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
Feb 16 Israel forces destroy home of Palestinian attacker in occupied West Bank By Associated Press Israeli forces have demolished the home of a Palestinian behind a deadly shooting in the occupied West Bank. Continue reading
Feb 02 Israeli settler population in West Bank surpasses half a million By Tia Goldenberg, Associated Press The milestone comes as Israel’s new government, made up of ultranationalist parties who oppose Palestinian statehood, has placed expanding settlements at the top of its priority list. Continue reading
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 26 Blinken headed to Middle East as U.S. expresses alarm over growing violence By Matthew Lee, Associated Press Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Egypt, Israel and the West Bank this weekend amid a sharp spike in Israeli-Palestinian violence that has alarmed the Biden administration. Continue reading
Jan 25 Israeli forces kill 2 Palestinians during new violence, officials say By Associated Press Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian who allegedly tried to stab a soldier in the occupied West Bank. And in east Jerusalem, a 17-year-old boy was killed after waving what Israeli police say turned out to be a fake… Continue reading
Jan 04 WATCH: State Department holds briefing after Israel demolishes part of West Bank village By Sam McNeil, Associated Press Residents and activists say the Israeli military has demolished homes, water tanks and olive orchards in two Palestinian villages in the south of the occupied West Bank. Continue reading
Jan 02 Israeli army kills 2 Palestinians after troops enter West Bank village By Associated Press Palestinian health officials say Israeli forces have killed two Palestinians during a confrontation that erupted when troops entered a village in the occupied West Bank. Continue reading
Dec 28 Netanyahu's government vows to expand West Bank settlements, annex occupied territory By Ilan Ben Zion, Associated Press Benjamin Netanyahu's incoming hard-line Israeli government has put West Bank settlement expansion at the top of its list of priorities, a day before it's set to be sworn into office. Continue reading
Dec 24 Bethlehem rebounds from pandemic, lifting Christmas spirits in West Bank By Maya Alleruzzo, Jalal Bwaitel, Associated Press The biblical town of Bethlehem marked a merry Christmas on Saturday, with thousands of visitors descending upon the traditional birthplace of Jesus as it rebounds from the coronavirus pandemic. Continue reading