Israel delays West Bank annexation plan, as British prime minister joins in condemnation
4 years, 6 months ago

Israel delays West Bank annexation plan, as British prime minister joins in condemnation

LA Times  

Palestinians laborers line up June 30 to cross a checkpoint at the entrance to the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim, near Jerusalem. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s planned annexation of parts of the occupied West Bank was scheduled to start Wednesday, but instead it faced delays and a growing chorus of international condemnation from some of Israel’s closest allies, including British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Netanyahu had aimed to start the process by Wednesday, saying he wants to begin annexing West Bank territory in line with President Trump’s Mideast plan. The prime minister’s office issued a statement saying that Netanyahu held discussions Wednesday with American diplomats and Israeli defense officials on the issue of annexation, and that “additional discussions will be held in the coming days.” The plan, unveiled in January, envisions bringing some 30% of the territory under permanent Israeli control, while giving the Palestinians limited autonomy in carved-up pockets of the remaining land. In addition, the United Nations secretary-general, the European Union and key Arab countries have all said Israeli annexation would violate international law and undermine the goal of establishing a viable independent Palestinian state alongside Israel.

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

Trump’s Cabinet picks are Israeli settlers’ dream come true for Gaza and the West Bank.
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump’s Cabinet picks are Israeli settlers’ dream come true for Gaza and the West Bank.

Slate  

Of all the people in the United States, the president-elect has settled on Mike Huckabee as his nominee for ambassador to Israel. Additionally, Hegseth has seemed to all but endorse Israel’s annexing the West Bank, saying, “That’s why going and visiting Judea and Samaria and understanding that sovereignty—the very sovereignty of Israeli soil, Israeli cities, locations—is a critical next step …

Trump’s picks spur renewed push for West Bank annexation in Israel
1 month, 3 weeks 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, 3 weeks 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 …

Israeli minister says Trump win means ‘time has come’ for country to annex West Bank
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Israeli minister says Trump win means ‘time has come’ for country to annex West Bank

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Israel’s far-right minister of finance …

Trump picks Mike Huckabee to serve as US ambassador to Israel
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Trump picks Mike Huckabee to serve as US ambassador to Israel

CNN  

Washington CNN — President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he has nominated former Arkansas Gov. In an interview on Israeli Army Radio, Huckabee was asked whether the Trump administration would support annexation in the West Bank, known in Israel as applying “sovereignty.” “Well of course,” Huckabee said. “There’s not.” He’s been a supporter of Israeli settlements in the West Bank, …

Palestine condemns Israeli minister's remarks about annexing West Bank
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Palestine condemns Israeli minister's remarks about annexing West Bank

China Daily  

Israeli military vehicles operate during an Israeli raid, in Aqaba near Tubas in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Nov 9, 2024. RAMALLAH - Palestinian authorities on Monday condemned Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich's remarks about the imposition of Israeli sovereignty over the occupied West Bank. Nabil Abu Rudeineh, spokesperson for the Palestinian presidency, said in a press release that Smotrich's remarks …

Palestine condemns Israeli minister's remarks about annexing West Bank
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Palestine condemns Israeli minister's remarks about annexing West Bank

China Daily  

Israeli military vehicles operate during an Israeli raid, in Aqaba near Tubas in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Nov 9, 2024. RAMALLAH - Palestinian authorities on Monday condemned Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich's remarks about the imposition of Israeli sovereignty over the occupied West Bank. Nabil Abu Rudeineh, spokesperson for the Palestinian presidency, said in a press release that Smotrich's remarks …

West Bank: Israeli minister calls for preparations to annex settlements
1 month, 4 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 …

Far-right Israeli minister orders preparations for West Bank annexation
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Far-right Israeli minister orders preparations for West Bank annexation

Al Jazeera  

Israel’s Finance Minister Smotrich hopes US President-elect Trump will support plan to annex occupied West Bank in 2025. Israel’s far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has ordered preparations for the annexation of the occupied West Bank ahead of US President-elect Donald Trump taking office in January 2025. Nabil Abu Rudeineh, the spokesperson for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, said Smotrich’s remarks confirmed …

Palestinians' UN Proposal Demands Israel Leave Gaza And The West Bank In 6 Months
4 months 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
4 months, 1 week 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
4 months, 1 week ago

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

The Independent  

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The West Bank: Israel’s other genocidal war in Palestine
4 months, 1 week 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 …

Way to fix Middle East conflict looks obvious—except to Israelis, Palestinians
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Way to fix Middle East conflict looks obvious—except to Israelis, Palestinians

Live Mint  

Most of the world has long agreed on what it will take to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which has now brought the Middle East to the brink of a regional war that would almost certainly draw in the U.S. “Right now, Israelis and Palestinians do not believe that the other side are human beings," said Khalil Shikaki, head of the …

The Israeli ultra nationalist quietly reshaping the West Bank
4 months, 3 weeks 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 government quietly sends millions to unauthorized West Bank settler outposts
5 months, 2 weeks 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 …

Israel minister demands West Bank annexation if UN court rules against it
5 months, 3 weeks 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 …

Visualising how Israel keeps stealing Palestinian land
5 months, 4 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 – …

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

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

Anti-settlement group says Israel has made largest West Bank land seizure in 3 decades
6 months ago

Anti-settlement group says Israel has made largest West Bank land seizure in 3 decades

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Israel has approved the largest …

Israel turbocharges West Bank settlement expansion with largest land grab in decades
6 months 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
6 months, 1 week 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 …

Smotrich dreams of Israel annexing the West Bank – is he doing it?
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Smotrich dreams of Israel annexing the West Bank – is he doing it?

Al Jazeera  

A quiet takeover of occupied West Bank has been cooking for 18 months. The Israeli army’s Civil Administration handed more control over the occupied West Bank to the Settlements Administration, led by far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who lives in an illegal settlement himself. Since he entered government, Smotrich has pushed openly for more Israeli settlements in the occupied West …

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

Israel seizes 800 hectares of Palestinian land in occupied West Bank
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Israel seizes 800 hectares of Palestinian land in occupied West Bank

Al Jazeera  

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s announcement comes despite international pressure against Israel’s building of illegal settlements. Israel’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has declared 800 hectares in the occupied West Bank as state land, in a move that will facilitate the use of the ground for settlement building. “While there are those in Israel and in the world who seek to undermine …

Palestinian leader appoints longtime adviser as PM amid calls for reform
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Palestinian leader appoints longtime adviser as PM amid calls for reform

Hindustan Times  

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has appointed his longtime economic adviser to be the next prime minister in the face of U.S. pressure to reform the Palestinian Authority as part of Washington's postwar vision for Gaza. In a statement announcing the appointment, Abbas asked Mustafa to put together plans to re-unify adminstration in the West Bank and Gaza, lead reforms in …

Israel is planning to build 3,300 new homes in occupied West Bank
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Israel is planning to build 3,300 new homes in occupied West Bank

The Independent  

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Palestinian diplomat accuses Israel of apartheid and asks UN court to declare its occupation illegal
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Palestinian diplomat accuses Israel of apartheid and asks UN court to declare its occupation illegal

Associated Press  

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The Palestinian foreign minister on Monday accused Israel of apartheid and urged the United Nations’ top court to declare that Israel’s occupation of lands sought for a Palestinian state is illegal and must end immediately and unconditionally for any hope for a two-state future to survive. International law expert Paul Reichler, representing the Palestinians, told the …

Palestinian diplomat accuses Israel of apartheid, asks U.N. court to declare occupation illegal
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Palestinian diplomat accuses Israel of apartheid, asks U.N. court to declare occupation illegal

LA Times  

Riad al Maliki, Palestinian National Authority foreign affairs minister, center, and Riyad Mansour, the authority’s U.N. representative, right, take their seats at the International Court of Justice in The Hague on Monday. Palestinian Authority Foreign Affairs Minister Riad al Maliki told the International Court of Justice that “2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza, half of them children, are besieged and bombed, …

Top UN court to hold hearings on legality of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian-claimed lands
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Top UN court to hold hearings on legality of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian-claimed lands

Associated Press  

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The United Nations’ highest court opens historic hearings Monday into the legality of Israel’s 57-year occupation of lands sought for a Palestinian state, plunging the 15 international judges back into the heart of the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Though the case occurs against the backdrop of the Israel-Hamas war, it focuses instead on Israel’s open-ended occupation of …

Top UN court to hold hearings on legality of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian-claimed lands
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Top UN court to hold hearings on legality of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian-claimed lands

The Independent  

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US sanctions on Israeli settlers have sparked accusations of anti-Semitism — and cracked open a long-running international debate
11 months ago

US sanctions on Israeli settlers have sparked accusations of anti-Semitism — and cracked open a long-running international debate

ABC  

Settlers: It's a word that the White House has focused heavily on over the last week and one which provokes a visceral response from the Israeli government. So strong is the pushback to any criticism of settlers that Israel's influential finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, this week accused US President Joe Biden of engaging in an "anti-Semitic lie". US government imposes …

Canada to impose sanctions on Israeli settlers in West Bank and Hamas leaders
11 months ago

Canada to impose sanctions on Israeli settlers in West Bank and Hamas leaders

India Today  

Canada will impose sanctions on Israeli settlers who incite violence in the West Bank and introduce new sanctions on Hamas leaders, Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said on Sunday, after the United States took similar action last week. In an interview with the Canadian Broadcasting Corp on Sunday, Joly said some settlers "will be sanctioned" and "we will also bring new …

‘The day after’ in Gaza, rest of Palestine
1 year ago

‘The day after’ in Gaza, rest of Palestine

Al Jazeera  

Israel should not be allowed to do to Gaza what it has long been doing to the West Bank. As if from the depths of an Orwellian dystopia, Israel’s war cabinet, led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has created a map dividing Gaza into 620 separate plots, supposedly to be used by Palestinian civilians to avoid getting caught in “active …

With the world’s eyes on Gaza, attacks are on the rise in the West Bank, which faces its own war
1 year, 1 month ago

With the world’s eyes on Gaza, attacks are on the rise in the West Bank, which faces its own war

Associated Press  

QUSRA, West Bank — When Israeli warplanes swooped over the Gaza Strip following Hamas militants’ deadly attack on southern Israel, Palestinians say a different kind of war took hold in the occupied West Bank. “It’s like I’m in a prison.” The flashpoint Palestinian town of Hawara, once a bustling hub of commerce along the West Bank's main highway, is seen …

Fears grow West Bank will become another front in Israel’s war as violence surges
1 year, 2 months ago

Fears grow West Bank will become another front in Israel’s war as violence surges

The Independent  

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What is the West Bank? Why are tensions rising there?
1 year, 2 months ago

What is the West Bank? Why are tensions rising there?

Firstpost  

At least 64 Palestinians have been killed in protests in the West Bank during widespread protests against Israel’s bombing of the Gaza Strip in response to the 7 October Hamas attack. Palestinian officials say Israeli soldiers and settlers under police protection are attacking with impunity Amid the backdrop of the war between Israel and Hamas, tensions are rising in the …

Israel’s finance minister now governs the West Bank. Critics see steps toward permanent control
1 year, 3 months ago

Israel’s finance minister now governs the West Bank. Critics see steps toward permanent control

Associated Press  

ASA’EL, West Bank — With attention focused on its contentious judicial overhaul, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has quietly taken unprecedented steps toward cementing Israel’s control over the occupied West Bank — perhaps permanently. “If Smotrich keeps this position for four years we will be at a point of no return,” said Ilan Paz, former head of Israel’s Civil Administration, …

Israel’s finance minister now governs West Bank. Critics see path to permanent control
1 year, 3 months ago

Israel’s finance minister now governs West Bank. Critics see path to permanent control

LA Times  

Campaign posters for far-right Israeli lawmaker Bezalel Smotrich, now finance minister, are strung across a road sign near the West Bank city of Nablus. With attention focused on its contentious judicial overhaul, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has quietly taken unprecedented steps toward cementing Israel’s control over the occupied West Bank — perhaps permanently. “If Smotrich keeps this position for …

30 years after Oslo, Israeli foreign minister rejects international dictates on Palestinian issue
1 year, 3 months ago

30 years after Oslo, Israeli foreign minister rejects international dictates on Palestinian issue

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — Israel’s foreign minister on Wednesday said that Israel would not cave in to foreign dictates on its treatment of the Palestinians — in comments that came in a meeting with his Norwegian counterpart coinciding with the 30th anniversary of the Oslo peace accords. “Israel will not submit to external dictates on the issue of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,” Cohen …

Former Mossad chief says Israel is enforcing apartheid system in West Bank
1 year, 4 months ago

Former Mossad chief says Israel is enforcing apartheid system in West Bank

The Hindu  

A former head of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency told The Associated Press on Wednesday that Israel is enforcing an apartheid system in the West Bank, joining a tiny but growing list of retired officials to endorse an idea that remains largely on the fringes of Israeli discourse and international diplomacy. “In a territory where two people are judged under two …

A former Mossad chief says Israel is enforcing an apartheid system in the West Bank
1 year, 4 months ago

A former Mossad chief says Israel is enforcing an apartheid system in the West Bank

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A former head of Israel’s …

A former Mossad chief says Israel is enforcing an apartheid system in the West Bank
1 year, 4 months ago

A former Mossad chief says Israel is enforcing an apartheid system in the West Bank

Associated Press  

HERZLIYA, Israel — A former head of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency told The Associated Press on Wednesday that Israel is enforcing an apartheid system in the West Bank, joining a tiny but growing list of retired officials to endorse an idea that remains largely on the fringes of Israeli discourse and international diplomacy. Tamir Pardo becomes the latest former senior …

Israel’s Herzog tells Biden its democracy remains sound amid US concerns over judicial overhaul
1 year, 5 months ago

Israel’s Herzog tells Biden its democracy remains sound amid US concerns over judicial overhaul

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Israel’s figurehead president Isaac Herzog sought to assure President Joe Biden that Israel remains committed to democracy amid deepening U.S. concerns over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s controversial plans to overhaul his country’s judicial system and ongoing settlement construction in the West Bank. “As I confirmed to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday, America’s commitment to Israel is firm and …

West Bank ‘not occupied’ territory, says Ron DeSantis
1 year, 5 months ago

West Bank ‘not occupied’ territory, says Ron DeSantis

Al Jazeera  

Washington, DC – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who is seeking the Republican presidential nomination, has reiterated claims that the West Bank is not occupied, suggesting that Israel should be able to continue to build settlements on the Palestinian territory without interference from the United States. “Judea and Samaria are not occupied territory,” DeSantis said, referring to the West Bank by …

Palestinians inspect damage after Israel ends raid of West Bank camp and warns it was not a one-off
1 year, 6 months ago

Palestinians inspect damage after Israel ends raid of West Bank camp and warns it was not a one-off

The Independent  

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As Israel ends 2-day West Bank offensive, Palestinian residents emerge to scenes of vast destruction
1 year, 6 months ago

As Israel ends 2-day West Bank offensive, Palestinian residents emerge to scenes of vast destruction

Associated Press  

JENIN REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank — Palestinian residents of the Jenin refugee camp encountered scenes of widespread destruction Wednesday as they emerged from their homes and returned from nearby shelters following the most intense Israeli military operation in the occupied West Bank in nearly two decades. The two-day offensive, meant to crack down on Palestinian militants after a series of …

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