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Israel has begun development around an open-air pool in the occupied West Bank after settlers illegally diverted water from a Palestinian village. The project, named "Herod's Pool", is seen as part of a wider effort to entrench Israeli control and seize Palestinian land and water resources under the guise of heritage preservation.
Far-right Israeli ministers are using the occupation and AI-generated ads to campaign ahead of October elections, while violence in Gaza and the West Bank escalates. The death toll in Gaza continues to rise, settler attacks spread, and land confiscations accelerate.
Israeli airstrikes on Gaza resumed shortly after US envoy Jared Kushner departed, killing dozens, while the E1 settlement project in East Jerusalem drew international condemnation. Settler violence escalated in the West Bank, causing casualties and displacing families, amid ongoing territorial expansion.
The Palestinian Authority has condemned Israel's decision to issue tenders for over 1,200 new housing units in the West Bank under the E1 settlement project, warning it violates international law and threatens the two-state solution. The plan, which would link settlements around East Jerusalem with the Maale Adumim bloc, is seen as a move to cut off East Jerusalem from the West Bank and divide the territory.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly rejected the 15-point peace roadmap for Gaza proposed by US President Donald Trump's Peace Council, while attacks in the territory have sharply declined over the past week. The rejection comes amid continued violence and settlement expansion in the West Bank.
Israeli forces launched a major operation in the Qalandiya refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, wounding at least 51 Palestinians, including by live fire and tear gas. The raid involved demolishing shops, imposing a curfew, and detaining dozens, amid a broader surge in military and settler violence across the territory.
Since late 2023, Israeli forces have intensified restrictions on Palestinian farmers in the West Bank, destroying orchards and seizing land. A farmer from Beit Ummar lost her valuable grape and peach orchard. The Palestinian Agriculture Ministry reports over $103 million in direct economic damage.
Vyacheslav Volodin, Chairman of the Russian State Duma, reported that European applications for temporary residency permits in Russia surged 1.5 times in six months, reaching 3,400. He attributed this to changing European perceptions amid economic and political instability on the continent.
