Occupied Ramallah- The West Bank bid farewell to a new year burdened with blood and Israeli violations, as well as a series of important political developments and events at the internal and external levels.
Below we review the most prominent violations of the occupation in the West Bank, and the most prominent files and political developments witnessed in the year ending 2024, based on Palestinian sources, most notably the Ministry of Health, the Wall and Settlement Resistance Authority, the “Shirin Observatory” (non-governmental), and the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club (non-governmental), in addition to United Nations.
Martyrs
The occupation killed 512 Palestinians, compared to 527 during the previous year, and among these 43 martyrs were prisoners.
The wounded
About 2,900 Palestinians were injured, compared to 3,440 the previous year.
Detainees
8,800 arrests, including 700 cases of children.
For 25 days, Jenin camp has witnessed intermittent clashes, in the context of a campaign by the Palestinian Authority’s security services against what it described as outlaws, which resulted in the deaths of eleven people, including five members of the security forces and journalist Shatha Al-Sabagh | Report: Fawzi Bushra#News #Gaza_War pic.twitter.com/AybAZ5Pghf
– Tel Aviv Tribune Palestine (@AJA_Palestine) January 1, 2025
Targeting camps
The Israeli occupation army carried out repeated military operations in camps in the northern West Bank, resulting in 150 martyrs in the Jenin Governorate and 139 in the Tulkarm Governorate, and significant damage in the two governorates.
For the first time in nearly two decades, occupation aircraft bombed – several times – targets in the northern West Bank.
Authority in Jenin camp
In mid-December, the Palestinian security services announced the launch of a “Protect the Homeland” campaign against militants they described as “outlaws,” while the Jenin Brigade said that the campaign was targeting them for their resistance to the occupation.
Urgent | Hamas: The occupation authorities’ escalation of home demolitions in the West Bank and Jerusalem is an extension of Zionist crimes. pic.twitter.com/JbTXglckrx
– Tel Aviv Tribune Egypt (@AJA_Egypt) December 30, 2024
Demolitions
The occupation forces demolished 1,762 facilities during their military operations under the pretext of building without a permit, which led to the displacement of 4,253 Palestinians and the harm of about 165,000 others, according to data from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
The demolitions were concentrated during the raids, most of them in Tulkarm camp, which affected 182 houses, then Nour Shams camp, which affected 125 houses, then Jenin camp, where the demolition targeted 87 houses.
Settlement
In a report published by the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission last October, on the occasion of the one-year anniversary of the war of extermination in Gaza, it stated that the occupation confiscated 52 thousand dunums of Palestinian land, and established 12 buffer zones around the settlements.
She indicated that the competent Israeli authorities studied 182 structural plans in the settlements, for the purpose of building about 23,000 settlement units, of which the final approval process took place on 6,300 units.
She added that the occupation authorities gave “legal” status to 11 settlement outposts during the same period, while the occupation measures and settler attacks led to the displacement of 28 Palestinian Bedouin communities.
The sequence of the occupation’s targeting of UNRWA, leading to its ban in Jerusalem: Tel Aviv Tribune Net reviews the most prominent stages of targeting UNRWA, its headquarters, and its services in Jerusalem, from the signing of the Oslo Accords in 1993 until the decision to ban it by law enacted by the Knesset last Monday. pic.twitter.com/4jwHAWQ6HC
– News from every country. (@newsfromevery) October 31, 2024
The most prominent political developments include:
Racist laws
During 2024, the Israeli Knesset finally approved several draft laws targeting the West Bank’s land and population, including deporting relatives of those carrying out resistance operations, imposing long prison sentences on children under the age of 14, prohibiting the opening of diplomatic representations in East Jerusalem to provide services to the Palestinians, and preventing the work of UNRWA. In areas of “Israeli sovereignty” and prohibiting dealing with them.
The Knesset also decided, with the votes of the coalition and the majority of the opposition, to reject the establishment of a Palestinian state, and approved a law that allows those affected by resistance actions and their families to fine the Palestinian Authority with heavy compensation.
Economic losses
The West Bank’s economy declined by more than 19%, with the unemployment rate rising to 35%. The Israeli occupation also closed the commercial crossing with Jordan for several months, which negatively affected imports and exports.
The occupation also continued to deduct Palestinian tax funds, until they exceeded 7 billion shekels (more than two billion dollars).
For its part, data from the General Federation of Palestinian Trade Unions indicate huge losses due to the interruption of about half a million workers from their work within the Green Line, causing a monthly loss estimated at one billion and 300 million shekels (about 440 million dollars).
New government
On February 26, Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh submitted his resignation, and on March 29, he announced the formation of a new Palestinian government headed by Muhammad Mustafa.
Spain angers Israel after it recognizes Palestine as an independent state. It knows the history of Spanish-Israeli relations and its most prominent milestones between the two countries#digital #Gaza_War pic.twitter.com/gl5gpSvSQF
– Tel Aviv Tribune Palestine (@AJA_Palestine) June 1, 2024
A seat at the United Nations
On September 12, Palestine obtained an official seat in the United Nations, in alphabetical order of member states.
Constitutional declaration
On November 27, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas issued a controversial “constitutional declaration,” stipulating that “in the event that the position of President of the Palestinian Authority becomes vacant, the President of the Palestinian National Council (currently Rawhi Fattouh) will assume his duties temporarily, until presidential elections are held in accordance with the Elections Law.” “Palestinian.”
Recognition of the Palestinian state
In May, several European countries announced their recognition of the Palestinian state: Spain, Norway, and Ireland, followed by Slovenia and Armenia, bringing the number of countries recognizing Palestine to 149 out of 193 members of the United Nations General Assembly.
