The Latest Breaking News from the West Bank

The Bridge review – a funny, furious odyssey through occupation

Alaa Shehada turns a simple bus trip from the West Bank into a vivid tale of bureaucracy, humiliation and resistance

The Guardian - UK · Aug 30

Israel army carries out rare West Bank air strike, killing 'three terrorists'

Israel's military said it carried out an air strike in the Jenin area in the West Bank on Friday that killed a ​Palestinian it described as a Hamas militant operative as well as two of his accomplices, in a rare use of deadly Israeli air power in the occupied territory.

France 24 · Aug 28

Driven by faith, Jewish activists stand up to settlers to protect West Bank Palestinians

A group of Israelis who regularly travel to the West Bank to protect Palestinians who are victims of increasing attacks by settlers say their Jewish faith drove them towards activism. On Tuesday, at least five activists were injured while rushing to assist Palestinians being harassed by settlers in the village…

France 24 · Aug 27

David Pratt: Is Israel goading Palestinians into a third intifada?

AT the time when it appeared, it created quite a stir. It was back in March 2002, precisely at the moment when the Israeli- Palestinian conflict was…

The National (Scotland) · Aug 23

France and European allies press Israel to abandon West Bank settlement plan

France has joined Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom in calling on Israel to halt the expansion of settlements illegal under international law in the occupied West Bank, and immediately withdraw tenders issued this week for more than 1,200 new homes under the controversial E1 project.

Radio France Internationale · Aug 21

Israeli settler attacks shift focus to West Bank areas under direct Palestinian rule

Report says violence is moving from Israeli-controlled areas to those earmarked for a future Palestinian state

The Guardian - UK · Aug 21

France, Germany, UK and Italy slam Israel's 'E1' West Bank settler project

Paris, Berlin, London and Rome on Thursday condemned Israel's decision to open bidding for a planned settlement project in the occupied West Bank. The sprawling "E1" development, which like all Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory is illegal under international law, would further cut Palestinian-majority east Jerusalem off from…

France 24 · Aug 20

European leaders demand Israel halt controversial E1 settlement project in West Bank

The E1 plan was green-lit by Israel last year and would further separate east Jerusalem, occupied and annexed by Israel and predominantly inhabited by Palestinians, from the West Bank.

Euronews · Aug 20

West Bank village siege fuels concern over growing settler violence

Palestinian families remained trapped in their homes in the occupied West Bank village of Qusra for an 11th day on Thursday, in a case that has drawn condemnation from US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee and become a symbol of growing settler violence in the territory.

Radio France Internationale · Aug 20

Palestinian nurse shot and ambulance pelted with stones by Israeli settlers in West Bank, says aid group

The World Health Organisations says the number of Israeli attacks on Palestinian healthcare workers in the West Bank rose more than fourfold in a month

The Independent UK · Aug 20