Israel Declares 22,000 Dunams of Land Near Jericho a “Nature Reserve”

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.

Israeli forces killed Ashraf Mubaslat, Adham Mabrukeh and Muhammad al-Dakheel in Nablus in an operation that drew Palestinian condemnation.

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.

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.

Israeli settlers marched through Jerusalem for Flag Day; Israeli forces and settlers attacked Palestinians during the event, according to PalQuest.

The Knesset dissolved, ending the Bennett–Lapid coalition. A new election followed the government’s loss of parliamentary support.