Israel repeals 2005 act on West Bank settlement pullout
1 year, 9 months ago

Israel repeals 2005 act on West Bank settlement pullout

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — Israeli lawmakers on Tuesday repealed a 2005 act that saw four Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank dismantled at the same time as Israeli forces withdrew from the Gaza Strip. Itamar Ben-Gvir, an ultranationalist West Bank settler now serving as minister in charge of police, said Tuesday that the repeal of the ban corrects “a historic injustice” and pledged to continue boosting settlements. “Our government wants unlimited power.” The threat of losing military personnel, particularly as tensions surge in the occupied West Bank, has sparked concern and condemnation. As the government faces mass protests over the judicial overhaul, documents leaked Tuesday show top finance ministry officials expressing concern that efforts to curb the Supreme Court’s independence could damage Israel’s economy, making the country less attractive to foreign investors and driving down its credit ratings.

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Israeli settlers set mosque on fire in occupied West Bank
5 days, 5 hours ago

Israeli settlers set mosque on fire in occupied West Bank

Al Jazeera  

Governor of Salfit says the settlers had previously entered the village ‘under the protection of the Israeli army’. Israeli settlers have set fire to a mosque in the occupied West Bank, while also defacing the building’s facade with hateful and racist slogans such as “Revenge” and “Death to Arabs” spray-painted in Hebrew. One resident of the village told AFP news …

Trump Won’t Say If He’d Allow Israel To Annex The West Bank As Gaza Suffers
1 week, 5 days ago

Trump Won’t Say If He’d Allow Israel To Annex The West Bank As Gaza Suffers

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING As Israel’s current military campaign against Palestinians surpasses 14 months, President-elect Donald Trump has avoided saying whether he would allow the U.S.-supported country to annex the occupied West Bank under his incoming administration. “I don’t want people from either side killed, and that includes whether it’s Russia, Ukraine, or whether it’s the Palestinians and the Israelis and …

Wilders' West Bank visit raises hackles of coalition partners
1 week, 6 days ago

Wilders' West Bank visit raises hackles of coalition partners

Dutch News  

Geert Wilders has come under fire for visiting an illegal settlement on the occupied West Bank during his 36-hour visit to Israel. Foreign affairs minister Caspar Veldkamp made clear last month that Wilders was free to travel abroad as an MP, but his visit was not sanctioned by the government. “No responsibility” Eric van den Burg, foreign affairs spokesman for …

Trump’s picks spur renewed push for West Bank annexation in Israel
1 month, 1 week ago

Trump’s picks spur renewed push for West Bank annexation in Israel

Live Mint  

Donald Trump’s election victory has triggered a renewed push by some in Israel’s right-wing government to annex the occupied West Bank, an idea that is seen as illegal by most of the international community and could threaten Israel’s relations with its Arab allies. On Wednesday, Trump’s nominee for U.S. ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, said in an interview with Israel’s …

Israel’s West Bank settlers hope Trump’s return will pave the way for major settlement expansion
1 month, 1 week ago

Israel’s West Bank settlers hope Trump’s return will pave the way for major settlement expansion

Associated Press  

BEIT EL, West Bank — As Donald Trump’s victory became apparent in last week’s U.S. elections, Jewish West Bank settlement advocates popped bottles of champagne and danced to the Bee Gees at a winery in the heart of the occupied territory, according to a post on Instagram. Not only did the expansion of housing for Jews in the West Bank …

West Bank: Israeli minister calls for preparations to annex settlements
1 month, 2 weeks ago

West Bank: Israeli minister calls for preparations to annex settlements

CNN  

CNN — Israel’s far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, has ordered preparations for the annexation of settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. However, earlier Monday, Gideon Sa’ar, Israel’s new foreign minister, told a press briefing that the government had made no decision on the issue of annexation as yet, but noted it had been discussed during Donald Trump’s first term as …

Israel passes law that would allow it to deport families of Palestinian attackers
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Israel passes law that would allow it to deport families of Palestinian attackers

The Hindu  

Israel’s Parliament passed a law early on Thursday that would allow it to deport family members of Palestinian attackers, including the country’s own citizens, to the war-ravaged Gaza Strip or other locations. It would apply to Palestinian citizens of Israel and residents of annexed east Jerusalem who knew about their family members’ attacks beforehand or who “express support or identification …

The Place Where War in the Middle East Will be Won or Lost
2 months, 1 week ago

The Place Where War in the Middle East Will be Won or Lost

Politico  

But after months of listening to this self-congratulation, I still have one question for Biden and his team: Why didn’t you do this years ago? But it’s important to keep asking, because the fate of the Middle East could lie in the West Bank and what steps Israel, the United States and the Palestinians themselves take there now. “The West …

Palestinians' UN Proposal Demands Israel Leave Gaza And The West Bank In 6 Months
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Palestinians' UN Proposal Demands Israel Leave Gaza And The West Bank In 6 Months

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING UNITED NATIONS — The Palestinians have circulated a draft U.N. resolution demanding that Israel end its “unlawful presence” in Gaza and the West Bank within six months. The proposed General Assembly resolution, which was obtained by The Associated Press, follows a ruling by the top United Nations court in July that said Israel’s presence in the Palestinian …

Eye on the Middle East | A West Bank watershed
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Eye on the Middle East | A West Bank watershed

Hindustan Times  

Beginning on Wednesday, August 28, at least three brigades of the Israeli Defense Forces have been conducting what is the largest Israeli military assault on the West Bank since 2002. The promised land While the scale of the IDF’s current operation is unprecedented for this century, Israel has been consistently conducting counter-terror raids in the West Bank since October 7. …

UK deeply concerned by West Bank raids as Israel says Hamas commander killed
3 months, 3 weeks ago

UK deeply concerned by West Bank raids as Israel says Hamas commander killed

The Independent  

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What to know about Israel’s large-scale military operation in the occupied West Bank
3 months, 3 weeks ago

What to know about Israel’s large-scale military operation in the occupied West Bank

Associated Press  

Israel is carrying out large-scale military raids in parts of the occupied West Bank, where the decadeslong conflict with the Palestinians had worsened even before the outbreak of the war in Gaza. The Palestinian Health Ministry says over 650 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire in the occupied West Bank since then, the highest rate of casualties since a …

Israel kills a top militant in its deadliest West Bank raids since the Gaza war began
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Israel kills a top militant in its deadliest West Bank raids since the Gaza war began

Associated Press  

TULKAREM, West Bank — The Israeli military said it killed five more West Bank militants, including a local commander, as it pressed ahead Thursday with its deadliest operation in the occupied territory since the start of the war in Gaza. Mourners take part in a funeral of four Palestinians who died during an Israeli military operation in the West Bank …

The West Bank: Israel’s other genocidal war in Palestine
3 months, 3 weeks ago

The West Bank: Israel’s other genocidal war in Palestine

Al Jazeera  

The Israeli military assault on the northern West Bank is part of a larger plan to force Palestinians from their homeland. If this does take place, it would be a major escalation of the Israeli government’s strategy of gradual dispossession of Palestinians in the West Bank, which has been carried out directly through military means and settler attacks but also …

Palestinian officials say Israeli raids across occupied West Bank have killed 9
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Palestinian officials say Israeli raids across occupied West Bank have killed 9

The Independent  

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Israel launches a big military operation in the West Bank and kills at least 10 Hamas militants
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Israel launches a big military operation in the West Bank and kills at least 10 Hamas militants

Associated Press  

AL-FARAA REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank — Israeli forces launched a large operation in the occupied West Bank overnight and into Wednesday, killing at least 10 Hamas militants, carrying out arrests and sealing off the volatile city of Jenin. Lt. Col. Nadav Shoshani, an Israeli military spokesman, said “large forces” had entered Jenin, long a militant stronghold, as well as Tulkarem …

Israel-Hamas war latest: 10 Hamas militants killed in Israeli operation in West Bank
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Israel-Hamas war latest: 10 Hamas militants killed in Israeli operation in West Bank

Associated Press  

Ten Hamas fighters were killed during a large-scale Israeli military operation in the occupied West Bank, the militant group said Wednesday, with troops sealing off the city of Jenin — long a militant stronghold. “Such unnecessary or disproportionate use of force and the increase in apparent targeted and other summary killings are alarming.” US hits West Bank Jewish settler group …

Palestinian officials say Israeli raids across occupied West Bank have killed 9
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Palestinian officials say Israeli raids across occupied West Bank have killed 9

New Indian Express  

JERUSALEM: Israel launched raids across the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, where its forces killed at least nine Palestinians and sealed off the volatile city of Jenin, according to Palestinian officials. Over 600 Palestinians in the West Bank have been killed by Israeli fire since the war in Gaza began over 10 months ago, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. …

Israel’s war on the West Bank
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Israel’s war on the West Bank

Al Jazeera  

At least 10 Palestinians have been killed in a wide-ranging Israeli attack on the northern occupied West Bank, focused on the governorates of Tulkarem, Jenin and Tubas. Between Israeli military raids and attacks by Israeli settlers, approximately 1,000 Palestinians have been killed since 2022 in the West Bank. The military raids stem from Israel’s policy of dealing with the West …

Israel has launched a massive assault on the West Bank. Why and why now?
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Israel has launched a massive assault on the West Bank. Why and why now?

Al Jazeera  

Hundreds of Israeli soldiers are conducting a major assault in the occupied West Bank in Jenin, Tulkarem and the Far’a refugee camp near Tubas. “This was a signal that Palestinian groups in the West Bank in clandestine cells are moving toward more offensive action,” Ramallah-based political analyst Abdaljawad Omar said. “Now there is an invasion and offensive action, including arrests, …

Three Palestinians killed in Israeli strike on occupied West Bank
4 months ago

Three Palestinians killed in Israeli strike on occupied West Bank

Al Jazeera  

Israeli forces have carried out near-daily raids in the territory, killing more than 600 Palestinians since October. Three Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli air attack on a house in the Tulkarem refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Ministry of Health says. Israeli forces also conducted raids in cities and towns across the West Bank, the …

Settler rampage in West Bank sparks rare condemnation from Israeli leaders
4 months, 1 week ago

Settler rampage in West Bank sparks rare condemnation from Israeli leaders

The Independent  

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The Israeli ultra nationalist quietly reshaping the West Bank
4 months, 1 week ago

The Israeli ultra nationalist quietly reshaping the West Bank

Live Mint  

TEL AVIV—From the far-right fringes of Israeli politics, Bezalel Smotrich called for years for the annexation of the West Bank. On Wednesday, Smotrich—who is Israel’s finance minister—celebrated his most recent achievement: The creation of municipal boundaries to build a new Jewish settlement that will connect a major West Bank settlement bloc with Jerusalem. But Smotrich has overseen the creation of …

Israeli settlers set West Bank village ablaze in deadly attack
4 months, 1 week ago

Israeli settlers set West Bank village ablaze in deadly attack

CNN  

CNN — An assault by dozens of Israeli settlers has devastated a Palestinian town in the occupied West Bank, drawing blistering condemnation from top Israeli officials. Moshe Arbel, Israel’s interior minister, called the attacks a “serious nationalist crime” that runs “contrary to the values of Judaism,” and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant slammed the “violent, radical riots” as “the opposite of …

Israeli government quietly sends millions to unauthorized West Bank settler outposts
5 months ago

Israeli government quietly sends millions to unauthorized West Bank settler outposts

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — The Israeli government has budgeted millions of dollars to protect small, unauthorized Jewish farms in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, underwriting tiny outposts meant to grow into full-fledged settlements, according to an anti-settlement monitoring group. The Ministry of Settlements and National Mission, which is headed by a far-right settler leader, confirmed it budgeted 75 million shekels last year for …

Israeli government quietly sends millions of dollars to unauthorized West Bank settler outposts
5 months ago

Israeli government quietly sends millions of dollars to unauthorized West Bank settler outposts

LA Times  

A horse belonging to an Israeli settler wanders a farm in the West Bank outpost of Meitarim. The Israeli government has budgeted millions of dollars to protect small, unauthorized Jewish farms in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, underwriting tiny outposts meant to grow into full-fledged settlements, according to an anti-settlement monitoring group. The Ministry of Settlements and National Mission, which is …

Who is Israel targeting in its attacks on the West Bank?
5 months ago

Who is Israel targeting in its attacks on the West Bank?

Al Jazeera  

Israel plays up the threat of ‘terrorism’ in the occupied West Bank to justify collective punishment, Palestinians say. The Israeli army killed three Palestinian military commanders – including one from Hamas’s Qassam Brigades and two from Fatah’s Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades – and a mother and her child during a raid in the occupied West Bank on Monday, according to Palestinian …

ICJ says Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories is illegal
5 months ago

ICJ says Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories is illegal

The Independent  

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Top UN court says Israel’s presence in occupied Palestinian territories is illegal and should end
5 months ago

Top UN court says Israel’s presence in occupied Palestinian territories is illegal and should end

Associated Press  

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The top United Nations court said Friday that Israel’s presence in the occupied Palestinian territories is unlawful and called on it to end, and for settlement construction to stop immediately, issuing an unprecedented, sweeping condemnation of Israel’s rule over the lands it captured 57 years ago. The court said the General Assembly and Security Council — …

Mounting home demolitions and settler attacks plunge a Palestinian village into crisis
5 months ago

Mounting home demolitions and settler attacks plunge a Palestinian village into crisis

Associated Press  

UMM AL-KHAIR, West Bank — First came the Israeli military bulldozers, which tore down a quarter of the homes in the West Bank Bedouin village of Umm al-Khair. The military told AP the forces were there “to maintain the security of all residents of the area, and to act to prevent terrorism and activities that endanger the citizens of the …

How Israeli settlements are taking over the West Bank as Gaza war rages
5 months ago

How Israeli settlements are taking over the West Bank as Gaza war rages

Al Jazeera  

Ahead of key ICJ ruling on settlements, here’s a look at how much West Bank land Israel has grabbed since October 7 — and how many Palestinians have been force to leave their homes. The settlers and the army are attacking everywhere.” How many Palestinians has Israel killed in the West Bank since the war on Gaza began? On May …

Top U.N. court says Israel’s settlement policy in occupied territories violates international law
5 months ago

Top U.N. court says Israel’s settlement policy in occupied territories violates international law

LA Times  

The top United Nations court, meeting at the Peace Palace in The Hague, said Israel’s settlement policy in the West Bank and East Jerusalem violates international law. The court said the U.N. General Assembly and Security Council — where staunch Israeli ally the United States holds a veto — should consider “the precise modalities” to end Israel’s presence in the …

Israel minister demands West Bank annexation if UN court rules against it
5 months, 1 week ago

Israel minister demands West Bank annexation if UN court rules against it

Al Jazeera  

PM Netanyahu must order annexation of the West Bank if the International Court of Justice rules Israeli occupation is illegal, far-right minister says. Hardline Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich called on the prime minister to annex the occupied West Bank if the International Court of Justice rules Israeli settlements are illegal this week. Last month, Israel’s hardline coalition government approved …

Palestinians observe strike in West Bank against killings by Israel in Gaza
5 months, 1 week ago

Palestinians observe strike in West Bank against killings by Israel in Gaza

Al Jazeera  

Palestinians call a general strike in solidarity with people in Gaza in the wake of Israeli attack on safe zone that killed at least 90 people. Palestinians in the occupied West Bank are observing a general strike in protest against Israel’s war on Gaza, denouncing Saturday’s attack on a designated safe zone of al-Mawasi that killed at least 90 people …

US announces sanctions on Israeli settlers over West Bank violence
5 months, 2 weeks ago

US announces sanctions on Israeli settlers over West Bank violence

Al Jazeera  

US measures target three Israeli individuals and five entities over violence in the occupied West Bank. The United States has announced new sanctions on several Israeli settlers and affiliated groups, accusing them of involvement in violence or threats of violence targeting civilians, seizure of property or other actions that threaten security in the occupied West Bank. “The United States remains …

Visualising how Israel keeps stealing Palestinian land
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Visualising how Israel keeps stealing Palestinian land

Al Jazeera  

Israel has illegally seized more land this year than over the past 20 years combined. In 2024, Israel illegally seized 23.7sq km of Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank, amid its ongoing war on Gaza. 1967 – Naksa During the June 1967 war, Israel occupied all of historical Palestine – including Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem – …

Outgoing Israeli general condemns settler violence in occupied West Bank
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Outgoing Israeli general condemns settler violence in occupied West Bank

Al Jazeera  

Yehuda Fox said that the Palestinian Authority in the occupied West Bank, is in Israel’s security interest. An Israeli general has condemned the government’s decision to expand settlements in the occupied West Bank and criticised rising levels of settler violence in the region, according to Israeli media reports. Major General Yehuda Fox, the outgoing head of Israel’s central command, said …

A look at how settlements have grown in the West Bank over the years
5 months, 2 weeks ago

A look at how settlements have grown in the West Bank over the years

Associated Press  

Israel has approved the largest seizure of land in the occupied West Bank in over three decades and advanced plans to build thousands of new settlement homes, according to Peace Now, an Israeli anti-settlement monitoring group. Half a century of settlements Israel captured the West Bank, east Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip in the 1967 Mideast war. In 56 years, …

Israel approves plans for nearly 5,300 new homes in West Bank settlements
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Israel approves plans for nearly 5,300 new homes in West Bank settlements

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — The Israeli government has approved plans to build nearly 5,300 new homes in settlements in the occupied West Bank, a monitoring group said Thursday, the latest in a campaign to accelerate settlement expansion, aimed at cementing Israeli control over the territory and preventing the establishment of a future Palestinian state. The Israeli anti-settlement monitoring Peace Now said the …

Watchdog flags seizure of land by Israel in West Bank
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Watchdog flags seizure of land by Israel in West Bank

The Hindu  

Israel has approved the largest seizure of land in the occupied West Bank in over three decades, an anti-settlement watchdog group said on Wednesday, a move that could further worsen already soaring tensions linked to the ongoing Gaza war. The land seizure, which was approved late last month but only publicised on Wednesday, comes after the seizure of 8 square …

Israel approves plans for nearly 5,300 new homes in West Bank settlements, group says
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Israel approves plans for nearly 5,300 new homes in West Bank settlements, group says

LA Times  

Palestinians search for bodies and survivors Wednesday in the rubble of a residential building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip. The Israeli government has approved plans to build nearly 5,300 new homes in settlements in the occupied West Bank, a monitoring group said Thursday, the latest in a campaign to accelerate settlement expansion, aimed at cementing …

Palestinian space being single-mindedly squeezed: China Daily editorial
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Palestinian space being single-mindedly squeezed: China Daily editorial

China Daily  

Palestinians walk at the site of Israeli strikes that hit a residential building and destroyed shops at Gaza's Old City market, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Gaza City on July 4. With Israel's war in Gaza creating an ever-worsening humanitarian disaster and drawing ire and opposition from the world, the Jewish state's latest land appropriation in the occupied West Bank …

Israel approves three settlement outposts, thousands of homes in West Bank
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Israel approves three settlement outposts, thousands of homes in West Bank

Al Jazeera  

Watchdog Peace Now says Israeli gov’t approves settlement outposts of Givat Hanan, Kedem Arava, and Machane Gadi. Israel’s government has approved 5,295 new housing units in a host of illegal settlements across the occupied West Bank, as well as recognising three new settlement outposts in the Palestinian territory, according to a watchdog group. Israeli NGO Peace Now reported the move …

Israel turbocharges West Bank settlement expansion with largest land grab in decades
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Israel turbocharges West Bank settlement expansion with largest land grab in decades

Hindustan Times  

Israel has approved the largest seizure of land in the occupied West Bank in over three decades, a settlement tracking group said Wednesday, a move that is likely to worsen already soaring tensions linked to the war in Gaza. The proliferation of outposts has driven up settler violence in the West Bank since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, rights …

Israel turbocharges West Bank settlement expansion with largest land grab in decades
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Israel turbocharges West Bank settlement expansion with largest land grab in decades

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — Israel has approved the largest seizure of land in the occupied West Bank in over three decades, a settlement tracking group said Wednesday, a move that is likely to worsen already soaring tensions linked to the war in Gaza. The proliferation of outposts has driven up settler violence in the West Bank since the start of the Israel-Hamas …

Israel turbocharges West Bank settlement expansion with largest land grab in decades
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Israel turbocharges West Bank settlement expansion with largest land grab in decades

LA Times  

Mourners carry the bodies of four Palestinians, killed by an Israeli airstrike late Tuesday, during their funeral in the West Bank refugee camp of Nur Shams on Wednesday. Israel has approved the largest seizure of land in the occupied West Bank in over three decades, a settlement tracking group said Wednesday, a move that is likely to worsen already soaring …

Israeli seizures of West Bank land for settlers peaking, watchdog says
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Israeli seizures of West Bank land for settlers peaking, watchdog says

Al Jazeera  

Israel has illegally claimed 23.7sq km of West Bank land as its own so far this year, Peace Now says. Israeli authorities have green-lighted the largest West Bank land seizure in more than three decades as the rate of land grabs in the occupied Palestinian territory peaks, an Israeli anti-settlement watchdog says. ‘Distancing us from peace’ Israeli settlements in the …

West Bank occupation at the center of the violence at L.A. synagogue
5 months, 3 weeks ago

West Bank occupation at the center of the violence at L.A. synagogue

LA Times  

The recent violence at the Adas Torah synagogue in Los Angeles was rooted in a decades-long international battle over the expansion of Jewish settlements on land Israel seized and occupied during its 1967 Six Day War with Arab states. An ad for the event, which was organized by Gidon Katz, a global promoter of Israel real estate, read: “In a …

Takeaways from AP’s report on sanctioned settlers in the West Bank
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Takeaways from AP’s report on sanctioned settlers in the West Bank

Associated Press  

SOUTH HEBRON HILLS, West Bank — More than a dozen Israeli settlers — as well as two affiliated farms and four groups — have been targeted by international sanctions over accusations of attacks and harassment against Palestinians in the West Bank. When settler Yinon Levi was sanctioned by the U.S. in February, he said his Israeli bank froze his accounts …

Israeli settlers in the West Bank were hit with international sanctions. It only emboldened them
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Israeli settlers in the West Bank were hit with international sanctions. It only emboldened them

Associated Press  

SOUTH HEBRON HILLS, West Bank — For weeks after being sanctioned by the United States, Yinon Levi struggled to pay the bills, living at his farming outpost atop a hill in the occupied West Bank. Levi is among 13 hard-line Israeli settlers — as well as two affiliated outposts and four groups — targeted by international sanctions over accusations of …

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