Quique Kierszenbaum

Independent documentary photographer, producer based in Jerusalem, covering the M. East. Fotógrafo, Periodista y videografo independiente en Jerusalén.

[Quique Kierszenbaum @Quique_K]

Violencia en #Jerusalén, el registro de la 'Marcha de las Banderas' en donde nacionalistas israelíes 'festejan' el Dia de Jerusalen, marchando por el barrio musulman de la ciudad vieja.
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[Barak Ravid @BarakRavid]

🚨🇮🇱🇵🇸 While the Trump administration - along with governments across Europe and the Middle East - is focused on the escalating crisis with Iran, the Israeli cabinet is expected to approve on Thursday a plan to fund the de facto establishment of 61 new settlements in the occupied West Bank, according to a draft government decision I obtained.
🚨🇮🇱🇵🇸 Why it matters: A source familiar with the proposal said the government is expected to allocate more than $350 million over several years to move 61 newly authorized settlements from paper to reality.
🚨🇮🇱🇵🇸 The plan would fund temporary residential compounds, public buildings and infrastructure even before formal planning procedures are completed, marking one of the most significant settlement expansion moves in decades.
🚨🇮🇱🇵🇸 The proposal is being championed by far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich. The timing is significant: the government is seeking to approve the funding before a possible vote to dissolve the Knesset and trigger new elections - a scenario that could make large-scale budget allocations substantially more difficult.
🚨🇮🇱🇵🇸 Between the lines: Many of the settlements included in the proposal are located in strategically sensitive areas, including along Highway 90 in the Jordan Valley, in the South Hebron Hills, and in locations designed to create territorial continuity between existing settlements. Such a move further undermines the prospect of a future Palestinian state.
🚨🇮🇱🇵🇸 Rather than merely granting formal recognition to new settlements, the government would begin simultaneously funding housing, infrastructure and public services for dozens of communities - a move that could significantly reshape the map of the West Bank over the coming years.
🚨🇮🇱🇵🇸 Zoom in: Under the plan, the government would finance temporary settlement sites that include mobile homes, public facilities, community infrastructure and support services.
🚨🇮🇱🇵🇸 The proposal would also fund development work for the permanent settlements expected to follow, including roads, utilities and other core infrastructure.
🚨🇮🇱🇵🇸 The significance of the proposal lies not only in the number of settlements involved, but also in the government's decision to begin physical implementation before completing the full statutory planning process.
🚨🇮🇱🇵🇸 The proposal follows a government decision approved last week that allocated roughly $35 million for planning and regulatory work related to the same settlements. The new proposal moves beyond planning and into implementation.
🚨🇮🇱🇵🇸 In practice, it would allow the government to establish temporary settlement sites while planning procedures are still underway, creating facts on the ground that could later evolve into permanent settlements.
🚨🇮🇱🇵🇸 The big picture: The move comes amid a broader effort by the Israeli government to strengthen its hold over Area C of the West Bank and accelerate settlement expansion.
🚨🇮🇱🇵🇸 It also follows a series of cabinet decisions over the past year authorizing dozens of new settlements, representing the largest wave of settlement approvals in years.

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Estados Unidos bombardea Iran un día antes del comienzo del Mundial. El premio fifa para la paz se fifa a la fifa...

[EFE Noticias @EFEnoticias]

#ÚLTIMAHORA | La Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos ordena el cierre de El Helicoide, señalado como un centro de torturas en Venezuela.

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Charities in England and Wales ‘donate millions to illegal Israeli settlements’ https://t.co/8wtz7zMzdP

[Dalia Hatuqa🪬🤌 @DaliaHatuqa]

The first image of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya after he was detained by Israeli soldiers in Gaza in 2024. The picture is reportedly from a court hearing in Jerusalem.
Source: https://t.co/46wvJmvkxU
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Sorpresa...
UN Inquiry Finds Israeli Forces Shield Settlers During Attacks on Palestinians https://t.co/R22dYdjuzi

[B'Tselem בצלם بتسيلم @btselem]

New footage obtained by B’Tselem uncovers the moments when the Abu Haikal family was shot. Seven-month-old Sam Abu Haikal was killed in the shooting, and both his parents were injured. The footage clearly shows that the Israeli soldier fired at the car as it was slowing to a stop. The car was far from the soldiers and posed no danger to them whatsoever.

Moments later, in another video obtained by B’Tselem, seven-month-old Sam’s father, Fahed, is seen just after his son was shot. Fahed is holding baby Sam in his arms, trying to stop the bleeding from his head with his hands, while Sam’s mother, Daniyah, who was also injured by the gunfire while holding her son, is seen sitting on the ground, next to the car.

Last Friday, 5 June, an Israeli soldier fired at a Palestinian family driving home from a family visit, as they sat in their car in the Tel Rumeidah neighborhood in Hebron. The family was shot as the car was slowing to a stop at the soldier’s command. Sam, a seven‑month‑old baby who was in his mother’s arms in the back seat, was struck in the head and pronounced dead shortly afterward. Sam’s parents were also injured by the gunfire; his mother is still in the hospital. After the shooting, the soldier who fired and another soldier who was with him left the scene without checking the car or offering any assistance to the critically wounded baby or to his mother.

In the past two and a half years, Israel has killed tens of thousands of children in Gaza and the West Bank. The immunity it gets from the international community has led to a reality where, under Israeli rule, Palestinian lives are entirely disposable – even a seven‑month‑old baby.

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France also said it would impose sanctions on Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and bar him from entering the country. In a statement, France's foreign ministry said Smotrich is "actively promoting the annexation of the West Bank."

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Britain, Canada France and Norway announced on Tuesday new sanctions targeting six Israeli right-wing organizations and one far-right activist, Haaretz has learned. The measures also include a non-binding recommendation on trade with Israeli settlements.

[Jean-Noël Barrot @jnbarrot]

Avec nos partenaires britannique, canadien, australien, néo-zélandais et norvégien, nous prenons aujourd’hui de nouvelles sanctions contre les responsables de l’intensification de la colonisation et des violences en Cisjordanie.

A titre national, nous avons interdit d’accès à notre territoire le ministre Bezalel Smotrich, quatre responsables d’organisations de colons et vingt-et-un colons violents.

Bezalel Smotrich promeut activement l’annexion de la Cisjordanie, qu’il revendique ouvertement, la création de nouvelles colonies en Cisjordanie, la recolonisation de Gaza, l’effondrement économique de l’Autorité palestinienne et ses conséquences délétères sur la population palestinienne : c’est une politique que ne peut accepter l’écrasante majorité de la communauté internationale, fermement attachée à la solution à deux Etats.

[Haaretz.com @haaretzcom]

Israel puts Gaza hospital director in solitary after lawyer appealed detention https://t.co/5lqPl2A8sj

[Dale Johnson @DaleJohnsonBBC]

Statement:

"FIFA can confirm that match official Omar Abdulkadir Artan will be unable to train and officiate at the FIFA World Cup 2026 after he was denied entry into the United States. 1/3

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Iran launches missiles at Israel, triggering sirens in north, for first time since cease-fire in April.
Sirens sounded across northern Israel as the Israeli military said it had identified missiles fired from Iran. https://t.co/slEdqVImky

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One Killed, Several Wounded in Terrorist Attack in Central Israel: https://t.co/kWTL1PzFoX

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Colonos radicales y un soldado israelí atacan a palestinos en Hawara, Cisjordania.
Radical settlers and and Israeli soldier attack Palestinians in Hawara, West Bank.

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'The soldier was about ten meters away from me. He saw me, he saw my wife and the children. The car windows were not dark, it was daylight and everything was clear. You can't say he didn't see that it was a family,' Fahed Abu Haykal
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IDF Fatally Shoots Baby, Wounds Parents in West Bank https://t.co/Qig0txk6Ro

[Ihab Hassan @IhabHassane]

BREAKING: The Israeli army opened fire on a vehicle in Hebron, murdering 7-month-old infant Sam Fahd Abu Haikal. He was with his family in the car. Both of his parents were also injured in the shooting.

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'We Were Ordered to Kill': The 1967 Nakba That Israelis Don't Know About https://t.co/2Q7N55ZbYL

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The far right in Israel is already campaigning for the elections, and using their governmental powers to go completely insane:
Far-right MK Tzvi Succot Attempts to Break Into Arab Israeli School With Disc Saw https://t.co/B9MQt999lH