In several cases, jurisdiction areas were also divided or reorganized, allowing separate settlements to be established under distinct municipal administrations. View of the settlement of Sa-Nur in the West Bank, April 19, 2026. | (photo credit: NASSER ISHTAYEH/FLASH90) A June study from Bimkom showed an acceleration in the Israeli government’s use of settlement jurisdiction orders in the West Bank since October 2023. Israeli officials have issued 114 military orders establish

Leaked letter to PM and military demands action to stop violence against Palestinians in occupied West Bank The letter accuses the IDF of complicity in terrorism through a failure to intervene and active participation in violence. Photograph: Nasser Ishtayeh/Sopa Images/Shutterstock Dozens of Israelis from the country’s security, political and cultural elite have threatened legal action against their government over support for Jewish terrorism and an “ideology of ethnic clea

Leaked documents reveal how military contractors linked to Israeli intelligence secretly trained a special operations strike force in mineral-rich eastern Congo. A photograph of former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Jeffrey Epstein in an undated photograph released by the U.S. Department of Justice. Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak coordinated closely with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in pursuit of mineral, oil, and gas resources in Africa after Barak

A United Nations commission of inquiry says Israel’s deliberate targeting of children is part of the ongoing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. In Bodies of Evidence, an Al Jazeera original investigative documentary, we examine the use of sexual violence, torture, and degradation against Palestinian detainees, practices that rights groups and experts say have been systematically employed by Israeli military, intelligence, and prison authorities for decades. A United Natio

The UK, Australia, Canada, France, New Zealand and Norway also say they will take further measures if Israel fails to address the situation on the ground. Israeli forces and armed settlers guard a bulldozer reportedly operating on Palestinian lands as local Palestinian landowners (unseen) gather in protest against land confiscations near the village of Dura, west of Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on June 9, 2026 [Hazem Bader/AFP] The United Kingdom, Australia, Canad

A projectile streaks through the sky over central Israel during an Iranian missile attack, Sunday June 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg) JERUSALEM (AP) — Iran launched missiles at Israel in the first such bombardment since a fragile ceasefire took effect in early April, raising the possibility of a return to heavy fighting and complicating mediation efforts to end the war. Iran’s state broadcaster confirmed the launches, and Iran closed its western airspace to brace for a p

Palestinian refugees fleeing villages captured in the Latrun area. The IDF expelled them, and the JNF built Canada Park over the ruins. Credit: Benia Ben-Nun Unpublished testimonies from soldiers who fought in the Six-Day War expose a stark gap between Israel's collective memory and what actually happened in 1967. Newly uncovered documents indicate that 300,000 Arabs were expelled or displaced from the West Bank, Gaza and the Golan Heights amid violence, looting and destructi

Israel forbade the visits, which allow the Red Cross to monitor prisoners’ conditions, in 2023. Justices said the policy violated Israeli and international law. Members of the Red Cross in Gaza last year. [Photo Credit: Saher Alghorra for The New York Times] The Supreme Court of Israel ruled on Wednesday that a government policy banning visits to Palestinian prisoners by representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross violated Israeli and international law. Th

Human rights groups and lawyers say ‘voluntary migration’ policy amounts to ethnic cleansing Palestinians wait to receive food at a distribution centre in Khan Younis, Gaza, 27 May 2026. Photograph: Abdel Kareem Hana/AP Israel’s defence minister has said he is committed to the ethnic cleansing of Gaza through large-scale migration of Palestinians as part of Israel’s long-term plans for the territory. Israel Katz said the government would implement a plan for large numbers of

Fatou Bensouda says she 'felt left alone' and 'unsupported' as the Dutch government failed to protect her during intimidation campaign over Palestine case Then ICC chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda during the closing statements of the trial of former Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda in the Hague, Netherlands, 28 August 2018 (AFP) Former International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda has said the then-head of Israel's Mossad intelligence agency pressured her