Documentation of the Israeli abuse of power, mistreatment of humanity, and perpetration of the genocidal war on the Palestinian people in the  Gaza Strip.

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54 Palestinians Killed, 831 Injured, Mostly Children, Women, and Aid Seekers,

Which Brings the Death Toll of the Israeli Genocidal War on the Gaza Strip to 61,776 and the Injuries to 154,906

by August 14, 2025

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Editor's Notes:  

Here are some initial (not final) statistics, which show the Israeli war crimes against humanity, during the current Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, based on the reliable data reported by the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza:

By August 14, 2025, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 74,828.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (61,776) and those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 13,052+). 

By August 14, 2025, the documented injuries exceeded 154,906.

By August 14, 2025, according to news report, 1,020 Palestinians who were killed, 6,988 who were injured, and 18,517, who were abducted by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank, since October 7, 2023.                    

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Note about the number of Palestinians, who were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces in the Wet Bank:

Palestinian Prisoners’ institutions reported that 662 Palestinians, including 39 children and 12 women, were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank, including Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), during July 2025.

The Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS), and Al Dhameer Association for Human Rights stated in a report issued Sunday that the total number of kidnappings of Palestinians in the West Bank, since the start of the ongoing genocide in Gaza, has risen to more than 18,500, including over 570 women and about 1,500 children.

Source: Palestine Information Center, August 10, 2025.

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Note About the Missing Palestinians in the Gaza Strip:

On February 26, 2025, the Palestinian Center for Political and Development Studies announced that the number of the missing in the Gaza Strip has exceeded 14,000 people, including 2,000-3,000 held in Israeli occupation prisons, without releasing any information on their fate.

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In the past 24 hours, hospitals in the Gaza Strip recorded four deaths due to the Israeli-imposed starvation and malnutrition, bringing the total number to 239, including 106 children, by August 14, 2025.	54 Palestinians were killed, 831 were injured by the Israeli genocidal air strikes, mostly children, women, and aid seekers, bringing the death toll in the Gaza Strip to 61,776 and the injuries to 154,906, by August 14, 2025 pic
Relatives rescuing a little Palestinian girl from the rubble after an Israeli genocidal air strike on Gaza City, August 14, 2025.	Four Palestinians died in the past 24 hours from severe malnutrition caused by the Israeli systematic starvation policy, lack of medical treatment, and the ongoing blockade, part of a 22-month genocide, August 14, 2025.
Grieving the death of the Palestinian martyrs who were massacred by the Israeli occupation forces, while waiting to get some food at the aid distribution center, in northwestern Gaza City, on August 15, 2025.	Grieving, at Al-Shifa hospital, the Palestinian martyrs who were massacred by the Israeli occupation forces in Gaza City, on August 14, 2025.

Two Palestinian children, Tala and Mu'hammed, took part in the medal ceremony of the 2025 UEFA Super Cup soccer match in Udine, Italy, while a banner reading Stop Killing Children and Civilians, on August 13, 2025.

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بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

"مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَٰلِكَ كَتَبْنَا عَلَىٰ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنَّهُ مَنْ قَتَلَ نَفْسًا بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ أَوْ فَسَادٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَكَأَنَّمَا قَتَلَ النَّاسَ جَمِيعًا"  (الْمَائِدَةُ ، 5: 32).

"وَمَنْ يَقْتُلْ مُؤْمِنًا مُّتَعَمِّدًا فَجَزَاؤُهُ جَهَنَّمُ خَالِدًا فِيهَا وَغَضِبَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَلَعَنَهُ وَأَعَدَّ لَهُ عَذَابًا عَظِيمًا" (النِّسَاءُ ، 4: 93).

"إِنْ أَحْسَنتُمْ أَحْسَنتُمْ لِأَنفُسِكُمْ ۖ وَإِنْ أَسَأْتُمْ فَلَهَا ۚ فَإِذَا جَاءَ وَعْدُ الْآخِرَةِ لِيَسُوءُوا وُجُوهَكُمْ وَلِيَدْخُلُوا الْمَسْجِدَ كَمَا دَخَلُوهُ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَلِيُتَبِّرُوا مَا عَلَوْا تَتْبِيراً ‎(الإسْرَاءُ ، 17: 7). 

In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful

"Because of that, We decreed upon the Children of Israel that whoever kills a soul, unless for a soul, or for corruption in the land, it is as if he had killed humankind entirely" (The Holy Quran, Al-Ma-ida, 5: 32).

"And whoever kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is Hell, wherein he will abide eternally, and Allah has become angry with him, and has cursed him, and has prepared for him a great torment" (Al-Nisa, 4: 93).

"If you do good, you do good for yourselves; and if you do evil, (you do it) to yourselves. Then, when the latter (final) promise came, they (your enemies) will sadden your faces, and to enter the Masjid (in Jerusalem), as they entered it the first time, and will destroy what they had taken over with (total) destruction (Al-Isra, 17: 7). 

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While brutal force has been used to create Zionist Israel and sustain it thus far, Zionist claims to Palestine are false. Actually, from the five thousand years of known written human history, there has been a continuous Palestinian-Canaanite presence in the Holy Land. Despite the Zionist false claims, the ancient Israelites ruled part of the land for only 85 years (during the reign of Prophets David and Solomon , peace be upon them, and Solomon's son).

 After that, the Egyptians conquered Palestine-Canaan in 925 BC, followed by Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Greeks, and Romans, before the Arab Muslim rule, starting from 636 AD.

By the Time Jesus, peace be upon him, started his mission, the three population groups of Canaanites, Palestinians, and Israelites were melted together in religion and language. Most of them became Christians when Constantine converted in 313 AD. Then, most of them became Muslims in the 7th and 8th centuries AD.

So, Palestinian Muslims, Christians, and Jews are the ones who have the right to claim descent from ancient Israelites, Palestinians, and Canaanites, not Zionists from other continents.

No matter what the Zionists and their supporters do, they cannot change the will of God, Who promised the Holy Land to Abraham and his descendants, basically the Palestinian Muslims and Christians.

No matter how much persecution and aggression the Zionists and their supporters inflict upon the Palestinian people, they will never be able to force them out of the Holy Land, which Allah, praise to Him, promised for them, and kept His promise ever since.

This is a necessary brief background to understand the US-Backed Zionist Israeli continuous wars against the Arab nation generally, and the Palestinian people in particular, which included the wars of 1948, 1956, 1967, 1978, 1982, the brutal crushing of the two Uprisings (1987-1993 and 2000-2004), 2009, 2012, 2014, 2021, and the current genocidal war on Gaza (Since October 7, 2023), which has culminated a blockade of Gaza since 2007. In addition, the Israeli occupation and apartheid regime launched so many covert operations, raids, and air strikes on many Arab states since 1948.

The following news stories are just examples, not a systematic record, of the Israeli occupation government abuse, mistreatment, and violations of Palestinian human rights, on daily basis.

Killing and Injuring of Palestinians in Ghazza (Gaza) by Israeli Occupation Regime Forces

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Gaza death toll from Israel's deadly aggression surpasses 61,776

GAZA, August 14, 2025 (WAFA) –

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza confirmed on Thursday that the death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to 61,776, the majority of whom are children and women, since the start of the Israeli aggression on October 7, 2023.

The Ministry added that the death toll has risen to 154,906 since the start of the aggression, while a number of victims remain under the rubble, unable to be reached by ambulances and civil defense teams.

The Ministry indicated that 54 people were killed (including 4 who were recovered) and 831 wounded arrived and were taken in the Gaza Strip during the past 24 hours. The death toll and injuries since March 18, when the occupation violated the ceasefire agreement, has reached 10,251 and 42,865 wounded.

The Ministry explained that the number of slain aid-seekers who were taken to hospitals over the past 24 hours reached 22, with 269 injured, bringing the total number of slain aid-seekers at hospitals to 1,881, and the total number of injured to 13,863.

In the past 24 hours, hospitals in the Gaza Strip recorded four deaths due to the Israeli-imposed starvation and malnutrition, bringing the total number to 239, including 106 children.

K.T.

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 Israeli occupation army continues to target civilians, amid ongoing starvation

Thursday 14-August-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation army continued, last night and on Thursday, to carry out intensive deadly strikes and target civilians in different areas of the Gaza Strip, especially in Gaza City.

According to local media sources, Israeli forces also continued today to detonate and bomb more homes and displace families in the Gaza Strip, further deepening the dire humanitarian crisis as the population grapples with worsening famine.

According to the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) reporter in Gaza, Israeli attacks have continued across the Gaza Strip, including an Israeli airstrike on an apartment in az-Zeitoun neighborhood that killed one citizen.

Casualties were reported following an Israeli artillery attack near Gaza City’s Firas market area.

Two citizens were also martyred following an Israeli strike in Gaza City’s Al-Tuffah neighborhood.

Several people suffered injured in an Israeli aerial attack on a house near Al-Samir junction in Gaza City’s al-Daraj neighborhood.

More people were martyred or injured in Israeli attacks on aid seekers near distribution points in southern and central Gaza.

The Israeli army also launched attacks on other areas of the Gaza Strip last night and today, killing and wounding more civilians, including children and women.

Meanwhile, dozens of Palestinians in Gaza were pronounced dead after they succumbed to injuries they sustained in recent attacks.

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4 Palestinians die of malnutrition in Gaza as Israeli blockade-driven starvation death toll nears 240

Thursday 14-August-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza said Thursday that four Palestinians have died in the past 24 hours from severe malnutrition caused by Israel’s systematic starvation policy, lack of medical treatment, and the ongoing blockade, part of a 22-month genocide.

The latest deaths raise the total number of Palestinians who died of starvation and malnutrition to 239 since the beginning of the crisis, including 106 children. Health officials warned that catastrophic humanitarian conditions persist as food and medicine remain scarce, with aid deliveries severely restricted.

Marie-Aure Perreaut, head of nursing activities for Doctors Without Borders in Gaza, said Israeli-imposed barriers are making humanitarian operations “extremely difficult,” stressing that airdropped aid is no substitute for sustained, unrestricted ground deliveries. She noted that soaring summer temperatures are worsening health problems in the enclave.

The UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) reported that temperatures in Gaza have surpassed 40°C (104°F), intensifying the humanitarian emergency amid severe water shortages and the risk of dehydration. Ongoing bombardment, forced displacement, and the lack of electricity and fuel have left civilians with no means to cool down or store food. UNRWA called for an immediate ceasefire to prevent an even greater catastrophe.

Earlier this week, Gaza’s Government Media Office (GMO) revealed alarming figures: 40,000 infants under one year old are acutely malnourished and at immediate risk, 250,000 children under five face life-threatening food shortages, and more than 1.2 million children under 18 suffer from extreme food insecurity. The GMO said that these statistics reflect a deliberate Israeli policy of using hunger as a weapon of war in violation of international humanitarian law.

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Killing, Injuring, and Abduction of Palestinians in the West Bank by Israeli Occupation Regime Forces 

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 IOFs kidnap several citizens during raids in the West Bank

Thursday 14-August-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) kidnapped, last night and on Thursday morning, a number of Palestinian citizens in the West Bank, amid clashes in some areas.

According to local sources, the IOFs kidnapped two young men from Nablus City and El-'Ain refugee camp.

In Qalqilya, the IOFs reportedly kidnapped one young man from the city.

However, sources said that the IOFs carried out widespread kidnappings and raids on homes in Qalqilya City, without specifying the number of the detainees.

In Salfeet, two citizens were taken prisoner following an IOFs raid in Kafr Ed-Deek town.

Several citizens suffered from their exposure to tear gas during skirmishes between local youths and the Israeli occupation soldiers in Kafr Ed-Deek.

In El-Khaleel (Hebron), some houses caught fire after the Israeli occupation soldiers intensively fired tear gas canisters during clashes with local youths in Sa’ir town.

In southern El-Khaleel (Hebron), the Israeli occupation forces kidnapped in the morning three citizens after a horde of the illegal Israeli settlers stormed Khirbet 'Huraibat En-Nabi hamlet in Masafir Yatta and assaulted local residents.

Local activist Osama Makhamra said that settlers stormed Khirbet 'Huraibat En-Nabi and assaulted local residents who defended themselves and homes before the Israeli occupation soldiers intervened to protect the illegal settlers.

Makhamra added that the Israeli occupation soldiers kidnapped three of the villagers in 'Huraibat En-Nabi.

Meanwhile, other groups of armed settlers stormed different Palestinian hamlets of Masafir Yatta and herded and grazed their livestock on swaths of cultivated land and near homes.

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

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Note: Despite the Trump administration support for the Israeli occupation apartheid regime, the U.S. official policy is still considering the Israeli settlement activities in the Palestinian territories as illegal.

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Illegal Israeli settlers reestablish illegal outpost near Ramallah

RAMALLAH, August 14, 2025 (WAFA) –

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers on Thursday reestablished an illegal outpost on a tract of land in the town of 'Attara, north of the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, according to local sources.

They said that the illegal Israeli settlers set up tents at the site of Jabal Khirbet Tarfeem near the town entrance after it was torn down by the Israeli occupation forces.

On Monday,  dozens of colonists leveled the land and transported mobile homes to the site, under heavy protection from Israeli occupation forces, to displace the indigenous population and seize their lands for new settler-colonial projects.

Covering an area of 2,00 dunams, Jabal Khirbet Tarfeem is an archaeological site frequented by illegal colonists as part of a colonial settlement policy aimed at displacing the Palestinian population.

The settler violence against Palestinians and their property is routine in the West Bank and is rarely prosecuted by the Israeli occupation apartheid regime.

The settler violence includes property and mosque arsons, stone-throwing, uprooting of crops and olive trees, and attacks on vulnerable homes, among others.

Approximately 1 million Israeli colonists are living in colonies in the West Bank and Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) in violation of international law.

K.F.

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 IOAR issues tenders for construction of 4,030 housing units in W. Bank settlements

Thursday 14-August-2025

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime (IOAR) announced on Wednesday six tenders for the construction and expansion of two illegal West Bank settlements.

The tenders invited contractors to bid for the construction and marketing of 4,030 new settler housing units in the illegal colonies of “Ariel” in Salfeet governorate and “Ma’ale Adumim” in Jerusalem governorate.

According to Peace Now in Israel and the Palestinian Wall and Colonization Resistance Commission, three of these tenders are designated for expanding the newly developed “Ariel West” neighborhood with 730 units.

“Ariel West will isolate and ultimately block the development of the Palestinian town of Salfeet, which was intended to serve as a district center for surrounding Palestinian communities,” Peace Now said.

The remaining three target “Ma’ale Adumim,” between Bethlehem and al-Khalil, which involve the construction of 3,300 new colonial units.

“The 3,300 housing units in Ma’ale Adumim represent an increase of about 33 percent in the settlement’s housing stock — an enormous expansion for a settlement whose population has been stagnant at around 38,000 for the past decade and has experienced net out-migration. The tenders are for a large neighborhood that will connect Ma’ale Adumim’s built-up area with the industrial zone to its east,” Peace Now explained.

The Palestinian Commission, for its part, pointed out that the approvals for “Ma’ale Adumim” were granted in July, and those for “Ariel” in May.

The rapid shift from approval to tendering reflects that the Israeli occupation regime is racing against time to solidify new illegal Israeli settlement faits accomplis in the occupied Palestinian territories.

The Commission expressed its belief that the map attached to the “Ariel West” tender indicates that the proposed site lies over two kilometers from the existing colony, pointing to a concealed effort to establish a new settlement under the pretext of expansion.

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 Israeli occupation forces seize several vehicles belonging to Palestinians near Ramallah

RAMALLAH, August 14, 2025 (WAFA) –

The Israeli occupation forces on Thursday seized several vehicles from Turmus 'Ayya town, northeast of the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, according to local sources.

They said that the occupying forces barged their way into the town and took over at least three vehicles.

Meanwhile, the gun-toting soldiers smashed the windows of Palestinian-licensed vehicles parked on the roadside in 'Ajjoul village, northwest of Ramallah.

The Israeli occupation forces frequently raid Palestinian houses almost daily across the West Bank on the pretext of searching for "wanted" Palestinians, triggering clashes with residents.

These raids, which also take place in areas under the full control of the Palestinian Authority, are conducted with no need for a search warrant, whenever and wherever the military chooses in keeping with its sweeping arbitrary powers.

Under Israeli military law, army commanders have full executive, legislative, and judicial authority over 3 million Palestinians living in the West Bank. Palestinians have no say in how this authority is exercised.

K.F.

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 Israel occupation forces deliver new demolition notices in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), targeting several structures

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), August 14, 2025 (WAFA) – 

Israeli occupation forces delivered demolition notices in the town of Al-'Aizariya, east of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).

According to the Jerusalem Governorate, Israeli troops raided the Baraka area, northeast of Al-'Aizariya, and handed out demolition notices against five homes and structures.

On Wednesday, the occupation forces issued demolition and evacuation orders to more than 13 residential, agricultural, and industrial facilities in the Wadi Al-Houd area of Al-'Aizariya.

Such actions are a part of an ongoing wave of demolitions concentrated in the city of Jerusalem, in order to implement the so-called "colonial fabric of life" plan E1.

 Y.S

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The Israeli occupation apartheid regime force Palestinian to demolish part of his house in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), August 14, 2025 (WAFA) – 

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime forced a Palestinian resident to self-demolish a large part of his home in the town of Silwan, south of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).

Local sources reported that the occupation authorities compelled  'Ammar Qara'een to tear down a large part of his house, located in the Wadi El-'Hilwa neighborhood of Silwan.

Israeli authorities force Palestinians, particularly in occupied Jerusalem, to self-demolish their homes under the pretext of lacking a permit. Those who refuse to do so are subjected to demolition by bulldozers, imposing exorbitant costs on the owner.

The Jerusalem municipality refuses to grant Palestinians building permits, demolishes their homes or forces them to do so. This practice violates international and humanitarian laws that guarantee the right to housing.

This practice is part of the occupation's systematic practices of forcibly displacing Palestinians from the city of Jerusalem in an attempt to pave the way for the expansion of colonies in and around the city.

Y.S.

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News Related to the Israeli Genocidal War on the Palestinian People

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Presidency welcomes South Sudan's rejection of Israel's plan to move Gazans to its territory

RAMALLAH, August 14, 2025 (WAFA) –

The Palestinian Presidency welcomed on Thursday the position of the Republic of South Sudan, as stated in a statement by its Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The statement categorically denied allegations of any discussions with Israel regarding transferring the residents of the Gaza Strip to its territory, appreciating its refusal to participate in any schemes aimed at liquidating the Palestinian cause or undermining the unity of the Palestinian people and land.

The Presidency expressed the appreciation of President Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian people for these courageous positions of the Republic of South Sudan, which is committed to the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people, international law, and international legitimacy resolutions that affirm the rejection of displacement as a war crime punishable under international law.

The Presidency commended the position of the State of South Sudan in not tacitly participating in the war of genocide, starvation, and displacement attempts carried out by the Israeli occupation authorities, in clear defiance of the international community and its resolutions, which emphasized the necessity of an immediate cessation of the war, the entry of aid, and the prevention of displacement.

K.Y.

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Qatar condemns Israel’s Smotrich approval of E1 settlement plan

DOHA, August 14, 2025 (WAFA) –

Qatar condemned on Thursday Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s approval of the highly controversial E1 colonial settlement project that “buries the idea of a Palestinian state”.

“The State of Qatar strongly condemns the Israeli Finance Minister’s approval of plans to construct a settlement that would separate East Jerusalem from the occupied West Bank, considering it a blatant violation of international legitimacy, particularly United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334,” the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a press release.

The Ministry reaffirmed Qatar’s “unequivocal rejection of the Israeli occupation’s policies aimed at expanding settlements and forcibly displacing the Palestinian people—measures intended to prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state.”

It underscored “the urgent need for the international community to unite in compelling Israel to halt its settlement expansion plans and to comply with international resolutions.”

It reiterated “Qatar’s firm and unwavering position in support of the Palestinian cause and the steadfastness of the Palestinian people, based on international legitimacy and the two-state solution, in a manner that guarantees the establishment of an independent Palestinian state on the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital.”

K.F.

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Saudi Arabia strongly condemns Israeli approval of colonial settlement construction around occupied Jerusalem

RIYADH, August 15, 2025 (WAFA) -

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia condemned, in the strongest possible terms, the Israeli occupation authorities' approval of the construction of colonial settlements around the occupied city of Jerusalem.

The Kingdom also denounced the Israeli Foreign Minister's statements preventing the establishment of a Palestinian state, considering them a violation of international law, the inalienable right of the Palestinian people to self-determination and the establishment of their sovereign state, and relevant Security Council resolutions, foremost among them Security Council Resolution 2234 (2016), which calls on Israel to cease settlement activities in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and affirms the illegality of Israel's establishment of settlements in the territory occupied since 1967.

It also recalled the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice, which affirmed the invalidity of the annexation of the occupied Palestinian territories and the necessity of ending the Israeli occupation.

“These decisions and statements confirm the continuation of the illegal expansionist policies of this Israeli government, its obstruction of the peace process, and the serious threat to the possibility of a two-state solution. This requires the international community to assume its legal and moral responsibilities, protect the Palestinian people, and fulfill their legitimate rights, including recognition of the Palestinian state. It must also compel Israel to stop its aggression against Gaza and its illegal violations in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, and to halt its crimes against the Palestinian people, particularly those amounting to genocide, and hold the perpetrators accountable,” said the Ministry in a statement.

The Kingdom renewed its categorical rejection of Israeli policies based on settlement expansion, forced displacement, and the denial of the Palestinian people's legitimate rights. It called on the international community, especially the permanent members of the Security Council, to take immediate action to compel the Israeli occupation authorities to end their crimes against the Palestinian people and the occupied Palestinian territory and to comply with UN resolutions and international law.

T.R.

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Jordan condemns Israeli settlement plan in E1 Area

AMMAN, August 14, 2025 (WAFA) – 

The Ministry of Foreign and Expatriates Affairs on Wednesday strongly condemned the approval by extremist Israeli Minister Bezalel Smotrich of a settlement plan in the E1 area, along with his extremist, racist remarks opposing the establishment of a Palestinian state, according to the Jordan News Agency (Petra).

The ministry described these statements as a flagrant violation of international law and an infringement on the Palestinian people’s inalienable right to establish an independent, sovereign state along the June 4, 1967, lines, with occupied Jerusalem as its capital, stressing that Israel has no sovereignty over the occupied Palestinian territories.

Ministry spokesperson Ambassador Sufian El-Qudhah underscored the Kingdom’s categorical rejection of the settlement plan and all illegal Israeli measures, which constitute a blatant breach of international law and United Nations Security Council resolutions, particularly Resolution 2334. This resolution condemns all Israeli actions aimed at altering the demographic composition, character, and status of the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, including East Jerusalem.

El-Qudhah further referred to the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice, which affirms the need to end the Israeli occupation and the illegality of the annexation of the occupied Palestinian territories.

He warned that the extremist Israeli government’s expansionist policies in the occupied West Bank perpetuate cycles of violence and conflict in the region.

El-Qudhah  reiterated the call for the international community to fulfill its legal and moral obligations by compelling Israel to halt its aggression against Gaza, its dangerous escalation in the occupied West Bank, and the inflammatory rhetoric of its officials. He also urged the provision of protection for the Palestinian people, the fulfillment of their legitimate right to an independent, sovereign state, and accountability for crimes committed against them.

K.T.

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 Iraq denounces, in strongest terms possible, Netanyahu's statements on so-called "Vision of Greater Israel"

RAMALLAH, August 14, 2025 (WAFA) – 

The Republic of Iraq condemned, in the strongest terms possible, the statements issued by Israeli authorities regarding the so-called "Greater Israel Vision," which clearly reveal this entity's expansionist ambitions and confirm its efforts to destabilize the region.

The Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs affirmed that the statements represent a blatant provocation against sovereignty and a flagrant violation of international law and the United Nations Charter, calling for a clear and firm Arab and international stance to confront such policies.

The Ministry emphasized that these remarks comes in parallel with the ongoing occupation aggression against the Palestinian people.

It further affirmed  that these polices, coupled with a political discourse based on expansionism and annexation, require effective action to put an end to the occupation's violations and halt the policy of impunity.

 Y.S.

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Editorial Notes about terms & names of people and places:

1. Names of people and places have been standardized to match standard Arabic grammatical rules.

2. Underlined letters and letters preceded by an apostrophe are references to Arabic letter sounds, which does not exist in the English alphabet.

3. The English letter i is equivalent to the Arabic short vowel known as kasra, as in Ibraheem and Qasim as well as in the English words sit and bit. So, it is incorrect to use it as a long vowel for such Arabic names as Jameel and Jibreel.

4. The English letter e is equivalent to the Arabi short vowel known as fat'ha, as in A'hmed and Mu'hammed.

5. It is more accurate to refer to the land-grabbing Israelis, who establish illegal settlements in the Palestinian territory of the West Bank, as illegal Israeli settlers, than referring to them as colonists.

The term colony is a reference to a large entity or a country, such as American states before independence. It was also a reference to Egypt, and India, when they were British colonies.

In addition, the term "colony" represents a positive nostalgic theme, in the minds of native speakers of English, particularly in America and Britain.

6. It is more accurate to use the verbs "abduct" and "kidnap" than the verbs "detain" and "arrest," in reference to taking Palestinian citizens by force to prisons and interrogation centers, by Israeli occupation regime soldiers. This is because the presence of the Israeli occupation regime forces is illegal in the Palestinian territories, and they have no jurisdiction over the Palestinian people.

Click here for more about using the apostrophe and the underlining of letters in the transliteration of Arabic names. 

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Names of some of the Palestinian cities, as pronounced in standard Arabic, and their foreign names in parentheses: 

Al-Khaleel (Hebron)

Al-Nusayrat

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

Aree'ha (Jericho)

Al-Zaytoun (al-Zeitoun)

Bait (Beit)

Bait La'hm (Bethlehem)

Dair El-Bala'h

Jineen (Jenin)

Khan Younus (Khan Younis)

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Person's names as pronounced in standard Arabic:

A'hmed, 'Hasan, Mu'hammed, Younus, Yousuf,  

'Hasan Mulai'hat,

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Conflict terminology

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime (the Israeli government)

Illegal Israeli settlers (instead of settlers, colonists)

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers

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