forcible displacement

Tawfiq Hajj Qassem, a resident of the Palestinian village of Atuf in the northern Jordan Valley, August 2026. (Oren Ziv)

Israel’s new West Bank separation wall closes in on Palestinian communities

While the army damages water pipes and confiscates cars, settlers from Jordan Valley outposts terrorize shepherding families — forcing dozens to flee.

By Oren Ziv September 9, 2026

Displaced Palestinians seen near their tents in Gaza City, June 1, 2026. (Ali Hassan/Flash90)

‘Where are the mediators?’: Gazans decry ongoing displacement despite ceasefire

Pushing to seize 70 percent of Gaza’s territory, the Israeli army is opening fire at Palestinian civilians caught off guard by the ever-expanding ‘Yellow Line.’

By Ruwaida Amer June 9, 2026

Hacham Salim in his greenhouse in the village of Jayyous, West Bank, April 7, 2026 (Timna Rose Peretz)

Israel’s war on the West Bank comes for Palestinian greenhouses

In Jayyous and neighboring villages, Palestinian farmers have been served dozens of new demolition orders intended to push them off their land.

By Meron Rapoport May 7, 2026

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Fakhri Abu Diab, beside the rubble of his house that the Jerusalem Municipality demolished in 2024, Al-Bustan, Silwan, occupied East Jerusalem. (Faiz Abu Rmeleh)

In East Jerusalem, ‘a whole Palestinian community is about to be expelled’

Israel is forcing out Al-Bustan’s 1,500 residents to build a biblical theme park. To avoid paying huge fines, families are demolishing their own homes.

By Shatha Yaish May 1, 2026

Israeli settlers fly an Israeli flag on the house of Ahed Khatib, inside Area B near Aqarba, in the West Bank, February 2026. (Oren Ziv)

‘Erasing the lines’: How settler outposts are seizing new regions of the West Bank

After decades consolidating their control over Area C, Israeli settlers are expanding into Areas B and A — nominally under Palestinian Authority jurisdiction — and displacing communities, a joint investigation reveals.

By Oren Ziv and Ariel Caine March 24, 2026

Israeli soldiers block the path of international activists in Hebron's Old City, occupied West Bank, November 22, 2025. (Mosab Shawer/Activestills)

No explanation, no appeal: Israel revoking entry authorization of foreign activists

The government is exploiting the visa-free travel system to clamp down on activists supporting vulnerable Palestinian communities in the West Bank.

By Liam Syed February 18, 2026

Tawfiq Bani Odeh, a resident of the Palestinian village of Atuf, with his flock of sheep on Mount Tammun in the northern Jordan Valley, January 23, 2026. (Oren Ziv)

Israel’s new separation wall will sever Jordan Valley from rest of West Bank

The army is issuing evacuation orders and seizing land to prepare a massive barrier — part of a wider project to annex the Palestinian ‘breadbasket.’

By Oren Ziv February 16, 2026

Workers seen at a vineyard in the Israeli settlement bloc of Gush Etzion, occupied West Bank, September 3, 2020. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)

The theft at the heart of Israel’s booming wine industry

After seizing Palestinian land, settlers are replanting it with vineyards — then exporting their wine as ‘Made in Israel’ to obscure its origins.

By Marta Vidal and Meriem Laribi January 30, 2026

Israeli forces operating in the Nur Shams refugee camp, near Tulkarem, January 12, 2026. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

Paving military roads, Israel prepares permanent control of West Bank camps

A year after their expulsion from the Jenin, Tulkarem, and Nur Shams camps, refugees wait not only to return, but to reclaim the rights the camps preserved.

By Majd Jawad January 19, 2026

Palestinians pack their belongings into a truck in Ras Ein al-Auja, in the southern Jordan Valley, after Israeli settlers erected an outpost inside the village, January 8, 2026. (Oren Ziv)

The calculated erasure of Ras Ein Al-Auja

Israeli state-backed settler violence is displacing the southern Jordan Valley’s last herding community, advancing efforts to empty Area C of Palestinians.

By Oren Ziv January 16, 2026

Ayman Ghrayeb. (Avishai Mohar/Activestills)

At settlers’ bidding, Israel arrests prominent Palestinian activist

Relatives say the detention of Ayman Ghrayeb, known for documenting forcible displacement across the West Bank, is intended to quell his activism.

By Oren Ziv November 24, 2025

The lower boundary of Batan al-Hawa, with a view of the Temple Mount/Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, in Silwan, East Jerusalem, October 28, 2025. (Omri Eran-Vardi)

In the shadow of Al-Aqsa, a Palestinian neighborhood faces mass evictions

Backed by the Israeli state and courts, settlers are taking over multi-story homes in East Jerusalem’s Batan Al-Hawa — with 700 more residents targeted.

By Dikla Taylor-Sheinman and Charlotte Ritz-Jack November 11, 2025

Palestinians load a truck with their belongings as they are forced to flee their homes in Al-Shati refugee camp, Gaza City, Sept. 23, 2025. (Yousef Zaanoun/Activestills)

I vowed never to flee Gaza City. But Israel’s assault has left me no choice

After two years of defying Israeli orders, I realized I could no longer protect my family if we stayed put, as bombs fall on every corner of our city.

By Ahmed Dremly October 2, 2025