US announces visa bans after warning Israel on West Bank settler violence US has called on Israel to act against violent settler groups in the occupied West Bank. Al Jazeera · Dec 5, 2023
In a rare action against Israel, US says extremist West Bank settlers will be barred from America In a rare punitive move against Israel, the State Department says it will impose travel bans on extremist Jewish settlers implicated in a rash of attacks on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank The Independent UK · Dec 5, 2023
‘Massacres await’: Palestinians in Nablus warn of deadly settler attacks The Palestinian villages south of Nablus face severe settler violence and warn the assaults will only increase. Al Jazeera · Dec 5, 2023
IDF says it regrets killing of Lebanese soldier – as it happened This blog has now closed. Read our full report on the latest developments in Gaza here and our report on a UN meeting to hear accounts of sexual violence committed by Hamas on 7 October here. The Guardian - AU · Dec 5, 2023
What the resumption of Israel-Hamas fighting means for Palestinians in Israeli jails Human rights groups say Israel stepped up arrests in the occupied West Bank during the war. Only a fraction of those arrested have been released as part of hostage and prisoner exchanges. WEKU · Dec 3, 2023
The daily, grinding violence in the West Bank is worse than ever before. Why does it go unseen? The Israeli government is stripping away our freedoms – economic, physical, even the ability to celebrate, says health researcher Layth Hanbali The Guardian - UK · Dec 2, 2023
Families arrive from the West Bank to care for the 3 college students shot in Vermont Nearly a week after three college students of Palestinian descent were shot and seriously wounded while taking an evening walk, relatives of two of the victims have arrived in Vermont from the war-torn West Bank to care for their loved ones The Independent UK · Dec 1, 2023
Extremist Israeli settlers attacking Palestinian civilians in the West Bank to face America visa bans US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of the restrictions which could be imposed within weeks Evening Standard · Dec 1, 2023
‘My son was killed on October 6. There was no Hamas’ Family of teen killed in West Bank before Hamas attack says Israel’s actions against Palestinians not about Hamas. Al Jazeera · Dec 1, 2023
Blinken urges Israel to protect civilians amid tough Gaza truce talks Mediators Qatar and Egypt push for further extension to pause in hostilities as deal holds for a week. Al Jazeera · Nov 30, 2023
Israel-Hamas war: List of key events, day 55 An extended truce-deal, attacks in the West Bank, and Hamas’s invite to Elon Musk – here are major updates. Al Jazeera · Nov 30, 2023
Temporary ceasefire between Israel and Hamas extended for seventh day Israel and Hamas have agreed to extend their truce by at least a day to allow negotiations to continue on swapping Israeli hostages held in Gaza for Palestinian prisoners. France, meanwhile, has suggested the European Union consider sanctions on Israeli settlers who have targeted Palestinians in the West Bank. Radio France Internationale · Nov 30, 2023
‘No work and no olives’: harvest rots as West Bank farmers cut off from trees With olives the largest single agricultural product on the West Bank, Palestinians say Israeli restrictions and settler violence are losing them $70m The Guardian - UK · Nov 30, 2023
Israel must act ‘in accordance with the laws of war’, Blinken says in Tel Aviv Speaking from Tel Aviv on Thursday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken stressed that Israel must conduct its military operations “in accordance with the laws of war” and called for more to be done to protect civilians as a Gaza truce extension was set to expire Friday morning. Six Israeli… France 24 · Nov 30, 2023
The Conversation · Nov 29, 2023 Since the Gaza war began, violence against Palestinians has also surged in the West Bank – and gone virtually unnoticed While the world remains fixated on the devastating October 7 Hamas attacks and the subsequent Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, there has been a pronounced – and mostly unnoticed – escalation in violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Al Jazeera · Nov 29, 2023 Israeli forces kill two Palestinian children in occupied West Bank raid Residents of Jenin camp, which has seen nightly raids since October 7, say they were ‘shocked’ at scale of attack.
The Guardian - UK · Nov 29, 2023 Eight-year-old boy among four reported dead in Israeli raid on Jenin Palestinian officials say incursion in West Bank also killed boy of 15 as IDF reports deaths of terror leader and associate
International Business Times · Nov 29, 2023 'Welcome Back': Joy In West Bank As Freed Prisoners Return A red keffiyeh scarf around her neck and a beaming smile on her face, Rouba Assi fell into her friends' arms after being freed from an Israeli prison.
Al Jazeera · Nov 29, 2023 Israel-Hamas war: List of key events, day 54 The truce is nearing its end as Israel escalates crackdown in the occupied West Bank; here are the recent updates.
The Guardian - AU · Nov 29, 2023 Qatar mediator says latest prisoner release would comprise 16 children and 14 women – as it happened This blog is now closed
Al Jazeera · Nov 28, 2023 Israel-Hamas war: List of key events, day 53 As the truce extends and northern Gaza’s hospitals fear fuel shortages, here are the major updates.
The Independent UK · Nov 28, 2023 Live updates | Israel and Pakistan extend truce, agree to free more hostages and prisoners Israel and Hamas have agreed to extend their cease-fire for two days, raising the prospect of further exchanges of militant-held hostages for Palestinians imprisoned by Israel and a longer halt to their deadliest and most destructive war
Al Jazeera · Nov 28, 2023 The beginning of the end? The hypothetical future of Palestinian politics Could Hamas’s rival, the PA, return to rule Gaza? Would Palestinians even accept it?
International Business Times · Nov 27, 2023 Prisoner Releases Send Hamas Support Rocketing In West Bank In Palestinian cities in the occupied West Bank, long the turf of president Mahmud Abbas's Fatah party, the green flag of Islamist rival Hamas is flying ever higher thanks to prisoner-hostage exchanges.
WEKU · Nov 26, 2023 Hamas says it wants to extend truce after latest exchange of captives with Israel The announcement from the Islamist militant group came after a third hostages-for-prisoners swap with Israel in which 17 captives and 39 Palestinian prisoners were released.