The Latest Breaking News from West Bank

Israel sets record for illegal settlement approvals: Rights group

Peace Now said that Israel has approved the construction of almost 13,000 housing units in illegal settlements.

Al Jazeera · Jul 14, 2023

Settler faces ‘terrorism’ charges over West Bank mosque vandalism

Israelis are rarely punished for crimes committed against Palestinians, particularly in the occupied West Bank.

Al Jazeera · Jul 12, 2023

Palestinian boy killed during Israeli operation in West Bank was unarmed, says family

Abdul Rahman Hardan, 16, was shot in the head as he stood outside a hospital in Jenin, Palestinian rights groups say

The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2023

Israeli troops kill Palestinian suspect as West Bank violence shows no signs of slowing

Israeli troops have shot and killed a Palestinian man during new unrest in the West Bank

The Independent UK · Jul 10, 2023

Jenin and the endless cycle of Palestinian displacement

Anne Irfan, lecturer at UCL explains how the Israeli military operation in Jenin highlights a struggle around demographics, displacement and mobility.

The Week · Jul 9, 2023

Battle for Jenin an ominous sign of things to come on the West Bank

IT’S hard to believe that it happened 21 years ago now. But the events of the past week that saw Israel’s military assault into the Palestinian…

The National (Scotland) · Jul 9, 2023

Scotland-based Palestinian activist appalled but ‘not surprised’ by Israeli invasion

THE recent assaults by the Israeli military in the occupied West Bank – in both the Jenin refugee camp and the city of Ramallah (the de facto…

The National (Scotland) · Jul 8, 2023

Predicting what Israel will do next is easy

The two-day Israeli military incursion into the Palestinian city of Jenin in the northern West Bank (12 Palestinians killed, one Israeli dead) seems at first glance like just another example of "mowing the lawn". That's what the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) call these periodic futile raids they make to kill…

Bangkok Post · Jul 7, 2023

Middle East roundup: Israel pounds West Bank refugee camp

Angry protests over a Quran burning and the cost of Syria’s normalisation – here’s the Middle East this week.

Al Jazeera · Jul 7, 2023

Jenin attack created 4,000 new refugees, part of the endless cycle of Palestinian displacement since 1948

The Israeli army’s recent attack on Jenin refugee camp resulted in 13 deaths (12 Palestinians, including four children, and one Israeli soldier killed by suspected friendly fire). An additional 143 Palestinians were injured, with 20 in critical condition, and up to 4,000 displaced.

The Conversation · Jul 7, 2023