The Latest Breaking News from West Bank

Mo Amer on "excruciating" making of "Mo"

The Palestinian-American comedian describes filming "Mo" while his family endured turmoil in the West Bank

Salon · Feb 11, 2025

Israel's fatal shooting of a pregnant Palestinian woman raises fears in the West Bank

Palestinians say the fatal shooting of a pregnant 23-year-old in a refugee camp in the northern West Bank signals a worrying trend toward more lethal, warlike tactics by Israel in the occupied territory

The Independent UK · Feb 11, 2025

Israeli offensive on occupied West Bank forcibly displaced 40,000: UN

The UN says 44 deaths in the occupied West Bank since January were linked to operations in Jenin, Tulkarem and Tubas.

Al Jazeera · Feb 11, 2025

After the ceasefire in Gaza, West Bank Palestinians face more Israeli barriers, traffic and misery

To spend a rush hour these days at any of the traffic-snarled checkpoints outside Palestinian cities in the West Bank is to hear of the endless problems they have brought — families divided, money lost, trade disrupted, sick people kept from doctors

The Independent UK · Feb 10, 2025

Israel kills two women, including pregnant 23-year-old, in West Bank raid

Two killed by Israel in Nur Shams camp, near Tulkarem, as military intensifes West Bank attacks.

Al Jazeera · Feb 9, 2025

Who are the Palestinian prisoners released in exchange for Israeli hostages?

Israel is releasing 183 Palestinian prisoners in the latest exchange for Israeli hostages held in Gaza, part of a ceasefire that has paused the war but whose future is uncertain

The Independent UK · Feb 8, 2025

Israeli army demolishes homes in Jenin, continues raids across West Bank

Israeli forces demolish houses in Jenin refugee camp, local sources report, as assault continues for third week.

Al Jazeera · Feb 7, 2025

Map wars in the Middle East: How cartographers charted and helped shape a regional conflict

Maps are ubiquitous – on phones, in-flight and car displays, and in textbooks the world over. While some maps delineate and name territories and boundaries, others show different voting blocs in elections, and GPS devices help drivers navigate to their destination.

The Conversation · Feb 7, 2025

Trump’s Gaza plan suggests his pro-settler advisers are in the ascendant

Idea of US occupying Gaza and pushing out the Palestinians delights Israel’s pro-settler movement and its US allies

The Guardian - UK · Feb 7, 2025

Trump’s Gaza power-trip tells us this: he is just another coward denying the need for a Palestinian state

Benjamin Netanyahu called it ‘groundbreaking’ thinking but it isn’t. It is idiocy that will make a bad situation worse, says Simon Tisdall, the Observer’s foreign affairs commentator

The Guardian - UK · Feb 6, 2025