An independent Palestinian Christian human rights initiative that aims to protect and promote human rights through legal advocacy, research & policy planning.
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The Shami Neighborhood represents the mandatory engineering tool for the forced displacement of Bedouin communities, which will complete the “E1” project and empty the land of Palestinian presence. Read more: balasan.org/the-spatial-pric…
In East Jerusalem, the Abu Dis tunnel and the American Road connect settlements and facilitate settler movement, deepening the isolation of Palestinian neighborhoods; this infrastructure becomes a means of consolidating de facto annexation. Read more: balasan.org/advancing-de-fac…
Settler attacks during the olive harvest season constitute a systematic pattern of uprooting and erasure, serving as a tool to consolidate control over Palestinian lands. Read more: balasan.org/escalating-restr…
Israel's "Area C model" is being extended into Areas A and B, stripping Palestinian communities of their structural autonomy & agency; settlers have established at least 26 outposts and pastoral farms in Area B alone, depriving Palestinians of access to over 100,000 dunams.
Read more: balasan.org/israels-expansio…
Every year, during Jewish holidays, Israel intensifies its restrictions on the occupied West Bank, effectively closing it off. Its recurring measures restrict access to the basic rights and services of Palestinians. Read more: balasan.org/the-recurring-ca…
The most recent escalation in settler terror is reflected in "the besiegement trend". Illegal settler outposts near key access points enable settlers to control strategic routes and tactically besiege entire Palestinian villages.
Read more: balasan.org/besieging-palest…
"Mishmar Yehuda" marks the largest land seizure in the Bethlehem Governorate in decades, serving as a link between the "E1" and the "E2" projects and forming a relatively continuous settlement belt around Jerusalem and Bethlehem. Read more: balasan.org/mishmar-yehuda-f…
Christian schools in Jerusalem have gone on strike after Israel denied entry permits to over 70 Palestinian teachers and staff, disrupting the education of nearly 28,000 students and deepening the erosion of the city's Christian presence. Read more: balasan.org/targeting-christ…
Israel's military was instructed to prepare a plan for transferring settler law enforcement to police. If implemented, settlers in the WB would integrate into Israel's domestic civil structures while Palestinians stay under military rule, further entrenching annexation. Read 👇👇
Taybeh, one of the last Palestinian communities with a continuous Christian presence in the West Bank, has been declared a "closed military zone", escalating a coercive environment that leads to forced displacement. Read more:
balasan.org/taybeh-the-last-…
The "Yatziv" settlement in Beit Sahour, one of 14 new settlements in Bethlehem, has doubled in size & developed infrastructure in the span of 6 months, indicating long-term consolidation & expansion. Read more: balasan.org/alarming-update-…
Vital sectors, including health, education, energy, and municipal services, are on the brink of collapsing as a result of Israel's withholding of clearance revenues, movement restrictions, and control over natural resources. Read more: balasan.org/west-bank-on-the…
14 new settlement sites advanced in less than a year in the Bethlehem Governorate, forming a separation corridor between the northern and southern West Bank, encircling Palestinian communities and consolidating de facto annexation. Read more below:
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Balasan Inititative for Human Rights retweeted
Meeting with Palestinian civil society organisations in the West Bank was a powerful reminder of the courage it takes to defend human rights and document reality on the ground.
Despite growing restrictions, intimidation and, in some cases, sanctions, these organisations continue their vital work monitoring abuses and standing up for human rights.
The international community must stand with them and defend the space for civil society to operate freely.
Thank you The Carter Center for hosting The Elders.
@HelenClarkNZ
The U.S & Israel recently signed a 99-year lease agreement for establishing the premises of the U.S. Embassy on confiscated Palestinian land in occupied East Jerusalem. This entrenches Israel's unlawful annexation of the city & and alters its status.
balasan.org/legal-implicatio…
On 18 July 2026, Israeli forces declared the Husan village a closed military zone, imposing a comprehensive closure, curfew, and severe movement restrictions, halting the daily life for more than 7,600 residents. Read more: balasan.org/alarming-update-…
This week, a declassified Israeli Security Cabinet decision reveals the approval of 34 new settlements in the WB, incl. 6 in Bethlehem, with 2.3 billion shekels allocated for expediting the process & establishing infrastructure serving the new settlements and their connectivity.
Read more: balasan.org/declassification…
