Feb 01 West Bank Palestinian community faces removal as far-right Israel vows expansion By Isabel Debre, Sam McNeil, Associated Press The long-running dispute over the West Bank Bedouin community of Khan al-Ahmar has resurfaced this week as a focus of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Continue reading
Jan 31 WATCH: U.S. ‘opposes anything’ that could hamper Israel-Palestine 2-state solution, Blinken says By Josef Federman, Matthew Lee, Associated Press U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday wrapped up a two-day visit to Israel and the occupied West Bank with no visible signs of progress toward halting one of the deadliest outbreaks of Israeli-Palestinian violence in years. Continue reading
Jan 31 Blinken appeals for calm in Israel-Palestine conflict during trip to Middle East By Matthew Lee, Associated Press Blinken met with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank town of Ramallah on Tuesday, a day after seeing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Continue reading
Jan 30 Israeli forces kill man in West Bank, Palestinian officials say By Tia Goldenberg, Associated Press Monday's death was the latest bloodshed in spiraling violence that comes as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits the region. Continue reading
Jan 30 Blinken urges calm as violence in Israeli-Palestinian conflict escalates By Matthew Lee, Associated Press U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Israel and the Palestinians on Monday to ease tensions following a spike in violence that has put the region on edge. Continue reading
Jan 30 WATCH: Blinken meets with Israeli leader Netanyahu amid surge in violence By Associated Press U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Israel and the Palestinians on Monday to ease tensions following a spike in violence that has put the region on edge. Continue reading
Jan 29 Watch 2:27 News Wrap: Israel holds funerals for victims of synagogue shooting In our news wrap Sunday, funerals for the seven victims of a mass shooting outside an East Jerusalem synagogue began in Israel, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken started his visit to the Middle East, Novak Djokovic won the Australian… Continue watching
Jan 29 Israel prepares to demolish home of Palestinian gunman who killed 7 in East Jerusalem By Associated Press Israel on Sunday sealed the home of an east Jerusalem man who killed seven people outside a synagogue, in a preliminary step ahead of the expected demolition of the building, as two Palestinian men died from Israeli fire. Continue reading
Jan 29 U.S. tested by Israeli-Palestinian violence as Blinken visits Middle East By Matthew Lee, Associated Press What had already been expected to be a trip fraught with tension over differences between the administration and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new far-right government has grown significantly more complicated over the past four days with a spate of… Continue reading
Jan 28 Watch 3:01 News Wrap: Tensions high after 2nd shooting in Jerusalem wounds 2 In our news wrap Saturday, tensions remain high after a 13-year-old Palestinian boy shot and wounded two people in Jerusalem, floodwaters are receding in Auckland, New Zealand after record-breaking rainfall, Pope Francis clarified his words after saying that being gay… Continue watching