West Bank
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered on Monday that plans be advanced to construct some 800 homes for Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank, an official...
Israel approves first new settler homes since suspending annexation, NGO says
Israel approved more than 1,300 new settler homes in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, the Peace Now settlement-monitoring group said, in the first such...
West Bank mosque damaged by arson, Palestinians blame settlers
A section of a mosque in the occupied West Bank was set on fire on Monday, and Palestinian officials accused Israeli settlers of being behind...
As Israel threatens West Bank annexation, Gazans recall settler withdrawal
Vineyard owner Haidar al-Zahar recalls with joy the day in 2005 when Israel removed its settlers and troops from the Gaza Strip, part of a...
Cyprus reluctant to back West Bank plan at EU
The Cyprus government appeared reluctant to satisfy Israel’s request to help moderate the EU’s response to the Israeli plan to pursue the Donald Trump peace...
Arab League calls Netanyahu plan to annex West Bank areas ‘aggression’
Arab foreign ministers condemned a plan by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to annex parts of the occupied West Bank as “aggression” undermining any chances...
Eight years late, Palestinian mail arrives in West Bank
Palestinians in the occupied West Bank are about to receive a special delivery of more than 10 tonnes of mail that has been delayed by...
‘Resistance continues’, says Palestinian teen released from Israel jail (Update)
By Ali Sawafta A Palestinian teenager released from prison by Israel on Sunday after completing a sentence for kicking and slapping an Israeli soldier called...
Palestinian killed after wounding Israeli guard at West Bank settlement
A Palestinian assailant was shot dead on Wednesday after stabbing a security guard at the entrance to a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank,...
Israel legalises West Bank outpost after settler killed
Israel granted legal status on Sunday to a previously unauthorised outpost in the occupied West Bank in response to a Palestinian shooting attack last month...