The Latest Breaking News from West Bank

Who are Israeli settlers, and why do they live on Palestinian lands?

As many as 700,000 Israeli settlers are living illegally in the occupied West Bank as settler violence surges.

Al Jazeera · Nov 6, 2023

US top diplomat visits West Bank in bid for future peace as airstrikes kill dozens in Gaza

More than 9,700 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since 7 October, according to the Hamas-run health ministry

The Independent UK · Nov 5, 2023

Palestinian Authority would face many challenges in a post-Hamas Gaza

Unpopular and incompetent, the West Bank’s leaders have little to offer in a ‘day after’ scenario, despite Antony Blinken’s hopes

The Guardian - UK · Nov 5, 2023

David Pratt: Settler violence in West Bank could hasten Netanyahu's demise

It was way back in 1997 that I found myself sitting opposite the man who founded the Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and militant group,…

The National (Scotland) · Nov 5, 2023

Israel-Palestine: Is the two-state solution the answer to the crisis?

The bloodiest fighting for decades has revived an option once thought dead as the last hope for peace. But how it would look and whether the will to achieve it exists remain unclear

The Guardian - UK · Nov 4, 2023

Israel's war with Hamas disrupts Palestinian workers and Israeli employers alike

The Israeli construction industry has long relied on the labor of tens of thousands of Palestinians. But Israel has revoked their permits, paralyzing job sites and upending the West Bank's economy.

WEKU · Nov 4, 2023

‘Want to die with my family’: Gaza workers, patients stuck in West Bank

Gaza residents trapped in the West Bank are living in fear of Israeli detentions and of the safety of their families.

Al Jazeera · Nov 4, 2023

As Israel forces workers from Gaza back, thousands more remain stuck in the West Bank

Palestinians from Gaza were working in Israel when Hamas attacked the country on Oct. 7. Now, many are unable to go back and in limbo in the West Bank.

WEKU · Nov 3, 2023

Once this war between Israel and Hamas is over, a deeper conflict looms

A lasting peace has to become thinkable again. And it will be – if extremists on both sides are shunned, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

The Guardian - UK · Nov 3, 2023

Up First briefing: Voices from the West Bank; Sam Bankman-Fried convicted

Palestinians in the West Bank give their perspective on Israel's war with Hamas in Gaza. Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is convicted of fraud.

WEKU · Nov 3, 2023