Dec 05 WATCH: U.S. announces extremist West Bank settlers will be barred from America By Matthew Lee, Associated Press In a rare punitive move against Israel, the State Department says it will impose travel bans on extremist Jewish settlers implicated in a rash of attacks on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. Continue reading
Dec 02 Far away from the West Bank, Vermont shooting victims and their families endure new pain By Lisa Rathke, Associated Press Nearly a week after three college students of Palestinian descent were shot and seriously wounded while taking an evening walk, relatives of two of the victims have arrived in Vermont from the war-torn West Bank, grappling with a new reality… Continue reading
Nov 26 Several Palestinians killed in Israeli raid amid surging West Bank violence, officials say By Majdi Mohammed, Tia Goldenberg, Associated Press Israeli forces operating in the occupied West Bank killed at least eight Palestinians, including at least one militant, in a 24-hour period, Palestinian health officials said Sunday, as a fragile pause in fighting between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip entered… Continue reading
Nov 25 In West Bank, Palestinians rejoice over release of women and minors from Israeli prisons By Isabel DeBre, Associated Press Dozens of freed Palestinian prisoners, some accused of minor offenses and others convicted in attacks on Israeli security forces, have returned home in the occupied West Bank following their release as part of a cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas. Continue reading
Nov 20 Israeli settler attacks on West Bank Palestinians have escalated since Oct. 7, UN says By Isabel DeBre, Associated Press With the world’s attention focused on the fighting in Gaza, Israeli settler violence against Palestinians since Oct. 7 has surged to the highest levels ever recorded by the United Nations. Continue reading
Nov 08 Watch 7:36 West Bank Palestinians try to save their homes from Israeli extremists By Leila Molana-Allen As the war rages between Hamas and Israel in Gaza, some Palestinians in the West Bank are trying to save their homes. Some of the most extreme Israeli settlers there have been clashing violently with their neighbors, forcing them to… Continue watching
Nov 06 Watch 8:39 Palestinian Authority not going ‘to Gaza on an Israeli military tank,’ PM says By Leila Molana-Allen The Palestinian Authority is a major player in Palestinian life that has been largely sidelined in this latest and bloodiest conflict. Since being evicted from Gaza by Hamas in 2007, it has governed the parts of the West Bank it… Continue watching
Nov 05 Blinken meets Abbas in the West Bank in latest stop on his diplomacy trip amid Israel-Hamas war By Matthew Lee, Associated Press U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken brought his diplomatic push on the Israel-Hamas war to the occupied West Bank on Sunday, meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the Biden administration's latest effort to ease civilian suffering in the Gaza Strip and start to sketch out… Continue reading
Oct 25 Biden condemns retaliatory attacks by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank By Aamer Madhani, Seung Min Kim, Colleen Long, Associated Press Biden said the attacks by what he calls "extremist settlers" amounted to "pouring gasoline" on the already burning fires in the Middle East since the Hamas attack. Continue reading
Oct 24 Watch 5:02 Israel steps up raids and deadly strikes in occupied West Bank By Leila Molana-Allen, Solveig Rennan, Nana Adwoa Antwi-Boasiako In the West Bank, tensions are also reaching a boiling point. Since the Hamas attack in southern Israel, 95 Palestinians have been killed in clashes with Israeli troops, arrest raids and attacks by Jewish settlers. Another 1,250 Palestinians have been… Continue watching