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Settlers have also been known to steal crops, damage and burn trees and other plants, and attack places of worship in the area, in an attempt to intimidate Palestinian villagers and farmers from using their land (AFP/File)

February 14th, 2018 - 03:49 GMT

Israeli Settlers Attack Palestinian Home, Smash Windows

30 Israeli settlers from the illegal Yitzhar settlement pelted rocks at and smashed the windows of the Saleh family’s home in the Nablus-area village of Asira al-Shamaliya.

Israeli forces allegedly claimed the 100 square-meter house was being constructed with difficult-to-obtain Israeli-issued building permits (AFP/File)

February 1st, 2018 - 10:53 GMT

Israeli Forces Demolish Palestinian House in Nablus

Israeli authorities have stepped up issuing demolition warrants for Palestinians in East Jerusalem. (File/AFP)

March 29th, 2017 - 07:00 GMT

Two buildings demolished in East Jerusalem’s Issawiya

Last month, Israeli authorities demolished at least three homes in Issawiya in a singe day, and in January, a man in the neighborhood was forced to demolish his own home in compliance with an order from the municipality.

March 2nd, 2017 - 06:00 GMT

Demolition in Jerusalem leaves 30 Palestinians homeless

A Palestinian walks through a destroyed home in Silwan after it was razed by Israeli authorities in March. (AFP/Ahmad Gharabli)

October 26th, 2016 - 12:00 GMT

Israel leaves family of 30 homeless after demolishing their building in Silwan

Hagai El-Ad, Executive Director of B'Tselem, at a press conference in Tel Aviv, February 05, 2016. (AFP/Jack Guez)

October 23rd, 2016 - 12:00 GMT

Director of top Israeli human rights organization threatened with revoked citizenship

An Israeli D9 bulldozer rolls along the southern Israeli border with the Gaza Strip. (AFP/File)

October 23rd, 2016 - 05:00 GMT

Israeli forces flatten lands in Nablus to make space for illegal colonies

The United Nations cultural heritage body UNESCO adopted a resolution on Wednesday condemning Israeli handling of Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque. (AFP/File)

October 15th, 2016 - 07:00 GMT

Palestine welcomes latest UNESCO resolution condemning Israel’s policies on Aqsa mosque

Israeli construction cranes and excavators at a building site in the Israeli settlement of Neve Yaakov, in the northern area of east Jerusalem on March 29, 2016. (AFP/Ahmad Gharabli)

October 8th, 2016 - 08:00 GMT

Both US and EU condemn Israel’s latest plan for the expansion of illegal settlements

A Palestinian child holds a national flag as she walks past the rubble of Palestinian homes destroyed by Israeli authorities on July 29, 2016. (AFP/File)

September 28th, 2016 - 01:00 GMT

Israeli occupation forces on home demolition rampage throughout the West Bank

Israeli settlers continue to burn olive trees on Palestinian lands. (AFP/File)

August 10th, 2016 - 02:00 GMT

Illegal settlers destroy 500 olive trees in Salfit, Palestine

Baaad driving is bad news for a flock of Palestinian sheep. (Shutterstock)

June 11th, 2016 - 05:00 GMT

Baaa-d driver: Israeli settler drives into Palestinian farmer’s flock of sheep, kills 25!

Watchdog group Peace Now revealed that the Israeli government had facilitated the illegal transfer of land belonging to the Abu Taah family in East Jerusalem. (File photo)

May 9th, 2016 - 04:00 GMT

Watchdog: Settlement construction to begin on seized East Jerusalem land