SHOTLIST:

WEST BANK, PALESTINE (SEP. 4, 2025) (ANADOLU – ACCESS ALL)

1. VARIOUS OF ISRAELI FLAGS ON AL HISTORIC SITE AND SECURITY CHECKPOINTS AT ENTERANCES

2. VARIOUS OF PALESTINIANS ENTERING AL IBRAHIMI MOSQUE THROUGH SECURITY CHECKPOINTS

3. VARIOUS OF PALESTINIANS GATHERING IN MOSQUE FOR RELIGIOUS RITUALS AND TALKS

4. AL IBRAHIMI MOSQUE’S DIRECTOR MUTEZ ABU ISNEYNE SPEAKING TO REPORTER (Arabic)
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On Thursday, September 4, Israeli forces restricted Palestinians from entering the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron for the Mawlid al-Nabi holiday.

Last month, Israel approved a major settlement project, called E1, which aims to split the occupied West Bank into two parts, cutting off the northern cities of Ramallah and Nablus from Bethlehem and Hebron in the south and isolating East Jerusalem.

The international community, including the UN, considers the Israeli settlements illegal under international law. The UN has repeatedly warned that continued settlement expansion threatens the viability of a two-state solution, a framework seen as key to resolving the decades-long Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

In an advisory opinion last July, the International Court of Justice declared Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory illegal and called for the evacuation of all settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.