On 5 March, during the 61st regular session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, BADIL Resource Center delivered an oral statement under Item 3, during the Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, responding to his report and highlighting the relationship between food security and t...

(Bethlehem, 19 February 2026)   The Israeli regime’s recent measures - launching a large-scale land registration process in Area C and facilitating colonizers’ purchases of private land in Areas A and B - mark a decisive shift from de facto control to the formal transfer of Palestinian land owner...

(Bethlehem 12 February 2026)   The term “checkpoint” fails to capture the scale and intentionality of the comprehensive Israeli closure apparatus that has been constructed in the West Bank. Iron gates, earth mounds, roadblocks, permanent and flying checkpoints, and a segregated road system that t...

(Bethlehem, 6 February 2026)   Operation “Capital Shield,” launched by Israeli colonial forces in Jerusalem on 12 January 2026, constitutes the direct operationalization of the Israeli regime’s Decisive Plan in the city. The Decisive Plan is a comprehensive colonial doctrine aimed at securi...

(Bethlehem, 21 January 2026)   On 20 January 2026, Israeli forces, accompanied by Ben-Gvir, stormed UNRWA’s headquarters in Jerusalem, demolished structures, and replaced the UN flag with the Israeli flag. This direct physical assault represents the on-the-ground enforcement of a broader campaign to di...