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PoliticsAbbas postpones Palestinian elections to September 2027
The president cancelled the November legislative vote and combined it with a presidential poll, citing Israeli restrictions and security obstacles in Gaza and the West Bank.
West BankAt least 19 settler attacks target Palestinians in West Bank
Violence includes arson, theft and assaults on farmers as commission warns of coercion tactics.
West BankIsraeli forces kill Palestinian and injure five in West Bank attacks
Soldiers shot a driver near Hebron while settlers assaulted olive harvesters near Jenin, injuring three others in separate violent incidents across the occupied territory on Monday.
RightsUN expert says Israeli checkpoints choke Palestinian life in West Bank
Francesca Albanese warns that 925 movement obstacles restrict 3.4 million people and cites infant death as human cost of arbitrary control.
Smotrich Urges Gaza-Style Escalation in West Bank
Finance minister calls for dismantling Palestinian Authority amid rising settler violence and movement restrictions across occupied territories.
West BankAl-Aqsa Intifada Anniversary Marked Amid Rising Tensions
Hamas calls for global support as settler incursions and West Bank violence reach record levels during the commemoration.
West BankRaids and Settler Attacks Disrupt West Bank Olive Harvest
Military incursions and settler attacks disrupt olive picking across multiple districts, involving arrests, property damage, and forced harvest theft.
West BankWest Bank Olive Harvest Marred by Violence and Access Restrictions
Farmers face settler attacks, uprooted trees, and military barriers as the annual harvest season begins under escalating pressure.
RightsSmotrich Urges West Bank War Mirroring Gaza Tactics
Rights experts warn the finance minister’s call to dismantle Palestinian Authority reflects ongoing policies rather than empty election promises.
West BankSmotrich urges Gaza-style war in West Bank amid closures
Israeli finance minister calls for dismantling Palestinian Authority as military imposes week-long closure and shoots a girl.
West BankSettlers Cut Water Lines in Masafer Yatta Amid Escalating Demolitions
Israeli settlers and army forces repeatedly damage infrastructure, forcing 1,600 families to rely on expensive tanks while demolitions displace hundreds.
PoliticsEU Chief Warns West Bank Crisis Threatens Two-State Solution
António Costa cites settler violence and illegal settlements as daily threats to peace prospects in occupied territories.
West BankSettlers Torch Vehicles and Block Roads in West Bank
Attacks in Ramallah and Hebron areas include arson, racist graffiti, and road closures that restrict Palestinian movement.
PoliticsKing Abdullah Blames Global Inaction for Permanent Israeli Policies
Jordanian monarch warns UN that managing conflict allows settlement expansion and displacement to erase Palestinian life in Gaza and West Bank.
West BankIsraeli Forces Raid West Bank, Abduct Dozens and Demolish Homes
Soldiers and settlers invaded multiple towns, destroying property and detaining residents across the occupied territories on Wednesday.
West BankIsraeli Forces Raid West Bank Villages, Arrest Palestinians
Troops searched homes and damaged property in multiple areas while detaining residents during early morning operations across the occupied territory.
Israeli Raid Paralyzes Life in Biddu Northwest of Jerusalem
Mass detentions and house searches follow a shooting incident, leaving residents confined and local institutions closed amid heightened military pressure.
West BankIsrael Orders Vegetation Removal from West Bank Land
Military directives target agricultural areas in Jenin and Ramallah with short deadlines for compliance and objections by landowners.
West BankWest Bank Sees Surge in Raids and Colonizer Violence
Israeli forces and colonizers intensified attacks across occupied territories, abducting residents and injuring Palestinians during widespread military invasions.
PoliticsSettlers Attack Palestinians in West Bank as US Prepares ICC Sanctions
Violence escalates north of Hebron while Washington moves to penalize the court over warrants issued for Israeli leaders.
West BankHerzog Erases Record of Soldier Who Killed Wounded Palestinian
The Israeli president cleared Elor Azaria’s record despite military opposition and lack of remorse, ending a decade-long controversy over the Hebron shooting.
Settlers Detain Palestinians in West Bank and Storm Jerusalem Plaza
Israeli settlers cut water lines and attacked activists while thousands performed rituals near Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem.
West BankWest Bank Raids See Mass Detentions and Infrastructure Damage
Soldiers and settlers invaded towns, cut water lines, and abducted residents across multiple governorates during dawn operations on Saturday.
West BankJournalist Alaa al-Rimawi Detained in West Bank Raids
Israeli forces detained the reporter and conducted widespread searches across multiple governorates, arresting dozens of Palestinians.
West BankIsrael Tenders All 3,401 Units for Controversial E1 Settlement Plan
New bids open October 25 for housing in strategic corridor, raising fears of West Bank fragmentation and isolation of East Jerusalem from its surroundings.
West BankForces and Settlers Attack Palestinians Across Occupied West Bank
Soldiers and settlers conduct raids, abductions, and violent assaults in multiple districts, injuring residents and damaging property throughout the region.
Palestinians Face First Vote in 20 Years Amid Deep Youth Skepticism
Legislative elections set for November 28 face apathy as young voters doubt political processes can address existential crises or past grievances.
West BankIsraeli Forces Arrest Dozens Including Journalist in West Bank Raids
Raids across occupied territories injure two Palestinians while settlers set fire to agricultural land near Ramallah amid escalating military operations.
West BankIsraeli Forces Arrest Journalist Alaa Al-Rimawi in West Bank Raid
Troops detain dozens across occupied territories while settlers burn agricultural land near Ramallah amid escalating military operations.
Palestinian prisoner dies in Israeli custody amid West Bank raid
US extends visa sanctions on Palestinian officials while a youth is injured by live fire during an Israeli military operation in Al-Bireh city.
West BankWest Bank Settlement Plans Surge in 2026
Over eighteen thousand units advanced across occupied territories as planning activity intensifies significantly during recent months.
West BankIsrael Expands Settlement Near Jerusalem Amid Western Sanctions
The move confiscates Palestinian land to merge outposts, aiming to split the West Bank and isolate Jerusalem from surrounding territories.
RightsActivists occupy British Museum over settlement sponsor ties
Protesters demand end to BP partnership and transparency on billionaire funding linked to illegal West Bank settlements during tapestry exhibition opening.
PoliticsUK, Canada, France Sanction Israeli Settlements
London targets settlement goods and firms but excludes state entities, raising doubts about enforcement efficacy.
Violence Escalates in West Bank and Gaza Amid Rising Casualties
Israeli forces injure Palestinians in Hebron while strikes in Gaza City wound ten others near a hospital camp.
West BankIsrael Advances 153 Settlement Plans in West Bank During 2026
Palestinian commission reports over 18,000 housing units targeted in occupied territories since January.
West BankWest Bank sees surge in military raids and settler violence
Israeli forces abducted Palestinians and demolished facilities while settlers attacked farmers across multiple governorates, causing injuries and economic harm to local communities.
West BankWater Cutoff Isolates 47 Families in Northern Jordan Valley
Israeli forces severed pipelines and blocked roads, forcing residents to walk kilometers for basic needs while livestock face dehydration.
West BankIsraeli Forces Demolish Home in Battir Village West of Bethlehem
Soldiers also broke into a residence and occupied its rooftop during the raid.
West BankIsraeli Forces Abduct 28 Palestinians in West Bank Raids
Soldiers detained journalists and civilians across multiple governorates while settlers attacked agricultural lands near Ramallah on Thursday.
West BankUN Warns of Sharp Rise in Demolitions in Masafer Yatta
Recent Israeli actions displaced nearly sixty Palestinians, half of them children, as international officials assess urgent humanitarian needs in the southern West Bank.
West BankTaybeh Plans US Civil Suits Against Settlers and Supporters
The town seeks accountability in American courts as residents face escalating violence, land seizures, and restricted access to agricultural areas in the West Bank.
PoliticsNetanyahu Sues Haaretz Over UAE Warning Report
Prime minister calls article sinister libel while forces bar Palestinians from entering Beit Iksa village near Jerusalem.
Hamas Commander Killed in Gaza as West Bank Raids Continue
Farah Hamed died in an Israeli strike while forces raided Tuqu and fired near Jabalia camp.
PoliticsBennett Labels Settler Arson Against Palestinians as Jewish Terrorism
Former Israeli Prime Minister condemns nationalist violence against civilians ahead of upcoming general election in October.
RightsOver 1,000 Violations Hit West Bank Bedouins in August
A rights group documents shootings, demolitions and settler assaults that intensify pressure on rural communities across the occupied territory.
PoliticsTwelve Nations Announce Trade Curbs on Israeli Colony Goods
Britain, France and Canada lead new restrictions while Israel closes British consulate in East Jerusalem in sharp diplomatic retaliation.
PoliticsIsrael Orders British Consulate in East Jerusalem to Close
The move follows UK sanctions on settlement goods and accusations of ethnic cleansing against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
EU backs sanctions as West Bank deaths hit 100 this year
Kaja Kallas confirms unity on illegality while violence escalates in occupied territories with four new fatalities reported recently.
West BankIsraeli Forces Kill Two, Abduct Dozens in West Bank Raids
Military invasions across the occupied territories resulted in deaths, mass detentions, and property destruction while settlers escalated attacks on residents.
PoliticsUS Rejects UK Settlement Sanctions Amid Regional Tensions
Rubio declines to mirror British trade ban while urging calm in the West Bank during a fragile period for the wider Middle East region.
PoliticsUK Bans Goods From Israeli Settlements in West Bank
Britain joins France and Canada in restricting trade to confront expansion threatening Palestinian statehood.
RightsUN Warns of War Crimes in Syria as Oxfam Pushes UK on Settlements
The UN flags Israeli detentions in Syria while Oxfam urges London to expand its new trade ban on illegal settlements.
West BankIsraeli Forces Kill Palestinian Man in Aqraba Siege
Soldiers besieged a home, used anti-tank grenades, and withheld the body of Abdul-Karim Khader after demolishing parts of the structure.
PoliticsUK Prepares Trade Ban on Goods From West Bank Settlements
Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband to present measures targeting illegal settlement expansion and financing to preserve two-state solution prospects.
RightsUN Chief: Over 1,300 Palestinians Killed in Gaza Since Ceasefire
Volker Turk urges halting arms exports and ending business ties with settlements to ensure accountability.
West BankPalestinian Killed After Stabbing Incident Near Nablus
Israeli forces killed a suspect following an attack that wounded a colonizer, escalating violence in the northern occupied West Bank.
West BankHuckabee Visits Turmus Ayya, Labels Settler Violence Terrorism
The US ambassador condemned attacks as crimes while using biblical terms for the territory and blaming Hamas for stalled Gaza peace efforts.
Israeli Raids Injure Two in West Bank, Kill Two in Lebanon
Forces detain nine Palestinians in Tubas while a strike on Arab Salim follows evacuation warnings issued by the military spokesperson earlier today.
West BankIsraeli Forces Shoot Two Palestinians in West Bank Raids
Soldiers injured a child and a man with live fire while abducting residents across multiple cities during early Sunday military invasions.
Soldiers eject detained Palestinian from vehicle after beating
Rights group shares footage of man thrown onto ground near Al-Mughayyir village as military jeep drives away without providing aid.
Lebanon toll rises as soldier abuse video emerges
Health ministry updates casualty figures while rights group shares footage of a detained Palestinian man being thrown from a military vehicle.
West BankUS envoy urges severe consequences for West Bank settler violence
Mike Huckabee meets victims in Turmus Ayya and demands Israeli government guarantee safety without directly criticizing state actions.
West BankIsrael Seizes Land in Qabatia for Military Road
Order targets plots near Noa outpost, raising fears of annexation through infrastructure.
Kristof Labels West Bank Actions Ethnic Cleansing Amid Rising Violence
The columnist criticized settler blockades while new reports detail military raids, land seizures, and property vandalism across the occupied territories.
PoliticsIran Claims US-Israel Defeat; Kristof Cites Ethnic Cleansing
Tehran says adversaries failed war goals while a columnist condemns settler violence and demolitions in the occupied West Bank villages.
West BankArmy Blocks Aid to Besieged Qusra Families
Israeli forces prevent activists from delivering supplies while settler violence escalates across the occupied West Bank territory.
West BankAmnesty: Israel Seizes West Bank Land to Link Settlements
Confiscation orders in Jenin target Area A, aiming to connect planned settlements and isolate Palestinian communities from neighboring governorates.
West BankIsraeli Forces Abduct Dozens Across West Bank Amid Escalating Raids
Soldiers detain Palestinians in multiple governorates while colonizers attack property and inaugurate a new settlement south of Bethlehem.
West BankSettler Hikes in Qira Signal Looming Land Grab Threat
Armed groups tour West Bank village, marking sites as precursor to expansion and violence.
West BankTwo Palestinians Killed in Settler Attack Near Ramallah
Israeli forces protected colonizers who stormed Al-Mughayyir village, killing two youths and detaining relatives amid wider West Bank raids.
PoliticsIran warns of retaliation if Israel attacks Lebanon ridge
Tehran sent message via Oman as settlers escalate West Bank incursions.
Two Palestinian teens killed in West Bank raid
Israeli forces and settlers shot two youths in al-Mughayyir village north of Ramallah on Wednesday evening.
PoliticsIsrael Warns UK of Retaliation Over Potential Settlement Sanctions
Foreign Minister Gideon Saar threatens countermeasures if Britain bans goods from West Bank settlements under Prime Minister Andy Burnham.
West BankSettlers Torch Mosque Near Nablus in West Bank Escalation
Ministry condemns arson at Noureddin Zenki Mosque as settler violence surges across occupied territories with thousands of recorded attacks.
RightsWoman in the Damon prison video is held without charge
Her family recognised Hanaa Tahaineh, 49, by her weight loss. She has scabies and no treatment, her husband says, and was arrested a week before he was released.
West BankSettlers seize a British activist; Israel orders him deported
Finn Joughin was locked in a shed at Umm al-Khair before being handed to police, his lawyer said, and the men who took him were not questioned.
Four shot at al-Mughayyir, then forces seal the village entrance
Settlers came at houses on the western side under army cover, it was reported, and by late evening accounts put the wounded at seven.
West Bank37.5 dunams seized at Beitunia to enlarge an army site
The land falls in basins where registration was never completed, and possession of it passes to an Israeli defence ministry official for 60 days.
West BankIsraeli police re-enter Qalandia centre two days after withdrawal
The refugee agency puts more than $5m of equipment at stake at a site that was being readied to take in 340 students next week.
West Bank450 guava trees cut down near Jenin in a day of attacks
Fences were severed at Masafer Yatta, farmland was burned north of Hebron and farmers were shot at in Burqa, in incidents reported from five governorates on Saturday.
West BankSix treated for tear gas in a raid on al-Faraa camp
Israeli forces went into the camp south of Tubas late on Saturday, and in Hebron's Old City soldiers beat journalists who were covering settlers brought in under escort.
Rights235 Palestinian children killed in the West Bank since 2023
An Israeli rights group's figures put the rate at about seven a month, against roughly one a month in the seventeen years before the Gaza war.
Israel says it removed settlers who took over a Qusra home
Dozens of them went into a house at Ras al-Ain and sealed themselves in; the village council says soldiers then tried to arrest the Palestinians inside, and medics say an ambulance sent to the house was attacked.
West BankTwo wounded by live fire in a raid on al-Amari refugee camp
A 15-year-old was hit in the back and a young man in the leg when Israeli troops entered the camp at al-Bireh before dawn, the Palestine Red Crescent Society said.
Settlers wound three at al-Mughayyir, beat a father and son
Residents drove off an attempt to take their sheep northeast of Ramallah, and the settlers shot at the animals instead, according to the Red Crescent and other reports.
West BankIsraeli air strike kills three in Jenin, the first in months
Red Crescent crews sent to the site west of Jenin refugee camp were held on arrival, then ordered away without taking the dead or wounded, the society said.
Settlers in army uniforms block Friday prayers near Nablus
Worshippers walking out to al-Wali and al-Hajj Hussein at Khirbet Tana were turned back by men in Israeli military dress, on a day of settler raids elsewhere in the West Bank.
Rights370 Palestinian children are held in Israeli prisons, centre says
Most are at Megiddo and Ofer, where released minors describe beatings, restraint and food withheld. Israeli forces arrested 276 children in the first half of the year.
West BankWork begins on turning the seized Qalandia centre into a school
Israeli municipal crews went into the vocational institute on Wednesday to ready it for their own pupils, while soldiers held the compound for a second day.
West BankIsrael approves 18 new settlement zones in the West Bank
The orders set the ground over which four newly approved settlements and four outposts will hold municipal powers, and push Efrat's boundary toward Khirbet al-Nahla.
West BankFifth Israeli entry at the Qalandia training centre since May
Guterres has told Israel to leave every UN site it has taken and hand it back, after more than 50 personnel and four armoured vehicles moved onto the vocational school.
West BankDemolition notices served in Kafr Aqab and Qalandia camp
Houses and other buildings along the wall were marked for removal, and 40 people were held and questioned at the UN training centre before work began on pulling it down.
Israeli forces take over two UNRWA centres north of Jerusalem
The vocational training centres at Qalandiya and Kufr Aqab serve some 16,000 refugees across the West Bank, and a child was shot and wounded beside one of them the same day.
West BankIsraeli lawmaker takes a sledgehammer to a memorial at Madama
The army says the demolition was never approved and that the legislator misled it, while the village council says soldiers stood by and watched him work.
Settlers attack an AFP team near Bethlehem; five are treated
The three journalists had gone to the village of Jannatah to cover solidarity visits by Israeli activists, and the army ordered them out as a closed military zone before a second group of settlers arrived and threw stones.
West BankSettler attacks rise 63 percent over seven months of 2026
The Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission counted 4,113 attacks between January and July against 2,524 in the same months last year, and said not one month came in below its counterpart.
RightsProtests called across the West Bank over bodies Israel withholds
Factions meeting in Ramallah set the main events for Wednesday, with visits to bereaved families the day after and a central event in Gaza to be scheduled; organisers put the number of remains held at about 1,700.
WorldIsrael turns back two Swedish MEPs bound for the West Bank
Jonas Sjostedt and Hanna Gedin were stopped at Ben Gurion Airport before a trip to meet aid and rights organisations, and the Swedish and EU missions in Israel objected.
CultureIn Surif, stone walls mark generations of work on the land
The town northwest of Hebron reads its own history off the terraces its families built by hand, and off the olive and fig trees planted between them.
RightsUN rapporteur urges a protection presence in the West Bank and Gaza
Francesca Albanese made the call after footage circulated of settlers attacking farmers at Masafer Yatta, and pointed states towards the General Assembly as a way around the Security Council.
West BankUS citizen detained in a Tuqu' raid is freed; relatives stay held
Hussein Jabarin was taken from his family's home near Bethlehem on 12 August and held without charge for four days. He is preparing to fly back to Pennsylvania; the relatives arrested alongside and before him are still in Israeli prisons.
West BankMore than 10 homes demolished in Masafer Yatta in two months
In Deirat, one family lost a two-storey house holding 25 people, put up a tent, and watched Israeli forces demolish that too and level the ground beneath it a month later.
West BankIsraeli forces kill Fathi Khazem at his home in Jenin
His 12-year-old son, the only witness inside the flat, says soldiers shot his father after he refused an order to kneel. The army says he came at a soldier with a knife. His body has not been returned.
West BankFamilies hold out on Ras al-Ain, the last hilltop Qusra has left
Settlers pitched a tent metres from three homes on 9 August, the sharpest point in a campaign that has run seven months against a hill holding four springs and most of the farmland the village can still reach.
West BankIsraeli forces close the last open entrance to al-Mughayyir
The village northeast of Ramallah lost its eastern entrance in October 2023 and has been reachable only from the west since. On Sunday that way in was shut too, and tear gas was fired at vehicles that came near it.
West BankSettlements and outposts in the West Bank reach 592 by end of July
The Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission counts 192 settlements against 400 outposts, and puts the settler population at close to 780,000. Israeli control reaches 91 percent of the Jordan Valley.
West BankSettlers have killed 25 Palestinians in 2026, a record year
Two governorates, Ramallah and Nablus, account for 71 percent of the deaths counted since 2019, and three in five of those killed were under 30.
PoliticsVoter rolls close in the West Bank with 87.2% registered
More than 32,000 names were added in the final days, pushing the register past 1.62 million. It goes on public display from 7 to 9 September, the last point at which an entry can be corrected. Gaza residents and Jerusalem ID holders are outside the figure.
West BankSettler attacks have displaced 107 West Bank communities since 2023
Human Rights Watch says the violence is backed by the state rather than merely tolerated by it, and that the pattern may amount to forcible transfer. UN figures put settler attacks at an average of 6.6 a day.
Settler gunfire near Hebron kills one and wounds a man in his 70s
The Palestinian Red Crescent says its crews attempted resuscitation on both men where they lay before carrying them to hospital. Reports say a building was set alight nearby during the same raid.
West BankIsrael returns the body of a 17-year-old withheld since March
Teams from the Palestinian civil affairs authority took the remains at a checkpoint north of Ramallah. A campaign that documents the practice counts 800 Palestinian bodies still held.
West BankTwo Palestinians wounded by Israeli fire in a Qusra house raid
The Palestinian Red Crescent reported the injuries in a town that has spent the past week under settler attack, and part of this month under a military order that confined three families to their homes.
West Bank30 Palestinians detained in a day of West Bank raids
The Palestinian Prisoner Society counted arrests in five governorates on Wednesday, and puts the number of Palestinians now held by Israel at about 9,400, a third of them without charge.
West BankIsrael puts 1,234 settlement units in E1 out to tender
Three Israeli organisations petitioning against the plan say the state had undertaken to warn them before any E1 tender, and told them in July that none was due for two to three months.
HealthSettler shooting near Hebron paralyses a nurse from Dura
Ambulances could not reach the neighbourhood, and the wounded man was driven out in a private car.
West BankUN data puts West Bank settler attacks near 3,000 since 2025
The tally counts assaults on villages and farmland, and the report places them under the protection of Israeli forces.
West BankIsraeli forces demolish a Qalandia home and farm buildings near Nablus
Fifteen people lost their housing in a single morning, against 165 structures pulled down across the territory in July.
West BankAt least 11 Palestinians detained in dawn raids across the West Bank
The raids reached four governorates, with homes searched, a vehicle seized and gas fired in two communities.
PoliticsIsrael shifts settlement law enforcement from army to police
The change decides which authority answers when a settler attacks a Palestinian, and no start date has been given.
West BankUN rapporteur says Israel is outsourcing coercion to settlers
Two villages northwest of Ramallah have lost almost all their farmland as new outposts go up around them.
West BankUN partners: over 900 barriers hinder aid across the West Bank
Checkpoints and obstacles are slowing deliveries between governorates.
ExplainersWhat is at stake in the West Bank refugee camps
Background: what the camps are, and why raids on them differ from other operations.
West BankChurch official urges action over attacks on Palestinian Christians
The appeal cites land confiscations and restrictions.
West BankSettler herds graze in Palestinian wheat fields across the West Bank
Farmers say the harvest calendar is no longer theirs to set.
West BankMedics say closures turn routine ambulance journeys into ordeals
Checkpoints and closures are lengthening transfers in the West Bank.
PoliticsHamas official: West Bank measures create irreversible facts
Basem Naim's comment follows changes to enforcement powers.