magazine, 2/11/25)
• “The Palestinian Father Begged the Israeli Troops to Postpone the Demolition Due to the Cold, to No Avail” (Haaretz, 2/14/25)
• “‘Even if We Win an Oscar, I Will Go Back to My Cruel Reality in the West Bank’” (Haaretz, 2/13/25)
  

Israel Antiquities Authority Defies State-Backed Push to Annex West Bank Antiquities

• “Israel Antiquities Authority rejects bid to put it in charge of West Bank antiquities” (The Times of Israel, 2/12/25)

Settler Terrorism Continues

• “Palestinians in the West Bank Describe How Israeli Settlers Are Seizing Land” (Rolling Stone Magazine, 2/9/25)
• “The Settler Strategy Accelerating Palestinian Dispossession” (Jewish Currents, 2/3/25)
• “Settlers attack Palestinian farmers in Jordan Valley” (MEMO, 2/13/25)

The ‘Gazafication’ of the West Bank Continues

• “Israeli Army Expands Open-fire Orders in West Bank, Leading to Surge in Palestinian Civilian Deaths” (Haaretz, 2/10/25)
• “More Israeli checkpoints are slicing up the West Bank” (AP, 2/10/25)
• “Israel to continue assault on Jenin indefinitely, prevent the return of displaced people” (The New Arab, 2/14/25)

East Jerusalem Intensification

• “Israeli Journalists’ Union Accuses Police of Obstructing Reporting in Jerusalem” (Haaretz, 2/11/25)
• “Palestinian booksellers released to house arrest after police raid sparks outcry” (The Times of Israel, 2/11/25)
• “‘Threatened by books?’: Israel condemned for arresting Palestinian bookshop owners” (Middle East Eye, 2/10/25)

Trump, Netanyahu, & West Bank Annexation

• “Did Trump Prepare the Ground for West Bank Annexation During Netanyahu’s Visit?” (Haaretz, 2/9/25)

Analysis & Commentary

• “The damage of Trump’s Gaza plan has already been done” (+972 Magazine, 2/7/25)
• “How the West Bank settlements have changed Israel” (The Christian Century, 2/14/25)
• “For Israelis, ‘From the River to the Sea’ Is a Reality. For Palestinians, It’s a Crime” (Haaretz, 2/13/25)