Category Archives: Settlements

Israel’s illegal colonies in East Palestine are euphemistically referred to as ‘settlements,’ Jewish colonists are referred to as ‘settlers.’

Expansion of settler colonies in Palestine

TENDERS ISSUED FOR COLONY NEWLY STOLEN LAND
Apparently as both compensation for losing the genocidal war on Gaza, and to keep his government, “Israel” announced the most massive land-grab in 30 years: 400 hectares of privately-owned Palestinian land in the ‘West Bank.’ And the government just published tenders for 283 new squatter flats in one of its colonies. Continue reading Expansion of settler colonies in Palestine

Unsettling the Jewish settler colonists

BEGIN AT THE BEGINNING, THEN THE END WILL COME
The settler-colonies are illegal, it is undeniable. But too many attempt to start explaining the issue or proffering a solution in the middle, instead of the beginning. That will never work. In order to expel the hostile invaders colonising Palestine, one must begin at the beginning to understand the colonial mentality and process. Then the end will come. Continue reading Unsettling the Jewish settler colonists

Hamas hacked Israeli settlement messaging system in the West Bank

UNIT 8200, MEET HAMAS HACKERS
Hamas warning text message to Jewish settler colonists in Occupied PalestineUnit 8200 in the Jewish military does the hacking and code-writing and are quite good. It created and sent a virus that would infect mobile phones of Gazans when they answered the “warning: you are about to be bombed to death” text messages it so generously sends to Gazans, mostly to harvest electronic human-network information due to the ineffectiveness of its informants and intelligence of late. It also hacked into Hamas television on 16 July. But apparently this is not the first time Hamas (and other) hackers have infiltrated the systems of the Jewish military state. Hamas hacked into and took over the broadcast of Channel 10 on 14 July. On 15 July, the Times of Israel reported that it had sent text messages to citizens in the Jewish military state about current (real or fictive) attacks and dangers.  And it continues in the cyber-psychological-war. Continue reading Hamas hacked Israeli settlement messaging system in the West Bank

In Palestine, A History of Dispossession

14 January, 2014 Common Dreams

Increasing acts of violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the Occupied Territories have been repeatedly denounced. Together with the increasing number of settlements being built on Palestinian land, those acts of violence betray justice and seriously undermine the prospects for peace between Israelis and Palestinians. Continue reading In Palestine, A History of Dispossession

Violent Jewish Settler Colonists Try to Kidnap Child in Artas Village, Violence, Land Theft

JEWISH TERRORISM AND LAND THEFT
Others established an outpost in Tekoa town
6 July, 2014 PIC
Bethlehem – A horde of armed Jewish settlers on Saturday afternoon chased a Palestinian boy from Artas village, south of Bethlehem, during his presence on a cultivated land owned by his father.

Local sources told the Palestinian information center (PIC) that a group of fanatic settlers with their dogs chased 12-year-old Qasem Ayyash as he was collecting some cucumbers on his father’s land in Khalat Annahla area in an attempt to kidnap him. Continue reading Violent Jewish Settler Colonists Try to Kidnap Child in Artas Village, Violence, Land Theft

Israeli Jew-only Settlement Colonies Explained

In the Occupied West Bank, half a million Israelis Jews live in over a hundred settlement colonies built on Palestinian land. The government of Israel says it has a right to build these Jew-only settlement colonies; the rest of the world disagrees. Find out why Israelis choose to live on occupied land, how they affect Palestinians, and why, despite international condemnation, the Jew-only settlement colonies continue to grow.

French government warns against business with settlements

Emblem of the French Republic
Emblem of the French Republic

The consequences, in the purse most of all, continue to accrue for Israel and its insane policy of land/territory/resource theft. This is not the first European country to advise its nationals against doing any business with a business located on stolen Palestinian land/territory, nor will it be the last. And the consequences will continue to mount until either Israel starts a devastating world war or capitulates and joins humanity and civilisation. The former is much more likely than the latter, considering Jewish behaviour throughout history.

26 June, 2014 IMEMC

France has advised its citizens and companies against doing business with Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, according to the Electronic Intifada: Continue reading French government warns against business with settlements

Spain, Italy warn citizens against doing business with settlements

27 June, 2014 Ha’aretz (behind paywall)

Nations join France, U.K. and Germany in advising against legal and financial risks

According to the announcements made by Spain and Italy, the European Union and its member states do not recognize Israeli rule in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights, which were conquered in 1967, and regard the settlements as illegal in international law. Continue reading Spain, Italy warn citizens against doing business with settlements

Israel approves the construction of 60 new settlement colony units near Ramallah

30 June, 2014 PNN

Ramallah, Palestine – The spokesperson of the Israeli Knesset, Yuli Edelstein, announced yesterday evening that they approved the construction of 60 new settlement units in the illegal Israeli settlement of Kokhav Ya’akov, near Ramallah. Continue reading Israel approves the construction of 60 new settlement colony units near Ramallah

Europe ‘losing patience’ over Israeli settlement policy

28 June, 2014 Russia Today

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Illegal Israeli Colony – Ma’ale Adumim. © Reuters

The EU Ambassador to Israel has warned that a growing number of EU states are dissuading their citizens from doing business with companies registered in Israeli settlements; France, Italy and Spain have already joined the trend. Continue reading Europe ‘losing patience’ over Israeli settlement policy

Violent Jewish settlers dump sewage on Palestinian land, spring

9 July, 2013 Press TV

Jews dumped sewage on Palestinian cropland
Violent Jews dumped sewage on Palestinian cropland

Villagers in Wadi Fukin near Bethlehem were attacked by Israeli settlers from a nearby settlement, when they intentionally poured thousands of tons of sewage into the only natural water spring and the land.

Israeli settlers from the nearby settlement of Betar Elit poisoned over 100 dunums of Palestinian agricultural land, rendering both the water and crops unusable. Continue reading Violent Jewish settlers dump sewage on Palestinian land, spring

Israel announced 172 more illegal settlement colony units in Palestine

City councilor: Israel approves 172 new settler homes
18 June, 2014 AFP
JERUSALEM — Israel gave approval Wednesday for the construction of 172 new homes for Jewish settlers in East Jerusalem, a city councilor said, nearly two weeks after it announced thousands. “The municipality approved this morning the construction of 172 apartments in Har Homa,” Jerusalem city councilor Yosef Pepe Alalu told AFP. “This is the final stage before construction, and is the continuation of a policy that harms the peace process.” Continue reading Israel announced 172 more illegal settlement colony units in Palestine

Violent Jewish settler colonists attack their own military – again

JEWISH TERRORISM
Violent Jewish settler colonists from the settlement colony of the ultra-fanatical in Yitzhar, have committed multiple “price tag” attacks against property belonging to their own country’s military, in revenge for having the Yitzhar yeshiva (religious Talmudic school) “occupied.” Continue reading Violent Jewish settler colonists attack their own military – again

To state the obvious – PA ‘not responsible’ for safety of Israel’s illegal settlers

jewish soldiers along roadside
Jewish soldiers along roadside

It’s beyond hypocritical for a fascist, rogue, colonial-settler apartheid state with a belligerent military occupation of its neighbour (that it is busy colonising) to hold the government of its occupied neighbour responsible for the safety and well-being of its colonists in its illegal colonies within its neighbour’s territory. But the diminutive state is ever-petty and avoids honesty at every turn, preferring to employ the same flawed and obviously untrue cries of imagined persecution and perpetual victim-status whenever the safety of its colonists in its illegal colonies, or one of its soldiers employed in belligerent occupation of its neighbour is mildly put out, much less injured, captured or suffers loss of life. Continue reading To state the obvious – PA ‘not responsible’ for safety of Israel’s illegal settlers

Russia supports Independent Palestine

6 June 2014, ITAR-TASS

New settlements on the West Bank and in East Jerusalem threaten prospects for a two-state solution to the Palestinian problem, the Russian Foreign Ministry says.

“On June 5, the Israeli Ministry of Construction announced a tender for building new settlements on the West Bank and in East Jerusalem. Moscow voices concern over Israel’s step,” the ministry says. Continue reading Russia supports Independent Palestine

More units in illegal colonies as punishment for unity government

Israel announced today the advancement of plans for 1,300 more colonist units in its illegal colonies in Palestine, as one aspect of punishment to Palestine for forming a unity government of technocrats. All Israel’s colonies outside of 1948 Israel are illegal under international law. Continue reading More units in illegal colonies as punishment for unity government

What does the law say about the establishment of settlements in occupied territory?

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) 05-10-2010 FAQ

illegal settlement of hebron
Hebron region. In the foreground, a tent where a Palestinian family lives, and in the background an illegal Israeli settlement. © ICRC / Chung / il-e-01870

When a territory is placed under the authority of a hostile army, the rules of international humanitarian law dealing with occupation apply. Occupation confers certain rights and obligations on the occupying power.

Continue reading What does the law say about the establishment of settlements in occupied territory?

Illegal Colonies

settlement pool, empty reservoir
Olympic sized pool in Ma’ale Adumim colony, empty reservoir in Palestine

Israel has numerous illegal colonies in East Palestine (the ‘West Bank’) that are euphemistically called “settlements” that are illegal under international law. Territory for these illegal colonies are acquired in several underhanded ways: the Israeli military (IDF) declare an area to be a ‘closed military zone’ and prohibits any Palestinians from living in the area or accessing their property. A short time later the territory is transferred to the Jerusalem National Fund (JNF) and administered by the Israel Land Administration (ILA). Continue reading Illegal Colonies