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UPDATED: Tue., Sept. 10, 2019, 5:37 p.m.
Netanyahu vows to begin annexing West Bank settlements
Israel’s prime minister on Tuesday vowed to annex the strategic heartland of the West Bank if he wins national elections next week, offering a vision that would likely end any …
UPDATED: Fri., Aug. 16, 2019, 8:14 p.m.
Tlaib declines to visit West Bank, citing Israeli conditions
Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib says she will not visit her relatives in the occupied West Bank despite being granted an Israeli permit on humanitarian grounds, saying Israel’s “oppressive” conditions aimed …
Wed., July 31, 2019, 1:31 p.m.
Israel approves Palestinian construction in West Bank
The Israeli Cabinet unanimously approved a proposal to build over 700 housing units for Palestinians in addition to 6,000 Israeli settlement housing units in the West Bank.
UPDATED: Tue., June 25, 2019, 4:23 p.m.
Kushner tries to sell Mideast plan to skeptical audience
Kushner seeks support from absent and protesting Palestinians for $50 billion economic support plan.
Fri., May 31, 2019, 12:51 p.m.
2 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in separate events
Israeli police shot and killed a 16-year-old Palestinian near the West Bank separation barrier on Friday, Palestinian health officials said, while in Jerusalem’s Old City, an alleged Palestinian attacker was …
Wed., May 15, 2019, 12:25 p.m.
Palestinians mark anniversary of mass displacement
Palestinians on Wednesday marked the 71st anniversary of their mass displacement during the 1948 war around Israel’s creation with protests across the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
UPDATED: Sun., Nov. 11, 2018, 9:17 p.m.
Israeli soldier, 7 Palestinians killed in new Gaza fighting
A fresh wave of fighting erupted between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, leaving at least six militants dead just as Israel and Hamas had …
UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 26, 2018, 10:58 p.m.
Israeli forces kill 4 Palestinians in Gaza, 1 in West Bank
Israeli forces shot dead five Palestinian youths Friday, four in Gaza protests and one in the West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.
UPDATED: Fri., Aug. 24, 2018, 1:20 p.m.
U.S. cuts aid to Palestinians by more than $200 million
Congressional aides say the Trump administration has decided to cut more than $200 million in bilateral assistance to the Palestinians, following a review of the funding for the West Bank …
UPDATED: Fri., July 27, 2018, 4:21 p.m.
Troops sent to West Bank after Israeli killed in attack
Israel’s military on Friday searched the West Bank village of a Palestinian teenager who broke into a settlement home and stabbed three Israelis, including one who later died from his …
Thu., Nov. 2, 2017, 9:18 a.m.
Palestinians protest Balfour Declaration on centenary
Thousands of Palestinians took to the streets in protest across the West Bank on Thursday marking a century since the Balfour Declaration, Britain’s promise to Zionists to create a Jewish …
Tue., Oct. 10, 2017, 1:52 p.m.
Israel approves plans for thousands of new settlement units in the West Bank
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved building plans for 3,736 new units in Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, in what activists say is part of a …
Tue., Sept. 26, 2017, 2:39 p.m.
Palestinian kills 3 Israelis outside West Bank settlement
A Palestinian gunman killed three Israelis and critically wounded a fourth outside a West Bank settlement before he was shot dead Tuesday, dealing a new blow to the efforts by …
Sat., Sept. 16, 2017, 8:56 p.m.
Hamas says it accepts reconciliation demands
The Hamas militant group on Sunday said it has accepted key conditions demanded by its rival, President Mahmoud Abbas, including nationwide elections in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, to …
UPDATED: Fri., July 28, 2017, 5:50 p.m.
Muslim prayers end peacefully at Jerusalem mosque
Prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque ended peacefully on Friday amid two weeks of unrest over security at a major holy site in Jerusalem, Israeli police said, but violence flared in …
UPDATED: Sat., July 22, 2017, 10:45 p.m.
Israeli troops placed on high alert after deadly stabbings
Israel’s military sent more troops to the West Bank and placed forces on high alert Saturday, a day after a Palestinian stabbed to death three members of an Israeli family …
Thu., March 30, 2017, 10:50 p.m.
Israeli Cabinet approves new settlement, first in two decades
Israel’s government approved the first West Bank settlement in two decades Thursday, creating the first serious test for U.S. President Donald Trump’s new foray into Middle East peacemaking.
Mon., Feb. 20, 2017, 7:45 a.m.
After Trump remarks, Saudi repeats Palestinian state support
Saudia Arabia is reasserting support for a Palestinian state after U.S. President Donald Trump said Mideast peace doesn’t depend on a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
UPDATED: Wed., Feb. 15, 2017, 3:02 p.m.
Trump charts new Mideast course; maybe no separate Palestine
President Donald Trump on Wednesday asked Israel’s prime minister to “hold off” on building Jewish settlements in land the Palestinians claim for their future state, yet held back from explicitly …
Wed., Feb. 15, 2017, 7:27 a.m.
Few good alternatives to Palestinian state
The Trump Administration appears to be easing away from longstanding U.S. support for Palestinian statehood as the preferred outcome of Middle East peace efforts, which may please some allies of …
Wed., Feb. 8, 2017, 1:48 p.m.
Israeli groups sue to stop settlement legalization law
In the first concrete attempt to counter the contentious new law legalizing thousands of West Bank settlement homes, two Israeli rights groups on Wednesday asked the country’s Supreme Court to …
UPDATED: Mon., Feb. 6, 2017, 10:36 p.m.
Israel passes law legalizing thousands of settlement homes
Israel’s parliament on Monday passed a contentious law meant to retroactively legalize thousands of West Bank settlement homes built unlawfully on private Palestinian land, a step that is expected to …
Thu., Feb. 2, 2017, 12:07 p.m.
Israeli leader vows new settlement as outpost is dismantled
Israel’s prime minister on Thursday vowed to establish the first new West Bank settlement in over two decades “as soon as possible,” promising to make up for the court-ordered demolition …
UPDATED: Wed., Feb. 1, 2017, 8:22 p.m.
Israel evacuates West Bank outpost amid new settlement binge
Israeli forces began an operation to evacuate settlers from a West Bank outpost on Wednesday whose long-delayed destruction threatens to rupture Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s narrow coalition, dominated by ultranationalists …
Tue., Jan. 24, 2017, 7:21 a.m.
Israel approves 2,500 West Bank settlement homes
Israel said Tuesday it approved 2,500 new settler homes in the West Bank, signaling a major ramp-up of construction just days after the swearing-in of U.S. President Donald Trump, whose …
Tue., Jan. 3, 2017
Trudy Rubin: The reality behind the U.N. vote
Obama has been more protective of Israel at the U.N. than any other U.S. president in the last half century, vetoing any Security Council resolution critical of Israel until this …
Sat., Dec. 24, 2016, 4:36 p.m.
Israel’s Netanyahu lashes out at Obama over U.N. vote
Israel’s prime minister lashed out at President Barack Obama on Saturday, accusing him of a “shameful ambush” at the United Nations over West Bank settlements and saying he is looking …
Fri., Dec. 23, 2016, 6:20 p.m.
UN condemns Israeli settlements as Obama declines to veto
In a striking rupture with past practice, the United States allowed the U.N. Security Council on Friday to condemn Israeli settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem as a …
Wed., Oct. 5, 2016
Trudy Rubin: Keeping Shimon Peres’ dream of peace alive
Peres knew the status quo on the West Bank and Gaza was not sustainable. He didn’t believe Jews should occupy another people. Second, keeping Gaza and the West Bank would …
Sat., Nov. 14, 2015, 5:55 p.m.
Israel demolishes West Bank family homes of alleged Palestinian killers
Israeli army units Saturday demolished four West bank homes of families of Palestinians accused of killing Israelis, two days after the action was cleared by the nation’s Supreme Court.