Feb 27 Watch 6:05 Renewed wave of violence between Palestinians and Israelis breaks out in West Bank By Amna Nawaz, Alexis Cox, Teresa Cebrian Aranda The renewed wave of violence and vengeance between Israelis and Palestinians continued Monday as a Palestinian gunman killed a motorist near the city of Jericho on the occupied West Bank. The U.S. ambassador to Israel said the victim was an… Continue watching
Feb 27 WATCH: State Department holds news briefing after Israelis and Palestinians killed in West Bank By Majdi Mohammed, Ilan Ben Zion, Associated Press State Department spokesperson Ned Price held a briefing on Monday after news of a Palestinian gunman shooting and killing an Israeli motorist in the occupied West Bank, the latest bloodshed in a fresh wave of fighting that shows no signs… Continue reading
Feb 26 Israeli settlers rampage after Palestinian gunman kills 2 in West Bank By Josef Federman, Associated Press Scores of Israeli settlers went on a violent rampage in the northern West Bank late Sunday, setting dozens of cars and homes on fire after two settlers were killed by a Palestinian gunman. Continue reading
Feb 24 Israeli settlers shoot, wound 2 Palestinians in West Bank, officials say By Associated Press Palestinian health officials say Israeli settlers have shot and seriously wounded two Palestinians in the northern occupied West Bank, in what officials describe as the latest incident in a wave of settler violence. Continue reading
Feb 23 Watch 6:55 News Wrap: Nearly 75 million Americans under winter weather alerts By PBS NewsHour In our news wrap Thursday, an unprecedented winter storm has put some 75 million Americans under winter weather alerts, the United Nations General Assembly passed a nonbinding resolution calling for Russia to withdraw from Ukraine, fresh violence erupted along the… Continue watching
Feb 23 Israel approves over 7,000 settlement homes in West Bank, groups say By Josef Federman, Associated Press Israeli settlement supporters and opponents say Israel's far-right government has granted approval for the building of over 7,000 new homes in Jewish settlements in the West Bank. Continue reading
Feb 23 Palestinian militants and Israel exchange rockets in Gaza after deadly West Bank raid By Tia Goldenberg, Associated Press Palestinian militants in Gaza have launched rockets at southern Israel, and Israeli aircraft struck targets in the coastal enclave. Continue reading
Feb 20 Israeli government advances legal system overhaul despite mass protest By Laurie Kellman, Ilan Ben Zion, Associated Press Israel's parliament has for the first time advanced a plan to overhaul the legal system, defying a historic uproar among Israelis and calls for restraint from the United States. Continue reading
Feb 20 Watch 5:16 News Wrap: New earthquake shakes Turkey-Syria border region In our news wrap Monday, a new earthquake touched off more terror across the Turkey-Syria border region, the far-right government in Israel advanced an overhaul of the courts amid mass dissent, the UN nuclear watchdog says it's asking Iran about… Continue watching
Feb 20 Israel promises U.S. not to approve additional West Bank outposts By Associated Press The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would not greenlight any new wildcat settlements in the occupied West Bank beyond nine such outposts built without authorization that it approved retroactively earlier this month. Continue reading