Jul 29 Israel Adjusts West Bank Barrier in Response to Court Order Israel has amended the route of the planned West Bank barrier, bringing it closer to the boundary known as the Green Line in compliance with an Israeli court order issued recently. Continue reading
Jun 09 Israeli Troops Dismantle West Bank Settlement Israeli troops dismantled an uninhabited West Bank settlement Monday in some of the first steps in the internationally backed "road map" to Middle East peace. Continue reading
Nov 26 Israeli Troops Raid Gaza, Make Arrests in West Bank Israeli military forces clashed with Palestinian gunmen during a raid in the Gaza Strip early Tuesday, while troops also swept through the West Bank looking for suspected militants. Continue reading
Aug 05 Israel Cracks Down on Palestinians After Wave of Attacks The Israeli military imposed a "total ban" on Palestinian movement in the West Bank after a suicide bus bombing and Palestinian shooting attacks in the last 24 hours killed thirteen people and wounded more than 80. Continue reading
Jul 16 West Bank Attack Kills Seven An attack on an armored bus in the West Bank killed seven and wounded at least a dozen Tuesday, when Palestinians disguised as Israeli soldiers detonated a bomb near the vehicle and then opened fired at the fleeing passengers. Continue reading
Jun 20 At Least Five Killed in Attack on Israeli Settlement As Israeli troops reoccupied Palestinian-held areas in the West Bank Thursday, a Palestinian attack on a Jewish settlement in the region left at least five dead. Continue reading
Jun 19 Israel to Reoccupy Palestinian Areas Following Bus Bombing The Israeli government announced Wednesday it will gradually reoccupy Palestinian-held territory in the West Bank until suicide attacks, like the one that killed 19 Israelis in Jerusalem Tuesday, are stopped. Continue reading
Jun 17 Arafat Criticizes New West Bank Security Fence Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat on Monday condemned Israel's construction of a security fence around the West Bank as "an act of racism."… Continue reading
May 02 Freed From Compound, Arafat Tours West Bank Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat emerged from his embattled West Bank compound Thursday after being held there under Israeli siege for more than a month. Continue reading
Apr 22 Battles Flare As Partial Israeli Withdrawal Continues Five Palestinians and one Israeli soldier were killed Monday in the West Bank and Gaza, a day after Israel completed its withdrawal from most of the Palestinian-controlled territories it entered in the past three weeks. Continue reading