West Bank Israel

'No Palestinian state west of the Jordan River,' 63 Knesset members say

The 63 signatories are a majority of the 120-member Knesset and include prominent opposition members. Plans advanced for 5,300 new West Bank settler homes.

Smotrich: cabinet authorized 5 West Bank outposts, sanctions against PA

"The Security Cabinet authorized one outpost for every country that unilaterally recognized Palestine as a state in the last month," Smotrich said.

Brigade Commander Col. Avi Bluth in Hebron on March 28, 2013.

New right-wing central commander likely to be harder on Palestinian terrorism

Israeli settlers have accused the last few IDF central commanders of spending too much time cracking down on Jewish violence versus Palestinian violence.

IDF alarmed by standoff over West Bank funds, report says

Badeea Al-Dwaik, an employee at the Labor Ministry, said public sector workers were already receiving no more than 70-80% of their pay even before the Oct. 7 attacks.

By REUTERS
06/06/2024

How years of impunity for violent Jewish extremists in the West Bank led to current gov't

In a New York Times report, the writer discusses the history of violence among Jewish residents of the West Bank against Palestinians and how it led to the emersion of their supporters in government.

EU condemns expansion of 'illegal settlements across the occupied West Bank'

"The European Union firmly condemns the announcement by Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich that over 800 hectares of land in the occupied Palestinian territory."

A general view of houses in the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim in the West Bank

Israeli settlements expand by record amount, UN rights chief says

The five-month-old Gaza war has put a renewed focus on a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as foreseen by the Oslo accords from the early 1990s.

By REUTERS
08/03/2024

Abbas: PA will take charge of Gaza to prevent 'second Nakba' for Palestinians

In an interview with London-based Asharq Al-Awsat, PA President Mahmoud Abbas criticized Netanyahu and Biden, claiming "no real pressure" was exerted on Israel

IDF practiced a scenario of a Palestinian being kidnapped by a settler

In the exercise, which took place in the presence of Yehuda Fox, the commander of the Central Command, fighters portrayed settlers kidnapping a Palestinian child.

By SHLOMI HELLER
06/02/2024

US 'devastated' by death of citizen in West Bank, seeks probe

Tawfic Abdel Jabbar's uncle told Reuters he died during clashes with the Israeli military that included stone-throwing by Palestinians.

By REUTERS
22/01/2024
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