Separation Wall

Elie Barnavi states that Marwan Barghouti is the only figure capable of uniting Palestinian people around a national project and the two-state solution. A portrait of Barghouti was painted on the separation wall between Israel and the West Bank in Bethlehem.

Israeli authorities issued 49 military orders since 2026 to seize 2,093 dunums of Palestinian land under security measures, restricting land use without transferring ownership. The Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission argues these orders expand settler control around infrastructure like bypass roads and the separation wall, with 2026's first-half orders exceeding 2025's total.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that some Lebanese Christian villages requested annexation by Israel. The comment was made during a ceremony in East Jerusalem near the separation wall with Ramallah.

A Palestinian family's home is sealed inside an Israeli settlement and the separation wall. The report is by Al Jazeera's Leila Warah.

Israeli forces uprooted at least 500 olive trees in Zububa village near Jenin in the occupied West Bank, part of a large-scale operation near the separation wall. The destruction threatens 120 additional dunams of olive groves, disrupting the annual harvest critical to local Palestinian communities.

Palestinians ran a freedom marathon along the separation wall in the West Bank, a structure that separates them from their land and families. The event highlights the ongoing conflict and separation in the region. Palestinians are protesting the separation wall, which they believe unjustly restricts their movement and access to their own land.