The Latest Breaking News from West Bank

Will Netanyahu clip the wings of his new cabinet hawks?

One is a pistol-packing ex-member of an outlawed Jewish militant group. The other is a religious fundamentalist who once called himself a "proud homophobe". Both are West Bank settlers averse to Palestinians' self-rule - let alone their hopes of statehood.

Reuters · Dec 30, 2022

Israeli army charges two soldiers for revenge attack on Palestinians

Israel's military said on Thursday it filed "severe indictments" against two soldiers who threw an improvised explosive at a Palestinian house in the occupied West Bank in retaliation for the kidnapping of the body of an Israeli teenager last month.

Reuters · Dec 29, 2022

Israel’s New Defense Minister: Netanyahu Loyalist, Settlers’ Friend

Israel's new defense minister Yoav Galant is a former general, a staunch ally of Benjamin Netanyahu and a vocal advocate of Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. In the military, the 64-year-old oversaw Israel's 2005 withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and later commanded the "Operation Cast Lead" offensive against…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 29, 2022

Benjamin Netanyahu's new Israeli government will make West Bank expansion a priority

The incoming Israeli ruling coalition agreements will make it the country's most religious and right-wing government in history, potentially putting it at odds with large parts of the Israeli public.

WEKU · Dec 29, 2022

Israel's Netanyahu Back with Extreme-right Government

After a stint in opposition, Benjamin Netanyahu will return to power in Israel on Thursday, leading what analysts describe as the most right-wing government in the country's history. Senior security and law enforcement officials have already voiced concern over its direction, as have Palestinians. "It becomes for Netanyahu's partners a…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 29, 2022

Netanyahu government to make West Bank settlements a top priority

Benjamin Netanyahu, who served 12 years as prime minister, is returning to power after he was ousted from office last year

The Independent UK · Dec 28, 2022

Netanyahu Government: West Bank Settlements Top Priority

Benjamin Netanyahu’s incoming hard-line Israeli government put West Bank settlement expansion at the top of its priority list on Wednesday, vowing to legalize dozens of illegally built outposts and annex the occupied territory as part of its coalition deal with ultranationalist allies. The coalition agreements, released a day before the…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 28, 2022

Netanyahu government: West Bank settlements top priority

Benjamin Netanyahu’s incoming hard-line government has put West Bank settlement expansion at the top of its list of priorities a day before it’s set to be sworn into office

The Independent UK · Dec 28, 2022

Netanyahu closer to far-right Israel gov’t with new legislation

Amendments include revising ministerial fitness standards, meaning officials with suspended sentences can serve in gov’t

Al Jazeera · Dec 27, 2022

Report: Israel To Suspend Palestine Annexation Plans In Exchange For Saudi Arabia Peace Pact

Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu would suspend plans to annex parts of Judea and Samaria, known as the West Bank

Zenger · Dec 27, 2022