Latest West Bank News

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

Nov. 13, 2024 07:19 AM EST

BEIT EL, West Bank (AP) — 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. The winery said...

Relatives say a whole family was killed in Israel's deadliest West Bank strike since Oct. 7

Oct. 04, 2024 15:31 PM EDT

TULKAREM, West Bank (AP) — An Israeli airstrike on a West Bank cafe that the military said targeted Palestinian militants also killed a family of four, including two young children, relatives told The Associated Press on Friday. The strike slammed into a three-story building in the...

Palestinian Health Ministry says 14 people killed in an Israeli strike in refugee camp in West Bank

Oct. 03, 2024 16:11 PM EDT
JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian Health Ministry says 14 people killed in an Israeli strike in refugee camp in West Bank.

Palestinians in West Bank risk crossing Israel's separation barrier to flee failing economy

Oct. 02, 2024 05:24 AM EDT

YATTA, West Bank (AP) — At dawn in mid-May, Sayyed Ayyed and dozens of other unemployed Palestinian men gathered at the foot of the towering wall of concrete and barbed wire dividing the occupied West Bank from Israel. A smuggler was there with a ladder and ropes. Each man handed...

US sanctions extremist West Bank settler group for violence against Palestinians

Oct. 01, 2024 11:26 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. on Tuesday imposed sanctions on Hilltop Youth, a group of extremist settlers in the Israeli -occupied West Bank who attack Palestinians and their property. In addition, the State Department placed diplomatic sanctions on two men—Israeli settler Eitan...

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

Sep. 22, 2024 08:51 AM EDT

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

Sep. 21, 2024 21:54 PM EDT
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — 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

Sep. 20, 2024 14:32 PM EDT

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

Sep. 18, 2024 11:49 AM EDT
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — UN General Assembly widely supports nonbinding Palestinian resolution demanding Israel leave Gaza and occupied West Bank.

Editorial Roundup: United States

Sep. 17, 2024 18:11 PM EDT

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...