The Latest Breaking News from West Bank

Three Palestinians have been arrested on suspicion of setting fire to a Christmas tree and damaging a Nativity scene at a Catholic Church in the West Bank city of Jenin

Fourteen countries, also including France, Italy, Ireland and Spain, say actions ‘violate international law and risk fuelling instability’

The decision is a harsh blow to the Palestinian state and brings the total number of new settlements over the past few years to 69.

The U.S.-brokered peace plan calls for a possible ‘pathway’ to a Palestinian state — something the settlements are aimed at preventing

The Israeli Embassy in Canada confirmed the group was denied entry

Owais Hammam was walking near his home in Khirbet Bani Harith in the West Bank on Dec. 3, 2025, when, according to media reports, he was kidnapped by Jewish settlers. Over several hours at a nearby settlement, the 18-year-old Palestinian is alleged to have endured repeated beatings, humiliation and harassment.

The long read: Among the many people I met, there was a pervasive feeling of hopelessness and a sense that resistance is slowly becoming a memory

Christmas celebrations are returning to Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank after two years of war in Gaza

Israeli forces have shot and killed a man near a refugee camp in Gaza and two suspected Palestinian assailants in the West Bank