The Israeli occupation is instigating an economic collapse in the West Bank, forcing public schools to operate only three days a week. Teachers and parents say an entire generation is being denied the right to education.

Israeli settlers are taking over Palestinian land by creating “farming outposts” with the goal of ethnically cleansing Palestinians. This strategy complements the Israeli state’s broader plans for annexing the West Bank. 

A shady property deal threatens to transform part of the Armenian Quarter in Jerusalem’s Old City into a luxury resort. “It will change the status quo and the entire picture of Jerusalem,” says Armenian activist Hagop Djernazian.

Palestinians in Jaffa face a similar fate to their brethren in Sheikh Jarrah as the Israeli government is attempting to displace them in what residents allege is ethnic cleansing through real estate.

For Palestinians attending Israeli universities, freedom of expression is often met with racism and violence from neo-fascist Zionist groups.

On March 30, Israel’s Supreme Court postponed a critical hearing on the fate of al-Walaja, a Palestinian village along the southern edge of Jerusalem. Praised as a victory by residents, the postponement effectively extends a demolition freeze on 38 homes. But the threat to this ancient agricultural village remains.

Bilal Rawajba was shot by Israeli forces at the Huwara military checkpoint on November 4, 2020. His family has been trying to determine his whereabouts ever since.

Israeli settler violence in the West Bank isn’t an isolated incident. Rather, nearly every week settlers from nearby agricultural outposts terrorize the Palestinians of Masafer Yatta as they take over their land. “Settler violence is only part of Israeli colonist goals,” Ali Awad, a Palestinian activist, tells Mondoweiss. “These people are used as tools — justified by racist laws — for committing ethnic cleansing against the Palestinians.”