Aug 07 Rights group warns Israel's policies are pushing the West Bank healthcare system to collapse By Sam Mednick, Associated Press A new report by Physicians for Human Rights Israel warns that Israel’s policies in the occupied West Bank have pushed the territory’s health system to the brink of collapse. Continue reading
Jul 30 Watch 6:43 Violence surges in West Bank as Israeli settlers escalate attacks on Palestinians By Nick Schifrin, Sonia Kopelev Violence surged in the West Bank this past weekend when Palestinians say Israeli settlers burned two mosques following deadly clashes. The UN accuses Israeli settlers of increasing their attacks and footprint in the West Bank, the land that Palestinians hope… Continue watching
Jul 24 Northern West Bank in lockdown as clashes rock villages and Israel deploys troops in Nablus By Majdi Mohammed, Aref Tufaha, Erin Cunningham, Sam McNeil, Associated Press Israel widely deployed troops in the West Bank after clashes broke out Friday across the occupied territory following the killing of an Israeli settler triggered violence that left two Israeli soldiers and four Palestinian villagers dead. Continue reading
Jul 11 Rep. Ro Khanna says he was detained by the Israeli military and settlers in the West Bank By Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press A representative for Khanna, a California Democrat who is an outspoken progressive, said the confrontation occurred Wednesday in the middle of a three-day tour of the West Bank. Continue reading
Apr 24 Palestinians mourn third teenager killed in occupied West Bank this week By Aref Tufaha, Imad Isseid, Associated Press Three Palestinian teenagers have been killed in the occupied West Bank this week in a spike of renewed violence, the latest shot dead by Israeli forces during a mid-week raid. Continue reading
Apr 03 Watch 10:38 Palestinians in occupied West Bank face growing violence from Israeli settlers By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi Human rights groups say a new Israeli law that expands the death penalty for killings classified as terrorism is expected to apply exclusively to Palestinian prisoners in the occupied West Bank. As Israel and the U.S. wage war in Iran,… Continue watching
Feb 15 Israel's plan to install West Bank regulations denounced as illegal 'mega land grab' By Melanie Lidman, Associated Press The move would pave the way for the resumption of “settlement of land title” processes, which had been frozen in the West Bank since the Mideast War in 1967. Continue reading
Jan 06 Israel clears final hurdle to start settlement construction that would cut the West Bank in two By Julia Frankel, Abby Sewell, Associated Press Settlement development in E1, an open tract of land east of Jerusalem, has been under consideration for more than two decades, but was frozen due to U.S. pressure during previous administrations. Continue reading
Dec 31 Palestinians watch as Israeli bulldozers claw down their West Bank homes By Aref Tufaha, Majdi Mohammed, Associated Press Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank watched as Israeli military bulldozers pulled down their homes Wednesday as part of a nearly year-long incursion into the territory's northern refugee camps. Continue reading
Dec 26 Palestinian man kills 2 in car-ramming and stabbing attack in northern Israel, police say By Julia Frankel, Associated Press Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu identified the victims as Aviv Maor, a teenager, and Shimshon Mordechai, 68. Continue reading