International law prohibits an occupying power from damaging cultural property by making it responsible for safeguarding and preserving cultural objects from theft, pillage, and misappropriation. Key legal frameworks like the 1954 Hague Convention and its protocols require an occupying power to protect cultural heritage, prohibit its destruction or damage, and prevent its removal from the territory. This includes a duty to prevent looting, illicit export, and the use of cultural sites for military purpose.

• When acts and or activities by the Israeli annexing belligerent targeting the colonized people are systematic, and or are on a large scale, we consider these acts and activities as shown in the 'breadcrumbs'. This does not include violations, as they refer to resorting to breaches of rules and international law.

  • You are viewing a selection from our huge archives, but it is representative of the situation, which has been in the West Bank for years, but currently in an escalated form of exploiting the "war" in Gaza. 
  • Dates refer to the day when a video or photo was posted on the account of a social media user, or published by a source in the public domain, when it concerns a publication.
  • Credit: photographers, videographers, reporters, and journalists in the West Bank, news agencies, and other sources.
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