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Israeli occupation severely limited Palestinians’ access to Al-Aqsa Mosque on Ramadan’s first Friday, imposing strict military checkpoints and allowing a far-right minister to enter the site, provoking Muslim worshippers.
The UN stated that escalating Israeli settler attacks in the occupied West Bank forced nearly 880 Palestinian families to flee, with three Palestinians killed in February, while violence by forces and settlers continues to be documented.
Former US congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene said she discussed the persecution of Palestinian Christians during a recent meeting with Bethlehem Mayor Maher N. Canawati. She highlighted Christians martyred in Gaza and attacks on churches, criticized movement restrictions and shrinking land in Bethlehem. Palestinian church officials also pointed to the declining Christian population in Jerusalem.
Israeli authorities plan to establish a new settlement on 500 dunams of Palestinian land, marking the first expansion of Jerusalem into the West Bank since 1967. The project involves building 2,780 settlement units near the Adam settlement, seen as part of gradual sovereignty imposition.
For the first time since 1967, Israel has approved the registration of land in the occupied West Bank as “state property,” enabling the appropriation of Palestinian land. The move, proposed by the ministers of finance, justice, and defense, strengthens Israeli control and provides legal cover for confiscation, amid warnings it undermines the idea of a Palestinian state.
Two Palestinian children, Ali and Ronza Samara, were killed when Palestinian security forces opened fire on their family car in Tubas. Their father, Samer Samara, was injured and arrested. The incident sparked condemnation from rights groups and political factions amid rising tensions in the West Bank.
