EU condemns legalisation of Israeli settlements and ‘dispossession’ of Palestinians
The European Union has condemned the planned legalisation of five Israeli settlement outposts and the announcement of thousands of new housing units in the occupied West Bank, according to a statement by the office of the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell.
“Israel’s policy of building settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories constitutes a serious violation of international law, exacerbates tensions, and undermines efforts to achieve a two-state solution,” the statement said.
“The EU will not recognise changes to the 1967 borders unless agreed by the parties.”
It added that the EU “firmly condemns the continued policies of dispossession implemented in the occupied West Bank by the current Israeli government” and that “ongoing efforts aiming at establishing facts on the ground and risking to lead to a de-facto annexation must stop”.
Clashes break out after Israeli raid south of Nablus: Report
Several Palestinians have suffered from tear-gas inhalation after the Israeli military raided the West Bank villages of Odla and Ytma, south of Nablus, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.
Israeli soldiers fired live and rubber bullets, stun grenades and tear gas as clashes broke out, causing a number of injuries, the agency said.
Clashes as Israeli army conducts night raids in West Bank: Report
The Israeli forces have stormed the occupied West Bank town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, the Palestinian Wafa news agency has reported. Separately, the agency also said clashes broke out following raids in the towns of Aqraba and Sebastia in the Nablus governorate.
Young Palestinian arrested in Israeli raid on Tulkarem, West Bank
Israeli forces have stormed Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank, arresting a young Palestinian, the Wafa news agency is reporting. The raid comes after several Palestinians and an Israeli soldier have been killed in recent days in Tulkarem and the neighbouring Nur Shams refugee camp.
Palestinians walk along a damaged road following an Israeli raid in the Nur Shams refugee camp, near the occupied West Bank town of Tulkarem on Monday
Israeli settlers attack fire engine after burning Palestinian fields, trees in West Bank
Armed Israeli settlers destroyed a fire engine after starting blazes that engulfed vast areas of Palestinian agricultural land and fruit trees, south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, the Wafa news agency is reporting.
The settlers attacked emergency workers and prevented them from reaching the fires to put them out, even as they burned dangerously close to Palestinian homes in the village of Khallet al-Adra in the Masafer Yatta area, near Hebron, Wafa’s correspondent reported.
Israeli settlers frequently set fire to Palestinian villages, trees and fields in the occupied West Bank
Israeli forces storm Qalqilya, Jalazone camp and Hebron
The Israeli military has stormed the occupied West Bank city of Qalqilya, the Wafa news agency reports, arresting a Palestinian man after storming his house. The Israeli military had arrested three of the man’s brothers in Qalqilya on Wednesday, local media reports.
Israeli forces have also stormed the Jalazone refugee camp north of Ramallah, arresting one man – and the city of Hebron and several towns in the Hebron governorate, including Dura, Idhna, Beit Awa, Surif and Deir Samit.
