#israeli-occupation

#israeli-occupation

Any governance structure that does not take into account the Palestinian national aspirations is doomed to failure. Last week, just as Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip intensified, United States presidential envoy Steven Witkoff announced on social media that the ceasefire is entering its second stage. In the following days, the administration of US President Donald Trump unveiled the makeup of a foreign executive committee and a peace board that will oversee the provisional administration of Gaza composed of Palestinian technocrats.

In 1916, Daher Nassar, a Christian Palestinian farmer living south of Bethlehem, made a move considered more than unusual at the time. He bought a 42-hectare stretch of farmland on the slopes and valleys of Wadi Salem, and formally registered the purchase with the Ottoman authorities, who then ruled the region. A few years later, after transferring the title to his son, Nassar did something even more extraordinary. He re-registered the deed under each successive administration the British mandate, then the Jordanian government,

The UN report highlights a campaign of devastation against cultural, religious, and educational sites in Gaza, with Israeli forces largely committing war crimes in these attacks.

"Living in Masafer Yatta means experiencing daily intimidation from settlers and the constant fear of our homes being demolished, a reality that we cannot escape."