Israeli decision to allow Palestinians to build in Area C spurs skepticism - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Ahmad Melhem

Ahmad Melhem

Aug 18, 2021

A child looks on as a Palestinian family checks their belongings after Israeli machinery demolished their house located within Area C of the occupied West Bank. — A child looks on as a Palestinian family checks their belongings after Israeli machinery demolished their house located within Area C of the occupied West Bank, where Israel retains full control over planning and construction, near the village of Halhoul, north of Hebron, on June 17, 2021. — HAZEM BADER/AFP via Getty Images

A Palestinian family whose house is located in Area C of the Israeli-occupied West Bank and was demolished by the military sit inside a cave.

Israeli demolitions force Palestinians to live in caves

Fayza Hassan

A picture taken on February 27, 2018 shows a view of the mobile and temporary dwellings of Palestinian families living near the Israeli settlement of Susya, which have been warned to evacuate due to being in the so-called "Area C" in the occupied West Bank near Yatta south of the city of Hebron. / AFP PHOTO / HAZEM BADER (Photo credit should read HAZEM BADER/AFP via Getty Images)

France to support Palestinian agriculture in West Bank areas under Israeli control

Rasha Abou Jalal

Rasha Abou Jalal

In Gaza City, reporting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Palestine archaeology

Israeli archeologists find 4,000-year-old village in Ramallah

Fayza Hassan

PA plans to bypass Israel by issuing construction permits, rebuilding demolished homes

Rasha Abou Jalal

Rasha Abou Jalal

In Gaza City, reporting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict