Israel raids and shuts down Al Jazeera's bureau in Ramallah in the West Bank

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israeli troops raided the offices of the satellite news network Al Jazeera in the Israeli-occupied West Bank early Sunday, ordering the bureau to shut down amid a widening campaign by Israel targeting the Qatar-funded broadcaster as it covers the Israel-Hamas...

Satellite news network Al Jazeera says Israel raids its office in Ramallah in the West Bank and orders it closed

Israeli soldiers pushed 4 apparently lifeless bodies from roofs during a West Bank raid

QABATIYA, West Bank (AP) — Israeli soldiers pushed four apparently lifeless bodies from rooftops during a raid in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, according to an Associated Press journalist at the scene and videos obtained by AP. The soldiers' behavior in the town of Qabatiya...

UN General Assembly widely supports nonbinding Palestinian resolution demanding Israel leave Gaza and occupied West Bank

Editorial Roundup: United States

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Sept. 14 The Washington Post on the effects of legalized gambling The new National Football League season will see plenty of records set on the field — and it’s...

As war rages in Gaza, Israel’s crackdown on West Bank insurgency is killing Palestinian youths

JENIN, West Bank (AP) — In the web of battered, sunbaked streets winding up the hillside, bloodshed is as unrelenting as the heat. So it is not hard to see why, when raid sirens and gunfire erupted yet again on a morning in late May, 15-year-old Mahmoud Hamadneh turned his bike down an alley that...

The Palestinian economy is in free fall and will require billions to rebuild, the UN says

GENEVA (AP) — The Palestinian economy is “in free fall,” the United Nations reported Thursday, with production in Gaza plunging to one-sixth of its level before Israeli forces began a blistering military response to the Oct. 7 attacks in the territory. The report from UN Trade...

Israel says it likely killed an American activist by mistake. The US condemns its ally

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Israeli military said Tuesday an American activist killed in the West Bank last week was likely shot “indirectly and unintentionally” by its soldiers, drawing a strong rebuke from U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the activist's family. ...

Israeli military says an American activist killed in the West Bank was likely unintentionally shot by Israeli forces

Palestinians' UN proposal demands Israel leave Gaza and the West Bank in 6 months

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — 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...