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Israeli occupier attacks threaten historic Christian presence in West Bank town

In Taybeh, one of the few Palestinian communities with a Christian majority in the occupied West Bank, fears are growing that Israeli occupier attacks on farmland and property could push more families to emigrate, threatening the town’s demographic character and historic Christian presence. Local officials and clergy warned of the impact of rising violence by Israeli occupiers, which has coincided with worsening living and economic conditions in the town. Taybeh, east of Ramallah, is one of the few Palestinian towns in the West Bank that still has a Christian majority, according to church and local accounts. Residents say the town’s Christian roots go back thousands of years. Residents say the attacks have deepened fears in the town, even as they stress their determination to remain on their land. Also Read: Pakistan raises red flag over illegal settlements in West Bank, calls for Israel accountability In recent years, Israeli occupiers have established several ill...
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Voting beings for last leg of IIOJ&K election

Voting began Saturday for a southern constituency in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu & Kashmir (IIOJ&K), where a major election was held for the first time since Aug. 5, 2019, when the Indian government scrapped the region’s autonomy. The Anantnag-Rajouri constituency (formerly Anantnag constituency) came into being after the redrawing of electoral boundaries in 2022, which many Kashmiri parties said was aimed at denting their electoral advantage. Earlier, the Anantnag constituency consisted exclusively of assembly segments with the overwhelming majority being from the ethnic Kashmiri Muslim population and its boundaries entirely in Kashmir Valley. But the redrawing has added nearly 800,000 people from other religious and ethnic groups, mainly Gujjar and Pahari Muslims. The Hindu nationalist government in February granted the Pahari community the Scheduled Tribe status, which comes with reservations in jobs and other benefits. Pollsters believe the move could benefit the allies of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, which has not fielded a candidate in the Muslim-majority Kashmir province but is likely to win the two seats in the Hindu-majority Jammu province. The polls on Saturday will decide the fate of former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti. Her main challengers are Mian Altaf, a former minister and distinguished Gujjar community leader, and Zafar Manhas, who belongs to the Pahari community. Manhas is a member of the Apni Party, which is backed by the BJP. Read also: BJP worker killed in IIOJK attack Southern districts have been at the centre of a resurgent resistance, which culminated in a mass uprising in 2016 after the killing of resistance commander Burhan Wani. After 2019, civilian protests have died down and the number of resistance-related incidents fell significantly. IIOJ&K will now send five parliamentarians to the 543-seat Indian parliament -- three from Kashmir province and two from Jammu. Polls for the two Jammu seats, Srinagar and Baramulla, have already been completed in earlier phases of the multi-phase polls. In terms of numbers, the five seats from the region are not significant but in the backdrop of the Aug. 5 decision, they have a comparatively greater symbolic value. It was evident from the campaigning, which centered around the scrapping and its larger political ramifications.  

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