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 When one hurts or kills a women
one hurts or kills hummanity and is an antrocitie.
Gino d'Artali
and: My mother (1931-1997) always said to me <Mi figlio, non esistono notizie <vecchie> perche puoi imparare qualcosa da qualsiasi notizia.> Translated: <My son, there is no such thing as so called 'old' news because you can learn something from any news.>
Gianna d'Artali.

 
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israelis Rafah IED attack
Quds news - Dec 24, 2025
{Hamas Says Israel Lied About Rafah IED, Reveals Blast Was Caused by Unexploded Israeli Ordnance
Hamas said Israel falsely blamed the movement for an IED attack in Rafah, stating the explosion was caused by unexploded Israeli ordnance left behind by the army, a claim Israel used to justify further attacks on civilians in Gaza.
Gaza (QNN)- Hamas said on Wednesday that Israel’s claim about an IED attack in Rafah is false. The movement said the explosion came from unexploded Israeli munitions left behind by the Israeli army itself. Hamas leader Mahmoud Mardawi said the blast did not result from a resistance operation. He said it was caused by unexploded ordnance abandoned by Israeli forces in Rafah. He added that Hamas informed mediators of this finding. Earlier, the Israeli army claimed an explosive device hit a military vehicle during an operation in Rafah. It claimed that the blast caused light injuries to an officer from the Golani Brigade. The army described the incident as an IED attack and announced an investigation. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whi is wanted by the ICC over war crimes in Gaza, quickly accused Hamas of violating the Gaza ceasefire. His office claimed Hamas planted the explosive device. It threatened a “suitable response” and renewed calls to disarm Hamas and remove it from power. Israel often makes such claims to create a pretext for further attacks on civilians in Gaza. The incident came as Israeli airstrikes and artillery shelling hit areas in southern and northern Gaza. Hamas said Israel continues to violate the ceasefire daily without accountability. Israeli forces have committed nearly 900 ceasefire violations since the agreement in October. These violations include killings, bombardment, destruction of property, and live fire across the Gaza Strip.} Video - Source: https://qudsnen.co/post?id=66939&slug=hamas-says-israel-lied-about-rafah-ied-reveals-blast-was-caused-by-unexploded-israeli-ordnance


Videoscreen grab: Hungerstrikers risk their lives to safe others
Al Jazeera - Dec 24, 2025 By Tim Hume
{Four Palestine Action hunger strikers vow to continue as two pause protest
Four jailed activists affiliated with the banned UK group say they will endure strike despite warnings over their health. Four prisoners in the United Kingdom linked to the banned group Palestine Action are continuing with their hunger strike, despite grave medical warnings and two fellow strikers having recently paused their protest after suffering serious health concerns. The protest group Prisoners For Palestine said the four remaining hunger strikers – Kamran Ahmed, Heba Muraisi, Teuta Hoxha and Lewie Chiaramello – would continue with their protest action, despite Ahmed, 28, being hospitalised on Saturday for the third time since he began refusing food. “The remaining four will continue to refuse food on the basis of [their] demands,” the group said on Tuesday. The hunger strikers are demanding immediate bail, the right to a fair trial, and for the UK to de-proscribe Palestine Action, which it outlawed as a “terror” group in July. For their part, the pro-Palestinian group says the UK government is complicit in Israeli war crimes committed in Gaza. They are also calling for an end to alleged censorship of their communication, and are demanding that all sites operated by Israel’s largest weapons manufacturer, Elbit, be closed. The statement said the remaining strikers, who are being held on remand, were adding to their list of demands: calling for an end to non-association orders between them, for access to the same courses and activities as sentenced prisoners, and for Muraisi to be transferred back from a prison in northern England to Bronzefield prison in Surrey, closer to her networks in London. Chiaramello, who is on an intermittent hunger strike, refusing food every other day due to being diabetic, is experiencing confusion, dizziness, and weakness, Prisoners For Palestine said. The prisoners are accused of involvement in break-ins at a UK factory operated by Elbit near Bristol and a Royal Air Force base in Oxfordshire last year, during which two military planes were spray-painted. They deny the charges against them, such as burglary and violent disorder.
‘Excruciating pain’
The pledge to continue with the strike comes after two of their fellow prisoners announced a pause to their strike on Friday after suffering serious health impacts. Qesser Zuhrah, a 20-year-old who Prisoners For Palestine said had halted her hunger strike after 48 days of refusing food, was experiencing “continuous excruciating pain in her abdomen”, the group said. Her decision to pause the hunger strike came after staff at the prison denied her an ambulance last week for more than 18 hours, prompting MP Zarah Sultana to join protests outside the jail before she was taken to hospital. In a statement, Zuhrah – whose lawyers said she had lost 13 percent of her body weight – indicated she intended to return to the hunger strike, warning the government, “We will certainly return to battle you with our empty stomachs in the new year.” Another prisoner, Amu Gib, had also resumed eating after the hunger strike had left them using a wheelchair due to severe weakness and brain fog.
MP alleges government ‘cruelty’
Sultana, representing the recently-formed Your Party, paid tribute to Zuhrah and Gib, saying their actions had “laid bare the cruelty of a Labour government wanting them to die”. “They refused to give them that – and will resume in the new year,” she said in a statement, calling for immediate bail for the group.
She said the four remaining strikers remained “at a critical point, refusing food until their demands are met, UK complicity ends and Palestine is free”. On Monday, lawyers for the hunger strikers said they had written a pre-claim letter to the government, warning that they would seek a High Court case over their demands to meet Justice Secretary David Lammy to discuss welfare and prison conditions.} Video - Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/24/four-palestine-action-hunger-strikers-vow-to-continue-as-two-pause-protest


new world order
Al Jazeera - Dec 24, 2025
{Trump declared a ‘new Middle East’ – but what has changed?
Chatham House director Bronwen Maddox lays out the obstacles blocking progress on Trump’s plan for a ‘new Middle East’.
Two months ago, United States President Donald Trump held an international gala to celebrate his 20-point plan for peace in Gaza, but his plan has been stuck in phase one since then. Bronwen Maddox, the director of Chatham House – one of the world’s leading think tanks – argues that while Trump’s ceasefire slowed the horrific Israeli bombing of Gaza, “that doesn’t mean we’ve got a plan for the future”. Maddox tells host Steve Clemons that Iran is weaker, but Israel’s campaign to destabilise its neighbours, such as Syria, is dragging the region into further conflict, not peace and prosperity.} Video - Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/video/the-bottom-line/2025/12/24/trump-declared-a-new-middle-east-but-what-has

Al Jazeera - Dec 24, 2025
{Palestinian Christians worry about erasure as Israeli settlements grow
Christmas celebrations have returned to Bethlehem, but Palestinian Christians fear they are being erased by Israeli violence and settlement expansion. Al Jazeera’s Nida Ibrahim reports from Bethlehem, where illegal settlements are encroaching on the birthplace of Jesus.} Video - Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2025/12/24/palestinian-christians-worry-about-erasure-as-israeli-settlements-grow


Palestinian Resistance is Existential
Quds news - Dec 24, 2025
{Avatar Director Says Palestinian Resistance is ‘Existential’ After Decades of Israeli Occupation
“There are some fights that are righteous. And total annihilation is a reason to fight. It’s existential.”
New York (QNN)- In an interview for his new Avatar sequel, James Cameron said the Palestinian resistance is “existential” after decades of Israeli occupation. The Canadian filmmaker expressed his understanding of why people in Palestine, Ukraine, and Sudan are standing up to their oppressors. During a "Director Debrief" interview with journalist Brandon Davis, released shortly after the film's premiere on December 19, the host asked, “You capture all-out war in this movie. Good guys are killing bad guys. They’re each killing each other.” “They’re each killing each other’s animals and creatures. And yet I feel like when we see the sort of suffering, we only see the pain, mostly see the pain inflicted on the good guys. As if you’re trying to make sure we don’t empathize with the bad guys. Can you talk about how fighting for what’s right, and walking that line, requires that sort of portrayal?” Cameron responded, “It’s a fine line, right? Because we go down, we go into Tulkun culture and they say, you know, killing only leads to more killing, an endless expanding spiral, right? And that’s the world we live in right now. That’s what we’ve seen. We’ve seen it in Gaza. We’ve seen it in Sudan. We’ve seen it in Ukraine.” “And you know, you’re doing an action movie. People are going to fight, right? But are you fighting for a just cause? Are you fighting for what you believe in? Are you fighting from a place of hatred or revenge?” “There are some fights that are righteous. And total annihilation is a reason to fight. It’s existential.” Cameron drew parallels between fictional narratives and real-world crises. Cameron's remarks align with the overarching narrative of Avatar: Fire and Ash, where indigenous Na'vi characters confront human colonizers. The film, the third installment in the saga, delves into grief, loss, and redemption, mirroring what Cameron described as humanity's "greed and willful destruction."} Video - Source: https://qudsnen.co/post?id=66937&slug=avatar-director-says-palestinian-resistance-is-existential-after-decades-of-israeli-occupation

Quds news - Dec 24, 2025
{Italian Union Calls for Boycott of Eurovision Over Israel’s Inclusion
"By withdrawing Italy from Eurovision and deciding not to broadcast the event, RAI would not only be taking an ethically and empathetically justifiable position, it would also be setting an example as a moral leader on the international stage.”
Italian Union Calls for Boycott of Eurovision Over Israel’s Inclusion
Rome (QNN)- The USB union at Italy's state broadcaster RAI has begun a petition calling for Italy to boycott Eurovision 2026 over Israel’s participation. This follows the withdrawal of five countries from the competition over Israel’s inclusion, amid international calls for Israel to be barred from the song contest in response to its genocide in Gaza. The union is seeking 3,000 signatures and urging RAI to "join the other countries that have distanced themselves". The USB is a young union branch founded two years ago with currently around 50 members at the state broadcaster.  "By withdrawing Italy from Eurovision and deciding not to broadcast the event, RAI would not only be taking an ethically and empathetically justifiable position, it would also be setting an example as a moral leader on the international stage,” the petition reads. Such a move," it continues, "would show how deeply Italy cares about the values of human dignity, equality and justice for all peoples. Our voice would resonate globally, demonstrating that we do not turn a blind eye to injustice." Claudio Ciccone of USB - RAI coordination explains that the goal is to go well beyond the roughly 3,000 signatures collected so far and, in the longer term, to involve prominent figures in the campaign who can give the petition greater resonance. "I'm not drawing the comparison with Russia to say yes to this one and no to that one," Ciccone says, "but if there is a general line for applying an exclusion where violations at the level of international politics are found, the same must apply in all situations, otherwise we are faced with a case of double standards." "The Israeli prime minister," the trade unionist continues, "lodged an appeal with the International Court of Justice; the appeal was rejected and so, according to the Court itself, we are faced with a government that has committed genocide." Ciccone has no doubts: "The street protests of recent months and the polls have made it quite clear which side Italy is on with regard to the genocide of the Palestinian people," he says. Speaking about the company's position, he concludes: "By withdrawing Italy from Eurovision it would probably lose quite a lot of money. Record labels also have every interest in taking part and being seen at one of the biggest events in the world".
What We Know
Spain, Ireland, Slovenia, Netherlands and most recently Iceland withdrew from next year’s contest.
The five countries had threatened to boycott next year’s edition of the glitzy music contest, due to be held in Vienna in May, if Israel took part, citing its genocidal war on Palestinians in Gaza – as well as confirmations that it unfairly intervened in the most recent competition to the benefit of its entrant in what reportedly was an attempt to politicise Eurovision. The issue was initially supposed to be resolved with a vote in November. But a few days after the announcement of a ceasefire agreement in Gaza on October 10, which Israel has violated repeatedly and killed about 400 Palestinians, the EBU postponed the decision until its ordinary general assembly in Geneva. Earlier this month, the contest’s organising body declined to expel Israel over its genocide in Gaza where Israel has killed more than 70,000 Palestinians since October 7, 2023 and imposed a blockade on aid with human rights groups confirming it uses stavation as a weapon of war. It said that it would instead introduce new rules “to reinforce trust and protect [the] neutrality” of the contest that would discourage governments from influencing the outcome. That prompted the five countries to swiftly announce they would boycott the competition. Russia was banned from competing in 2022 due to “the unprecedented crisis in Ukraine.” Critics and broadcasters, however, pointed to the ongoing genocide in Gaza and the West Bank under Israeli occupation. The president of Slovenian broadcaster RTV noted that while the EBU banned Russia from Eurovision almost immediately after it invaded Ukraine in 2022, it "does not dare reject Israel". In May that year, the EBU formally suspended its Russian members, indefinitely revoking their broadcasting and participation rights for future editions of Eurovision. Russia has not competed since. RTÉ, the Irish broadcaster, said participation was “unconscionable given the appalling loss of lives in Gaza and the humanitarian crisis there” while RTVE in Spain said participating would engender “distrust” in the organisation given the depth of feeling over Gaza. The Spanish broadcaster RTVE also said it would not broadcast the contest or the semi-finals in Vienna next year, describing the process of decision-making as “insufficient” and engendering “distrust”. Spain’s Culture Minister, Ernest Urtasun, backed the boycott. He said: “You can’t whitewash Israel given the genocide in Gaza. Culture should be on the side of peace and justice. I’m proud of an RTVE that puts human rights before any economic interest.” The Slovenian national broadcaster, RTVSLO – the first to threaten a boycott this summer – said participation “would conflict with its values of peace, equality and respect”. It said it was “on behalf of the 20,000 children who died” in Israel’s genocidal war on Palestinian people in Gaza. Stefan Eiriksson, director-general of Icelandic national broadcaster RÚV, said: "There is no peace or joy connected to this contest as things stand now. On that basis, first and foremost, we are stepping back while the situation is as it is." RÚV said Israel's participation had "created disunity among both members of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and the general public". If the EBU fails to act, it risks a major split within Europe’s most-watched cultural event. For many broadcasters, the contest is no longer just about music, but about taking a stand on Gaza. The decision by the five countries means they will neither participate in nor broadcast the event, which is scheduled to take place in Vienna. Over the last two years, Israel has faced objections to its participation in Eurovision not only by EBU members but also by contestants themselves. Nemo, the Swiss singer who won 2024's contest, said earlier this year that they backed calls for Israel to be excluded, saying the country's actions in Gaza were "fundamentally at odds with the values that Eurovision claims to uphold, peace, unity, and respect for human rights". In May, more than 70 past Eurovision contestants released an open letter calling for the EBU to ban Israel from participating. Embroiled in diplomatic tension, the contest’s organisers announced the contest will have 35 participants, the lowest ever participation since 2003. } Video - Source: https://qudsnen.co/post?id=66935&slug=italian-union-calls-for-boycott-of-eurovision-over-israels-inclusion


Videoscreen grab: We love Life despite genocide
Al Jazeera - Dec 24, 2025 By Maram Humaid
{Shattered joy: Wedding celebrations cut short in Gaza after Israeli attack
Long-postponed wedding ended in devastation after Israeli artillery hit a building in Gaza, killing family members. Mustafa and Nesma al-Borsh’s wedding party was, understandably, a modest affair, considering the conditions in the Gaza Strip. Nesma went to a beauty salon, rented a white dress, and took some photos with her groom, Mustafa. The ceremony and party were held in a tent in eastern Gaza City’s neighbourhood of Tuffah, with only 40 people in attendance. “I won’t say it was the wedding day I had always dreamed of, but given the harsh conditions we are living under, we tried to steal a few happy moments, and we did,” Nesma said. Those happy moments were stolen from Mustafa and Nesma. As last Friday’s celebration wrapped up, Israeli shelling hit a building next to the tent.
The targeted site was a vocational training facility run by Gaza’s Ministry of Education, but had been converted into a shelter during the war. The couple had been planning to live there after the wedding. Flames rose from the site; dust, smoke, and screams filled the area. The newlyweds stood in shock, unable to comprehend what was unfolding around them, as their wedding day turned into a tragedy.
From groom to rescuer
“I immediately grabbed my bride’s hand and sent her with my female relatives who had just left. Then I took off my wedding suit jacket and rushed with the other men to rescue those inside the building,” Mustafa, 29, told Al Jazeera from Halawa, a displacement camp in Gaza City near Tuffah. The shelling directly hit the second floor of the school, where Mustafa’s family were staying with others. It also hit the classroom that had been prepared for the couple to live in. Everything they had arranged for their wedding was burned. “I helped retrieve bodies and rescue the wounded, and I pulled out my nephew, who was critically injured all over his body,” Mustafa said. Ambulances were called, but emergency crews required Israeli coordination to enter the area. “We waited more than two hours for the ambulances to arrive, but they were not allowed to enter from the Israeli side,” he added. “The situation was indescribably terrifying. We could hear strikes and shelling around us.” After more than two hours, ambulances were eventually allowed in to evacuate the wounded and the dead. After civil defence teams evacuated everyone from the building, instructing them to move to a safer location, they retrieved the victims. Families were displaced, again, to shelters for internally displaced people inside the city, leaving behind all their belongings. “Since that day, I’m still wearing my wedding suit,” the groom told Al Jazeera, pointing to his white shirt and trousers. “There is a bloodstain belonging to my eight-year-old nephew, Mohammad, who died two days later from his injuries,” Mustafa said.
Repeated delays
Mustafa got engaged to the now 22-year-old Nesma several months before Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza began in October 2023. Their wedding had been scheduled for that month. “My apartment was fully ready: the bedroom, sofa set, kitchen. My fiancée and I put great effort into choosing every piece,” Mustafa said, showing a photo of the apartment that had been part of his family’s home in Jabalia, northern Gaza. It was later destroyed. The couple had endured bombardment, hunger, and repeated displacement with their families, making the idea of a wedding seem impossible. “Our families occasionally pressured us to go ahead with the wedding since the war was dragging on, but we both refused,” Nesma said, with Mustafa nodding in agreement. “We kept asking ourselves how we could celebrate or hold a wedding amid war and displacement.” What further distanced the idea of marriage was Mustafa’s grief after losing two of his older brothers during the war, one in December 2023, when their home in Jabalia was bombed, and another in March 2025, during the second half of the war.
“Losing my brothers cast an overwhelming shadow of grief over us, especially my mother, who cannot stop crying whenever she remembers them,” Mustafa said, glancing at his mother as she listened to the conversation. After a ceasefire began on January 19, 2025, the couple decided to proceed with the wedding, believing the war had ended. But it quickly resumed. “At that time, my uncle’s house in Jabalia was still standing, so we decided to take an apartment there and started preparing it. My bride began preparing herself and her clothes.” “But we were shocked when the war broke out again in mid-March 2025,” Mustafa said.
With the return of the war, both were forced to flee with their families from northern Gaza to the west of Gaza City, where they lived in tents under harsh conditions until a second ceasefire came into effect on October 10, 2025.
Refuge
After the October ceasefire was announced, Mustafa and his family moved to a shelter in the Tuffah neighbourhood, about half a kilometre (0.3 miles) from the so-called “yellow line”, beyond which Israel retains control in Gaza. “We wanted to escape life in the tents during the winter, so we decided to move into the school despite our concerns about its proximity to the yellow line,” he said. Following family discussions, both families agreed to hold the wedding on December 19, with a modest celebration in a tent adjacent to the shelter. “Once the date was set, I prepared what I could. Other displaced families in the shelter helped me, and they provided a classroom for us. Everything seemed to be going well,” Mustafa said. Mustafa said he never expected the shelter to be attacked, as it was housing a large number of displaced families, the surrounding neighbourhood was densely populated, and the area lay outside the yellow line. The educational centre was located in an area from which Israeli forces had withdrawn, in line with the ceasefire agreement. Despite the truce, hundreds of Israeli violations have been recorded, with more than 400 Palestinians killed in repeated attacks over recent months. Eight people were killed in the shelling of the building next to the wedding tent, all neighbours and relatives of Mustafa’s family, who had been sheltering on the second floor, he said.

Youssef, 7-Photo-Riash-Al Jazeera
Displaced again
“Among those killed were a mother, her husband, and their child, as well as my young nephew, who had been dancing with joy just moments earlier,” Mustafa said. “What justification is there for targeting these people? And what crime did I commit for my bride and me to have our joy stolen on our wedding day?” The couple is now, once again, living separately with their families due to the renewed displacement and the lack of a place to live together. “Every time, I have to start from zero again. Is there suffering greater than this?” Mustafa added in despair. “I am displaced, my bride is displaced, our families are displaced, living in tents with relatives.” “We insisted on holding our wedding during the war, but the war returned in the blink of an eye on the very day of our wedding,” Nesma said, her eyes heavy with grief. “My joy is shattered. I have no desire for life. Everything feels dark here, and there is no space for happiness, not even one step.”} Video - Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2025/12/24/shattered-joy-wedding-celebrations-cut-short-gaza-after-israeli-attack


Alice Kisiya-Photo-Jadou-Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera - Dec 24, 2025
{Victory against Israeli West Bank settlement offers Palestinians some hope
Christian activist Kisiya regains access to family land after an Israeli court ruled against settlers in the occupied West Bank. Bethlehem and al-Makhrour, occupied West Bank – For Alice Kisiya, a Palestinian Christian activist from Beit Jala in the occupied West Bank, this Christmas season is special. On Tuesday, Kisiya was able, for the first time since 2019, to set foot on her family’s land in the Christian village of al-Makhrour after an Israeli court ruling in June eventually forced Israeli settlers to leave the land and dismantle an illegal outpost. “This victory, which forced the settlers to dismantle their outpost in preparation for leaving for good, confirms to me that one must never tire of continuing the struggle, despite all the methods they used to pressure me and my family into leaving the land,” Kisiya told Al Jazeera. “They left our family’s land after four months and moved on to build an outpost on land belonging to our relatives. Yet, I have prevailed once again, because every time I saw them on my land, it strengthened my commitment to pursue my legal struggle,” she said.
The Kisiya family’s legal battle was prolonged and hard-fought after an Israeli settler organisation claimed to have bought the land from “other owners” and provided ownership documents. After years of legal proceedings, an Israeli court recently rejected the settlers’ allegation and ruled that the documents presented were fabricated. The court stated that the Kisiya family was the legal owner of the 5 dunams (0.005sq km) piece of land in al-Makhrour and had the right to return to it. “The Israeli court ruling is very important, because it affirms my rights and ownership of the land and exposes the falsity of the occupation and settlers’ manipulation of property documents in an illegal manner, as they were forged for political and personal purposes,” Kisiya, who was arrested in 2024 for protesting settler land grabs, said. But despite her legal victory, Kisiya still does not stay on her land, fearing settler attacks and violence, which are commonplace in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. “The court ruling granted my family and me the right to return to the land, the house and the restaurant that were demolished by the occupation, but we are now avoiding a permanent presence because of settler violence, backed by the right-wing government and its ministers, Smotrich and Ben-Gvir,” she said, referring to Israeli Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich and Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir. Kisiya, whose family home Israeli forces also demolished when she was a child, has become a symbol of resistance in her Christian community and among other Palestinians after years of leading a civil, legal and popular campaign to confront Israeli occupation policies and illegal settlement expansions.
Push for illegal settlements
Kisiya’s success offers renewed hope. But Israel’s settlement expansion, aimed at linking illegal East Jerusalem settlements with the Gush Etzion bloc south of the occupied West Bank, is continuing as part of the so-called “Greater Jerusalem” plan. Israel’s far-right government, led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is pushing to confiscate Palestinian land and build more settlements. In a social media post, Smotrich, who is a settler himself, said: “We continue to write history in settlement building and in the State of Israel… We have legalised 69 settlements in three years. We are preventing the establishment of a Palestinian state on the ground. We continue development, construction and settlement in the land of our ancestors, with faith in the justice of our cause.” The number of settlements and outposts in the occupied West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem has risen by nearly 50 percent – from 141 in 2022 to 210 now – under the current Israeli government. An outpost is built without government authorisation, while a settlement is authorised by the Israeli government. Both are illegal under international law, as they are built on occupied land. Nearly 10 percent of Israel’s Jewish population of 7.7 million people live in these settlements. Israeli authorities are expected to advance plans to build 9,000 new housing units in a settlement on the site of the abandoned Qalandiya airport in occupied East Jerusalem, in another attempt to cut off Palestinian lands from each other and block any possibility of a contiguous Palestinian state emerging. The so-called Atarot neighbourhood in northern East Jerusalem, reminiscent of the E1 plan to undermine Palestinian statehood, is to be discussed and have its outlines approved on Wednesday by the District Planning and Building Committee, according to Israeli group Peace Now. Palestinian farmers a form of resistance
Palestinians are not standing idle and are finding their own means, albeit small, to block the Israeli land grab. Farmer Bashir al-Sous, who is 60 years old, has never stopped cultivating and rehabilitating his land in al-Makhrour, despite Israeli plans to confiscate some 2,800 dunams (2.8sq km) of agricultural land. He explained to Al Jazeera that his village was first targeted in the 1990s with the construction of settlement Road 60, which split the land in two, and is now facing renewed confiscation plans. Palestinian farmers repeatedly say that Israeli authorities reject their requests to establish electricity and water pipelines, and to issue building permits. Al-Sous wants to challenge the Israeli narrative that there are no Palestinians on the land. “I believe we can protect our land by keeping our presence 24 hours a day, and by planting it with grapes and olives,” al-Sous told Al Jazeera. “Keeping our presence visible will brush aside the claims that these lands have no owners,” he said, adding that farmers rely on historical wells and old agrarian structures that enable them to cultivate the land.
“We will not leave our land,” he said.
Fears over legal evasion
Palestinian legal experts have warned against celebrating legal victories, because Israeli officials and settler leaders could evade court rulings. “The escalation in settler expansion in the West Bank is clear. What is happening is part of an Israeli policy aimed at eliminating the concept of a Palestinian state,” said Hassan Breijieh, head of the international law department at the Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission. “Israeli actions circumvent laws and court orders, especially in strategic areas that are central to the plan to connect Jerusalem with Gush Etzion settlements within the so-called Greater Jerusalem,” he said. Breijieh added that the Israeli government seeks to continue its grand settlement plan with the backing of the United States.
A message to the Christian world
Those concerns are very real for Kisiya, but she still believes that her legal victory represents a glimmer of hope, and one that has come at an important time of the year for Christians. For Kisiya and her family, this Christmas brings strength and steadfastness. “I pray that God strengthens our faith and keeps us rooted in our land,” she told Al Jazeera. “Palestinian Christians are an integral part of the national struggle, facing systematic displacement aimed at portraying the conflict as purely religious.” “I want the world to know that we, as Christians, are not separate from the Palestinian cause,” she added. “We are a fundamental part of it, alongside our Muslim brothers and sisters. We are subjected to systematic persecution aimed at emptying the Holy Land of Christians and forcing them into displacement, so that Israel can portray the conflict as one between itself and Muslims.” Kisiya said she is looking towards Christian world leaders, in particular, the leaders of the world’s churches, to stand by the ancient Christian population of Palestine. “I hope that His Holiness the Pope, along with all church leaders and clergy, will intervene more broadly to protect the Christian presence in the city of Bethlehem and throughout Palestine,” she said. “We are part of the struggle and the building of the Palestinian state.”} Video - Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2025/12/24/victory-against-israeli-west-bank-settlement-offers-palestinians-some-hope

Quds news - Dec 23, 2025
{Israel Announces 1,200 New Settlement Units Near Ramallah Amid Global Silence
Israel has announced plans to build 1,200 new settlement units near Ramallah, while military bulldozers move to revive evacuated settlements in the northern West Bank, deepening expansion amid growing international silence.
Occupied West Bank (QNN)- Israel has announced plans to build 1,200 new settlement units in the 'Beit El' colonial settlement, north of Ramallah, deepening settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz made the announcement during a visit to the colonial settlement, where he took part in the project’s inauguration. He said settlement construction will continue at an accelerated pace. Katz also confirmed work on additional settlement outposts under the so-called “Nahal” project. The plans form part of broader efforts to rebuild settlements and Israeli army camps across the northern West Bank. Israeli media reported that the project includes a new bypass road. The road will serve settlement expansion, particularly near the town of Silet al-Dahr, north of Nablus. In the northern West Bank, Israeli occupation forces sent military bulldozers with an army convoy into the former 'Sanur' settlement, south of Jenin. The forces began land leveling in preparation for rebuilding the settlement. Israel evacuated Sanur in 2005 under the disengagement plan. Recent actions signal a clear intention to revive it. The move is part of a wider plan to legalize and build 19 new settlement outposts in the occupied West Bank, including four in Jenin governorate. Palestinian and international observers warn that continued settlement expansion, carried out amid near-total international silence, threatens stability and further entrenches Israel’s control over occupied Palestinian land.} Video - Source: https://qudsnen.co/post?id=66933&slug=israel-announces-1200-new-settlement-units-near-ramallah-amid-global-silence

Al Jazeera - Dec 23, 2025 By Caolán Magee
{Belgium joins South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at ICJ
Other countries, including Brazil, Colombia, Ireland, Mexico, Spain and Turkiye, have already joined the case in The Hague. Belgium has formally joined the case launched by South Africa at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) alleging Israel is committing genocide in the Gaza Strip. In a statement on Tuesday, the ICJ – The Hague-based highest court of the United Nations – said Belgium had filed a declaration of intervention in the case. Other countries, including Brazil, Colombia, Ireland, Mexico, Spain and Turkiye, have already joined the proceedings. South Africa brought the case in December 2023, arguing that Israel’s war in Gaza violates the 1948 UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. Israel has rejected the allegations and criticised the case. While a final ruling could take years, the ICJ issued provisional measures in January 2024 ordering Israel to take steps to prevent acts of genocide in Gaza and to allow unimpeded access for humanitarian aid. The court’s orders are legally binding although it has no direct mechanism to enforce them. The ICJ also said Israel’s presence in occupied Palestinian territory is unlawful and its policies amount to annexation. Israel has continued its assaults in Gaza and the occupied West Bank despite the rulings and growing international criticism while advancing plans to seize large parts of Palestinian territory. Meanwhile, the United States and several of its European allies continue to provide military and financial support to Israel. Washington has rejected the merits of South Africa’s case, and US lawmakers have criticised the country and issued threats against it. The US has also imposed sanctions on members of the International Criminal Court (ICC), which has issued arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant. Belgium was also among a group of countries that recognised the State of Palestine in September. Nearly 80 percent of UN member states now recognise Palestine. Since a ceasefire began on October 10, the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza said, Israel has killed at least 406 Palestinians and injured 1,118 in the enclave. Since the start of the war on October 7, 2023, the ministry said, at least 70,942 Palestinians have been killed and 171,195 wounded.} Video - Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/23/belgium-joins-south-africas-genocide-case-against-israel-at-icj

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