Area C
Area C covers 60% of the West Bank and is home to an estimated 180,000-300,000 Palestinians and to a settler population of at least 325,500 living in 125 settlements and approx. 100 outposts. Israel retains control of security and land-management in Area C and views the area as there to serve its own needs, such as military training, economic interests and settlement development. Ignoring Palestinian needs, Israel practically bans Palestinian construction and development. At the same time, it encourages the development of Israeli settlements through a parallel planning mechanism, and the Civil Administration turns a blind eye to settlers’ building violations.
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Khirbet Susiya, South Hebron Hills: Teenaged settlers attacked homes with stones and damage property
On Saturday morning, 21 December 2024, at around 8:30 A.M., while Hussein (65) and Wissam (60) Nawaj’ah, residents of Kh. Susiya in the South Hebron Hills, sat down to breakfast, they heard their dog barking. When they stepped out to see what…
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A regime of Jewish supremacy from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea
The entire area Israel controls between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea is governed by a single regime working to advance and perpetuate the supremacy of one group over another. By geographically, demographically and physically…
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Israel’s regime of apartheid and occupation is inextricably bound up in human rights violations. B’Tselem strives to end this regime, as that is the only way forward to a future in which human rights, democracy, liberty and equality are ensured to all people, both Palestinian and Israeli, living between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea.