Assassination of Ashraf Mubaslat, Adham Mabrukeh, and Muhammad al-Dakheel in Nablus

West Bank voters took part in municipal council elections, one of the few forms of electoral participation available amid the absence of national elections.

UNESCO inscribed Palestinian embroidery, known as tatreez, on its list of intangible cultural heritage, recognizing the skills and traditions passed through generations.

PalQuest’s year-end assessment states that settlement construction and other colonization measures accelerated during the first six months of the Bennett–Lapid government.

PalQuest described 2021 as the deadliest year for Palestinians since 2014, highlighting deaths during the May Gaza war and violence elsewhere.

Amnesty International published a report concluding that Israel’s system of domination over Palestinians amounts to apartheid under international law; this is Amnesty’s assessment.

The Knesset enacted a new temporary-order law that restricts family unification when a Palestinian citizen or resident of Israel has a spouse from the occupied Palestinian territory.

Israel designated around 22,000 dunams near Jericho as a nature reserve. Palestinian critics warned that the measure restricted Palestinian access to land.

The UN’s ongoing independent commission of inquiry issued its first report, examining underlying causes of conflict and alleged violations in the occupied Palestinian territory and Israel.

Israeli authorities moved to approve 4,427 new settlement housing units in the occupied West Bank, deepening concerns about land and a future Palestinian state.

Hussein al-Sheikh was appointed secretary-general of the PLO Executive Committee, a senior position in the Palestinian national movement.