The Latest Breaking News from West Bank

One child was sitting on her mother’s lap. Another had just stepped outside his home. Another was picking almonds.

The United Nations reports that 18 children under 15 have been killed by Israeli gunfire in the occupied West Bank this year

Mahmoud Abbas heads the Palestinian Authority, the government body run by the Fatah party which has partial civil control over areas in the occupied West Bank.

Israeli ministers have called for the annexation of the occupied territory in retaliation for the growing global recognition of a Palestinian state

There has been a recent rush of countries to formally recognise the state of Palestine. Affirming Palestinian sovereignty marks a historic diplomatic milestone, yet the exact layout of its territory, a central requirement under international law, remains fiercely contested from every hilltop in the West Bank to the ruins of…

While France’s recognition of Palestine at the United Nations has been hailed as a historic step, in the occupied West Bank it was met with scepticism rather than celebration.

Closure of King Hussein (Allenby) Bridge is the latest in long line of collective punishments imposed by Israeli forces.

Palestinians across the Gaza Strip and the Israeli-occupied West Bank are welcoming news that some Western countries have recognized a Palestinian state

The Allenby Crossing is the sole entry and exit point for Palestinians from the West Bank travelling abroad by land.