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Israeli settlers vandalise, set fire to West Bank mosque, even as IDF chief says ‘will not tolerate’ extremist attacks

Israeli settlers vandalise, set fire to West Bank mosque as IDF chief says ‘will not tolerate’ extremist attacks

November 13, 2025 9:46 pm

The West Bank is home to some four million people, including around 3.3 million Palestinians and over 700,000 Israeli settlers.

‘Annexation not going to happen’: Marco Rubio says after Trump said ‘don’t worry about West Bank’

‘Annexation not going to happen’: Marco Rubio after Trump said ‘don’t worry about West Bank’

October 24, 2025 7:43 pm

Israel has hundreds of settlements in the West Bank, which are considered illegal under international law.

Israeli parliament approves bill on annexation of West Bank

October 23, 2025 5:28 am

While Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party did not support the legislation, some members of his coalition, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir's Jewish Power party and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich's Religious Zionism, voted in favour of it.

US journalist films Jewish settler attacking Palestinian woman during olive harvest in occupied West Bank

US journalist films Jewish settler attacking Palestinian woman in occupied West Bank

October 21, 2025 10:30 pm

The footage shows the attacker striking the woman, identified as Afaf Abu Alia (known locally as Umm Saleh), over the head with a heavy wooden stick, knocking her unconscious before hitting her again as she lay on the ground.

Israeli settlers allegedly attack West Bank villagers during olive harvest, set vehicles on fire

October 11, 2025 1:46 am

West Bank is home to over 4 million people, including around 3.3 million Palestinians and 670,000 to 700,000 Israeli settlers living in settlements, which are considered illegal under international law.

‘Not considering annexation of Palestine-controlled West Bank areas’: says Israel Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar

‘Not considering annexation of Palestine-controlled West Bank’: says Israel Foreign Minister

September 25, 2025 8:26 pm

Several ministers in the Benjamin Netanyahu cabinet have called for the annexation of parts of the West Bank, which has been under Israeli occupation since 1967.

Two Israelis killed in gun and knife attack near West Bank, suspect came on Jordanian aid truck, says IDF

September 18, 2025 10:44 pm

The assailant, who was driving the truck, opened fire with a handgun at people at the crossing. He got out of the truck, after his gun jammed, and stabbed the two victims.

Washington respects Israeli sovereignty in West Bank, rejects Palestinian state’s recognition, says US ambassador

September 16, 2025 7:48 pm

Huckabee’s comments came days after it was reported that Israel was planning to annex some parts of the West Bank, which it had been occupying since 1967.

Recognising a Palestinian state may not stop Israel’s onslaught. But it still matters

September 16, 2025 3:32 pm

When an ethnonational identity faces the threat of erasure, the recognition that its people do, in fact, constitute a nation-state confers a legitimacy powerful enough to resist attempts at erasure, no matter how violent or systematic

‘There will be no Palestinian state’: Netanyahu says as he signs West Bank settlement expansion plan

September 12, 2025 12:56 am

E1 expansion plan calls for 3,401 housing units to be constructed in Maale Adumim, resulting in Ramallah and Bethlehem in the West Bank being cut off from each other.

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In Photos | Bethlehem marks a second subdued Christmas eve during the war in Gaza

December 25, 2024 3:57 am

The Christmas tree at the Nativity Church in Bethlehem was lit this year, a tradition that was paused last year in mourning for the many lives lost in Gaza. However, churches in Gaza have refrained from fully embracing the festive tradition.