Israel is pushing to legislate the death penalty exclusively for Palestinians, seeking to codify extrajudicial killings. The bill, backed by Netanyahu & Ben-Gvir, would let military courts (99% conviction rate) issue sentences. Read the full update: balasan.org/legislating-de…

Late Nov: Israeli settler groups began bulldozing land in Beit Sahour to establish the “Shdema” outpost on Ush al-Ghurab, a calculated step in Israel’s settlement expansion tied to the E1 plan. Read the full update here: balasan.org/new-israeli-se…

Israel is accelerating its illegal annexation of the entire Western Bethlehem area, a UNESCO World Heritage Site & Bethlehem's last green space. This is a systemic attack, not isolated incidents. Read the full update here: balasan.org/alarming-updat…

The legalization of, the former "Shdema" outpost, the "Yatziv" settlement, is the result of decades of land seizures, building bans, and demolition orders working together as a multilayered system to displace Palestinians in Beit Sahour. Read the full update on our website.

BIHR has submitted an urgent appeal to the UN Special Procedures calling for immediate international action to halt the establishment of a new illegal Israeli settlement in Beit Sahour, named "Yatziv". To read the full appeal, balasan.org/urgent-appeal-…