Welcome to FMEP’s Weekly Settlement Report, this week we are issuing an covering everything you need to know about Israeli settlement activity this week.
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West Bank Settlement & Annexation News
- The South Hebron Hills is being depopulated:
- “Settlers raid Palestinian village in southern West Bank, leave before cops arrive” (The Times of Israel, 4/6/25)
- “In Masafer Yatta, we need more than awards — we need protection” (+972 Magazine, 4/8/25)
- Mass Displacement Across the West Bank:
- “Displaced Communities, Forgotten People: Israel’s Forcible Transfer of Palestinians in the West Bank” (Yesh Din and Physicians for Human Rights – Israel, April 2025)
- “Displaced Palestinians ‘helpless’ as Israel destroys and empties West Bank camps” (4/7/25)
- “Palestinian Bedouins say Israeli settlers terrorising them off their land” (Al Jazeera, 4/7/25)
- “Palestinian-US teen killed by Israeli forces in occupied West Bank” (Al Jazeera, 4/6/25). Also reported by: The Guardian, Washington Post, Haaretz, The Guardian
- “Settlers said to burn down wedding hall, paint ‘Death to Arabs’ in West Bank village” (The Times of Israel, 4/8/10)
- “IDF to reinforce Judea and Samaria Division with six companies over holiday period” (Jerusalem Post, 4/11/25)
- “Israel expands its military operation in Nablus” (MEMO, 4/10/25)
- “Aid worker in the West Bank: ‘The sounds of Israeli military raids keep us awake at night’” (Middle East Eye, 3/29/25)
- “Israel’s Violations of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law in the West Bank – March 2025” (PCHR, 4/6/25)
East Jerusalem News
- “Israel shuts down UNRWA-affiliated schools in occupied East Jerusalem” (Al Jazeera, 4/8/25)
- “Despite laws banning it, UNRWA continues to operate almost as usual in East Jerusalem” (The Times of Israel, 4/9/10)
Gaza Annexation & “Resettlement”
- “Haaretz Exclusive: Israel Preparing to Turn Rafah – One-fifth of Gaza – Into Part of Buffer Zone” (Haaretz, 4/9/25)
Israeli Politics
- “Shin Bet official suspends himself after anti-settler remarks; PM bans Bar from probe” (The Times of Israel, 4/6/25). Also reported by: JNS
- “The Campaign for Israeli Settler Impunity Has Just Gone Up a Notch” (Haaretz, 4/10/25)
U.S. Politics
- “Ben-Gvir to Embark on Official Visit to U.S. After Being Boycotted by Biden Administration” (Haaretz, 4/8/25)
- “Louisiana State Representative: ‘Israel has right to live in heart of Biblical homeland’” (Arutz Sheva, 4/7/25)
World News
- “UNESCO adopts two resolutions in support of Palestine” (MEMO, 4/10/25)