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On April 2nd, the creation of the National Guard led by Ben Gvir (leader of an Israeli far-right party) has been approved by around 250 million euros funding.
During the last days of Ramadan, the holy month for Muslims, East Jerusalem was the scene of violent attacks that triggered an escalation. Israeli police raided the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on the night of April 4^th and attacked dozens of believers in the Al-Qibli Mosque, claiming to be suppressing "riots" within it. But according to the witnesses, the Israeli police beat the worshipers with batons and threw tear gas and sound bombs only to force them out of the prayer halls. The Red Crescent reported 12 wounded. At least 400 Palestinians have been arrested. Moreover, 24 hours later the occupation forces raided the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the same way. In the following days, men under 40 were prevented from accessing the Al-Aqsa compound, forcing the believers to pray outside the gates.
On April 7th, thirty rockets were fired from Lebanon upon Israel, shortly after Hezbollah declared its support for "any measure" the Palestinians wanted to take after the attack on Al-Aqsa. During the night, Israel quickly react, firing rockets into southern Lebanon and bombing the Gaza Strip.
On April 8th, a vehicle driven by an Israeli Arab crashed into the crowd who was strolling along the Tel Aviv waterfront. The car overturned and, once the driver came out, he attempted to shoot into the crowd, according to the Israeli police. The man was killed.

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On December 1^st Israel revoked the residency status in East Jerusalem to the French-Palestinian Human Rights lawyer Salah Hammouri who has been accused of serious crimes against the State security. On March 7^th, 2022, Hammouri, 37 years old, was arrested and held in Israel for nine months under administrative detention. After having revoked his citizenship, the Minister of the Interior decided for his expulsion and, on December 18^th, Hammouri was forcibly sent to Paris, with his hands and feet handcuffed.
On December 2^nd the occupation forces shot at Ammar Hamdi Nayef Miflih, 23 years old, killing him, in Huwwara, near Nablus. Israel declared that the gunfire was the consequence of a stabbing attempt, but many videos prove that Miflih didn’t hold anything in his hands when he was hit and murdered. The Israeli forces prevent paramedics from ensuring medical assistance and they confiscated his body that was given back to his family only on December 29^th.
During a raid of the Israeli army occurred on December 12^th, Jana Majdi Issam Assaf, 15 years old, was killed by gunshots while she was on the roof of her house in Jenin.
Those are just two of the 12 Palestinians who were killed in December.
2022 has been the most lethal year since 2006 in Palestine (East Jerusalem, West Bank and Gaza): 230 Palestinians were killed, 6.500 Palestinians were detained by Israeli occupation forces – among them 800 were minors and 2.134 were held under administrative detention. More than 900 buildings were seized or demolished thus causing the forced displacement of 1.000 Palestinians from their houses. During the year, around 1.500 attacks conducted by Israeli settlers against the Palestinians or their properties were reported.
On December 29^th, the new far-right government has been elected and the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared he will work in order to formally annex the West Bank. During the speech in which he explained the main aims of his new government, he stated: “the Jewish people have an exclusive and unquestionable right to all areas of the land of Israel”.

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In October there has been an escalation of violence. As a matter of fact, the collaboration between the Israeli army and the Israeli settlers maintains and intensifies the apartheid system perpetrated by the State of Israel against the Palestinian population.
In particular, Israeli settlers used violence during the celebrations of three Jewish holidays in the first half of the month: the settlers, escorted by the Israeli army, invaded both the Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem and the Ibrahim one in Al Khalil dozens of times. Not only have these repeated incursions barred Palestinians from accessing their places of worship, but they also resulted in a significant number of arbitrary arrests and detentions. In addition to this, throughout the month there were dozens of attacks by settlers on the Palestinian civilian population in the cities of Al Khalil, Nablus, Huwara and Jerusalem: shootings into crowds, attacks on schools, roads blocked and damages to private Palestinian cars and shops.
In October, the olive harvest began throughout Palestine, a symbol of Palestinian resistance. This activity brought together Palestinian, Israeli and international activists who wanted to support Palestinian families, scared that the Israeli settlers and occupation forces could attack them while they were harvesting their own land - which unfortunately occurred.

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In March, 3 attacks were carried out in different areas of Israel causing 2 victims in Hadera, 4 in Beersheba and 5 in Tel Aviv on March 30th. In response to these incidents, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced a tightening up of public security measures. The same evening some clashes occurred in Jenin, Ramallah and Nablus, as well as in the refugee camps of the main cities.
The Israeli newspaper Haaretz published the results of a research conducted by the association “Breaking the Silence”, according to which Israeli soldiers are allegedly collecting sensitive data on Human Rights activists in the South Hebron Hills, with a particular focus on the ones coming from European countries. This action would pursue the objective to identify activists by taking photos of their passports and faces, in order to keep a file on them in the system called Blue Wolf which already collects sensitive data to monitor Palestinian citizens. In this way, the access to the country would be prevented for them from the arrival at the airport.

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In March, the volunteers guaranteed a presence both in the south and north of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, with particular attention to the Jordan Valley. In this area, new villages were explored, getting to know new contexts and communities dedicated to pastoralism. Unfortunately, the conditions for accessing the land have worsened in recent months. Israeli settlers graze their flocks undisturbed on Palestinian lands, while the legitimate owners of the area barely access them since they are attacked and expelled by the settlers protected by the army.

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In December, Israel once again closed its borders to foreigners due to the new Covid-19 variant called Omicron, which could have further repercussions on the international human rights
organizations’ staff operating in the country as well as in Palestine.
On December 6th, the Israeli government blocked the construction of the new settlements in East Jerusalem. This construction project would have caused the demolition of new buildings in Silwan and Sheik Jarrah neighborhoods where a theme park inspired by the biblical events of the Old Testament was supposed to be created.
Moreover, during this month the Israeli Foreign Minister visited Egypt and the United Arab Emirates in order to establish new economic relations.
On December 22nd, Israel started to administer the fourth dose of Pfizer vaccine to people from 80 to 60 years old.

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In the South Hebron Hills, the military and civil Israeli occupation continues to be practiced by  arrests, raids, demolitions, attacks against children, ban on access to the lands, uprooting of olive trees with heavy consequences on the Palestinian population.