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UPDATED: Mon., Nov. 18, 2019
US softens position on Israeli West Bank settlements
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Monday that the U.S. is softening its position on Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, the latest in a series of Trump administration …
UPDATED: Wed., Sept. 18, 2019
Israel’s Arabs poised to gain new voice after tight election
Israel’s Arab coalition appears poised to emerge as the main opposition bloc following Tuesday’s election, a historic first that would grant a new platform to a long-marginalized minority.
UPDATED: Tue., Sept. 17, 2019
Israel’s Netanyahu appears to suffer setback in exit polls
In an apparent setback for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, exit polls showed the longtime Israeli leader falling short of securing a parliamentary majority with his hard-line allies in Tuesday’s election.
Mon., Sept. 16, 2019
Israeli PM vows to annex ‘all the settlements’ in West Bank
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Monday to annex “all the settlements” in the West Bank, including an enclave deep in the heart of the largest Palestinian city, in a …
UPDATED: Tue., Sept. 10, 2019
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 …