Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli forces during a demonstration against settlements in the village of Beit Dajan, near the West Bank city of Nablus and seen on Friday (June 10).


Prior to the clashes, Palestinians performed the weekly Friday prayer outdoors in the village before they started the march in protest of the illegal Israeli settlement activities and confiscation of Palestinian land. The march later developed into a clash with the Israeli army.

Over the past year, Palestinians have held weekly protests in the village as well in many other areas in the West Bank.

If Israel’s parliament does not act, a special legal status accorded to the settlers will expire at the end of the month, with wide-ranging consequences. Lawyers who live in the settlements, including two members of Israel’s Supreme Court, will no longer be allowed to practice law. Settlers would be subject to military courts usually reserved for Palestinians and would lose access to some public services.

“This is the piece of legislation that enables apartheid,” said Jessica Montell, director of the Israeli human rights group HaMoked, which provides legal aid to Palestinians.

RESTRICTION SUMMARY: Nablus - 10 June 2022. Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli forces during a demonstration against settlements in the village of Beit Dajan, near the West Bank city of Nablus.

STORYLINE:

Prior to the clashes, Palestinians performed the weekly Friday prayer outdoors in the village before they started the march in protest of the illegal Israeli settlement activities and confiscation of Palestinian land. The march later developed into a clash with the Israeli army.

Over the past year, Palestinians have held weekly protests in the village as well in many other areas in the West Bank, against Israel's ongoing theft of Palestinian land for the benefit of the colonial Israeli settlement construction and expansion.


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