A United Nations (UN) report has detailed the rapidly deteriorating human rights situation in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, after the October 7 Hamas attacks, and calls on Israel to end unlawful killings and settler violence against the Palestinian population. The report calls for an immediate end to […]
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Detained Gazans ask Israel’s High Court to release them to West Bank, meet their families
Hundreds of Gaza residents who were legally staying in Israel during Hamas’ October 7 attack, have filed a petition in Israel’s High Court to release them to the West Bank and let them meet with their relatives, reported The Times of Israel, citing KAN news. The petition was filed by […]
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US warns Netanyahu, vows to oppose Israel settlements, annexation in West Bank
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, on Sunday, vowed to oppose Israeli settlement expansion or moving toward annexation of the West Bank and added that they will ‘gauge Israel’s government by the policies rather than personalities’. Referring to Jerusalem which is central to the national visions of both Palestinians and […]
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New cycle of violence in Israel, West Bank may lead to military confrontation with Hamas
Last Friday’s clashes between Palestinian demonstrators and the Israeli Police in Al-Aqsa mosque in the old city of Jerusalem were an accident (or rather an explosion) waiting to happen, following three weeks of serious violence in Israel and the West Bank, in the wake of the terrorist killing of 14 […]
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4 Palestinians killed by Israeli army in West Bank
At least four Palestinian suspects were killed in a gun battle with Israeli security forces in the northern West Bank city of Jenin in the predawn hours of Monday morning, Time of Israel citing Palestinian media reported. According to the Border Police, the Israeli troops had entered the city during a raid. During the operation, “the force came under heavy […]
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Palestinian teenager killed by Israeli soldiers in West Bank: Ministry
A Palestinian teenager was killed and dozens were injured on Friday in clashes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli soldiers in the West Bank. The Palestinian health ministry said in a statement that Mohammed Tamimi, 17 years old, was killed in the clashes at Nabi Saleh village northwest of the West […]
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Mike Pompeo in Israel for West Bank annexation talks amid Covid-19 lockdown
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was in Israel on Wednesday for meetings with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his new governing partner for talks that were expected to address Israel’s plans to annex parts of the West Bank. Pompeo landed in Tel Aviv early in the morning and proceeded directly […]