World Sep 06 Israeli soldiers shoot and kill an American woman during a West Bank protest, witness says By Julia Frankel, Aref Tufaha, Associated Press
World Aug 21 Watch 10:18 Hardliners violently expel Palestinians to expand Israeli settlements in West Bank While Gaza endures a devastating war, an increasingly brutal battle is being fought over land in another Palestinian territory: the West Bank. Israeli settlers are attacking Palestinians there more frequently and ferociously than ever before and forcing them to flee… By Leila Molana-Allen, Zeba Warsi, Teresa Cebrián Aranda
World Jul 03 Watchdog group: Israel approves largest West Bank land seizure in 3 decades Peace Now said authorities recently approved the appropriation of 12.7 square kilometers (nearly 5 square miles) of land in the Jordan Valley, a move that could further worsen already soaring tensions linked to the ongoing war in Gaza. By Julia Frankel, Associated Press
World Mar 14 U.S. sanctions 3 Israeli West Bank settlers and their outposts for violence against Palestinians The announcement comes at a time of increasing friction between President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose far-right government has reacted angrily to previous sanctions. By Fatima Hussein, Matthew Lee, Julia Frankel, Associated Press
Politics Feb 23 Biden administration restores U.S. policy calling Israeli settlements ‘illegitimate’ under international law The Biden administration had long been considering re-implementing the so-called "Hansell Memorandum," but those deliberations picked up steam as Israel's response to the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks drew increasingly intense international criticism. By Matthew Lee, Associated Press
Feb 23 Israel plans to build 3,300 new settlement homes in occupied West Bank in response to a fatal shooting By Julia Frankel, Associated Press The move, announced late Thursday, drew an angry reaction from the U.S. as relations between the allies are already frayed over the course of Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza. Continue reading
Jan 08 Israeli finance minister calls for reestablishing Israeli settlements in Gaza By Associated Press Bezalel Smotrich, a champion of West Bank Jewish settlements, recently sparked an international outcry over his comments calling for Palestinians in Gaza to leave the territory. Continue reading
Aug 21 Suspected Palestinian gunman’s West Bank attack latest example of escalating regional violence By Isabel Debre, Associated Press The combustible mix of armed Palestinians carrying out shooting attacks against Israelis across the West Bank and within Israel as well as near-nightly aids by the Israeli army to arrest militants has fueled the worst fighting in the West Bank… Continue reading
Jun 05 WATCH: Blinken says Israeli settlement expansion is obstacle to ‘horizon of hope’ By Matthew Lee, Associated Press Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the expansion of Israeli settlements and ongoing demolitions of Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank are taking Israel further away from peace with the Palestinians. Yet, he said Monday that the U.S.-Israel relationship… Continue reading
Apr 10 Israeli Cabinet ministers lead thousands in pro-settlement march and rally in West Bank By Ilan Ben Zion, Associated Press It was a defiant signal that Israel’s most right-wing government in history is determined to accelerate settlement building on occupied lands despite international opposition. Continue reading