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Haaretz - 15:56 Aug 22, 2025
The Foreign Ministry statement comes after 25 countries – including the United Kingdom and France – issued a joint declaration against Israel's decision to approve construction in the E1 area of the West Bank, a plan designed to bisect the territory -
Haaretz - 19:42 Aug 21, 2025
Following Israel's approval of settlement construction plans which would sever the West Bank, ambassador Mike Huckabee said the possibility of a Palestinian state 'essentially gives Israel a green light' to expand its takeover of the West Bank -
Haaretz - 15:41 Aug 21, 2025
The army has closed a main road in the West Bank to Palestinian traffic, except for residents of two villages and those who hold permits to work in the settlements. According to the IDF spokesperson, the restrictions apply only on weekends, but soldiers who served in the area said the restrictions are in effect throughout the week -
Haaretz - 12:45 Aug 20, 2025
The long-disputed E1 settlement plans near Jerusalem will effectively split the West Bank in two, significantly diminishing the possibility of a contiguous Palestinian state in the area -
Haaretz - 11:39 Aug 14, 2025
Smotrich vows to 'bury the idea of a Palestinian state' with 3,400 homes in E1. 'They'll talk of a Palestinian dream, we'll build a Jewish reality,' he said, as the plan deepens West Bank divisions and draws global criticism -
Haaretz - 12:38 Aug 13, 2025
Clashes broke out between Palestinians and settlers who arrived in the West Bank town of Duma to prepare the land ahead of the establishment of an outpost. Two Israelis, including an off-duty soldier who shot the Palestinian man, were wounded -
Haaretz - 12:44 Aug 10, 2025
Twenty-five-year-old Abdallah Atiat was visiting his aunt in Jericho and, according to witnesses, was shot in the head by the IDF while walking in the central West Bank city's main street. The IDF said he had approached troops in a suspicious manner -
Haaretz - 17:50 Aug 07, 2025
The tree planted by House Speaker Mike Johnson this week in the West Bank is not a symbol of peace or solidarity, and marks the deepening roots of violence, dispossession, and authoritarianism stretching across both sides of the Green Line -
Haaretz - 10:26 Aug 07, 2025
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who visited a settlement deep in the West Bank alongside other far-right figures advocating for the return of Israelis to settlements evacuated in 2005, said he noticed the graffiti only after the photo was released -
Haaretz - 09:18 Aug 07, 2025
Under military law, Israeli soldiers can seize Palestinian property without presenting evidence or facing oversight. Since the Gaza war began, human rights groups report a sharp rise in both documented confiscations and the unexplained disappearance of valuables during raids on West Bank homes -
Haaretz - 17:19 Aug 04, 2025
Mike Johnson's visit to the West Bank marked his first visit to the Israeli-controlled territory since being confirmed as House Speaker. In June, he was meant to address the Knesset in Jerusalem, but his trip was cancelled due to the Israel-Iran war -
Haaretz - 13:33 Jul 29, 2025
This unjust killing of a Palestinian in the West Bank is far from an isolated incident. In fact, it's unlikely that his murderer will face any punishment -
Haaretz - 12:31 Jul 29, 2025
According to correspondence published by i24 News, a subordinate warned West Bank police commander Avishai Mualem that dozens of masked settlers were en route to the village of Jit and called on him to send forces over a severe terrorism alert, but he did not respond to her warning -
Haaretz - 15:43 Jul 28, 2025
During Israel's war with Iran, the military occupied some 250 homes and apartments across the West Bank, converting them into makeshift bases and interrogation centers. When soldiers left, residents returned to houses in disarray -
Haaretz - 14:14 Jul 26, 2025
Days after settlers built an illegal outpost, dozens stormed the southern West Bank village, setting fire to buildings and threatening residents; the army detained suspects but failed to stop violence or prevent displacement -
Haaretz - 10:39 Jul 24, 2025
The boy was reportedly killed at near the West Bank city of Jenin, the third teenager killed by Israeli fire in the past week. The IDF has not yet responded to Haaretz's request for comment -
Haaretz - 13:22 Jul 20, 2025
The military order makes covering one's face in public a criminal offense for both Jews and Arabs, punishable under certain circumstances by up to two years in prison, as the army struggles to identify and arrest those accused of settler violence in the West Bank. Some are skeptical the mask ban will be enforced against Jews -
Haaretz - 18:06 Jul 17, 2025
The occupation slows down everything and everyone. It swallows time. A drive that should take two hours stretched to four. The irony is that none of it was extreme. It was just a normal Friday for Palestinians living under occupation in the West Bank -
JPost.com - Antisemitism - 21:45 Jul 15, 2025
Jewish organizations criticized the proposed Irish law criminalizing imports from the West Bank during a hearing in the Irish Parliament.
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Haaretz - 18:36 Jul 14, 2025
Organizations and Palestinians objecting to the plan for building in Area E1 of the West Bank, which has been delayed since 2021 over sharp international criticism, say it will create one contiguous line of Jewish settlements from the central West Bank leading up to Jerusalem – thwarting any possibility of a future Palestinian state