The Latest Breaking News from West Bank

Israeli President to Visit Jordan on Wednesday

Israeli President Isaac Herzog will make the first official visit by an Israeli head of state to Jordan on Wednesday, officials said. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict, including Israel’s nearly 55-year-old occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem, has long weighed on relations between Israel and Jordan, many of whose 10…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 30, 2022

Israel: at least five dead in Tel Aviv shooting

Reports say suspected Arab gunman killed at least four people in Bnei Brak, east of Tel Aviv, before he was fatally shot

The Guardian - UK · Mar 29, 2022

Israeli Defense Minister Meets Jordan’s King Abdullah in Amman

Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz met Jordan's King Abdullah in Amman on Tuesday in an apparent joint effort to lower Israeli-Palestinian tensions as the Muslim holy month of Ramadan approaches. Their talks focused on "regional and security challenges", an Israeli statement said. The meeting followed a two-day summit in Israel…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 29, 2022

Blinken Visits Mideast, North Africa to Tackle Ukrainian War, Iran, Peace Deals

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel next week to the Middle East and North Africa where he will discuss a range of regional and global priorities, including Ukraine, Iran, the Abraham Accords and normalization agreements with Israel, preserving the prospects for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 26, 2022

Palestinians Vote in Second Phase of Municipal Elections

Polls opened Saturday in towns and cities in the Israeli-occupied West Bank in a rare democratic exercise following a decade and a half of delays to Palestinian elections. It is the second phase of municipal elections after a first round of voting in December in 154 West Bank villages. Saturday's…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 26, 2022

Blinken to visit Israel, West Bank, Morocco and Algeria

Ukraine war, Arab-Israeli normalisation and two-state solution on agenda during secretary of state’s visit, US says.

Al Jazeera · Mar 24, 2022

Palestinian PM Warns Against Turning Ukrainian Refugees Into New Settlers

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh warned against promoting Israeli settlements in the West Bank with Ukrainian Jews. Speaking at the weekly cabinet meeting, Shtayyeh said Israel exploited the Ukraine crisis to transfer Ukrainian refugees into new settlers in Palestine. Shtayyeh was commenting on reports about the arrival of Ukrainians to…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 22, 2022

‘It’s not a problem any more’: Israel’s increasingly porous West Bank fence

Questions raised over point of barrier as Israel turns blind eye to many crossings for economic reasons

The Guardian - UK · Mar 21, 2022

Israeli Commander: Palestinians Will Lose in Another Intifada

Israeli army battalion commander Eliav Elbaz said on Saturday that Palestinians will lose a lot if they decide to go back and fight another intifada, as happened in 2000. Elbaz’ warning came in statements to the Israeli Walla website, which reported that these assessments are based on a secret tour…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 20, 2022

US Ambassador Says Settlements are a ‘Stupid Thing’

The US ambassador to Tel Aviv, Tom Nides, announced Wednesday that the West Bank settlement growth is “infuriating,” warning that it is a “stupid thing” that impedes a two-state solution. Speaking at a virtual event of the Americans for Peace Now organization, Nides said that he couldn’t stop the settlements,…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 17, 2022