ISRAELI politicians exploded with anger yesterday after the European Commission ruled that goods produced in illegal settlements must be labelled to show their true origin.
Israel is continuing to expand Jewish-only settlements on occupied Palestinian land, with around 550,000 Israelis now living in the West Bank.
The colonisation process has fragmented Palestinian territory and deprived local residents of the best agricultural land and most of their water resources.
Bezalel Smotrich’s measures to extend Israeli property law into the West Bank are a continuation of a decades-long project to dispossess Palestinians and preclude statehood, argues HUGH LANNING
RAMZY BAROUD looks at how entire West Bank communities have been shattered, their social and physical fabric deliberately dismantled by Israel to enable its formal annexation
On International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, HUGH LANNING warns that the US-led “Comprehensive Plan” entrenches decades of Western complicity in Israel’s domination and denial of Palestinian land and rights


