West Bank

Netanyahu slams Israeli settlers for criticising Trump's West Bank plans

Settler leaders from the occupied West Bank voiced concern that Donald Trump's annexation map will leave many settlements as isolated enclaves, saying the US president was not a friend of Israel.

Most Israelis think West Bank annexation will spark Palestinian uprising

Fifty percent of Israelis support annexation, half of them only with US support, and nearly 31 percent oppose annexation of Palestinian lands, says a new poll published by Israel Democracy Institute.

Israel police kill unarmed Palestinian with special needs

The Palestinians' official news agency Wafa identified the dead man as Eyad Hallak, a resident of the Wadi Joz neighbourhood of occupied East Jerusalem with special needs.

Netanyahu says he won't miss opportunity to annex occupied West Bank

Global bodies and most countries consider such a step as illegal annexation of occupied land they seek for a future state.

Biden hits out at Netanyahu over plans to annex occupied West Bank

Former US vice president told an online fundraiser by members of the Jewish community in the US that he was opposed to the move.

Will Mahmoud Abbas follow up tough talk on Israel with action?

The Palestinian Authority leader repeated his declaration that Palestinians will absolve agreements with Israel but has yet to clarify what happens now.

Palestinian leader Abbas ends 'all agreements' with Israel, US

President Mahmoud Abbas declares end to "agreements and understandings" signed with Israel and US, and turns over responsibility of occupied territories back to Israel, in response to Israel's plan to annex parts of occupied West Bank.

Israel's unity government and its occupied West Bank annexation, explained

We look into who controls what in the occupied West Bank as its total annexation is the top priority of Israel's new yet bloated government.

Israeli settler found guilty of murder of Palestinian family

The settler faces a potential life sentence for killing a couple and their baby in a 2015 arson attack. Palestinians complain the court was sluggish in reaching a verdict, unlike the speed with which they process cases involving Palestinian suspects.

A Nakba that keeps repeating itself

The catastrophe that Palestinians first faced 72 years ago seems to only worsen with time.

Nakba Day in pictures: 72nd anniversary of Israel's takeover

Palestinians commemorate the day in which tens of thousands of people were forced from their homes during the war that led to the creation of the State of Israel in 1948.

EU ‘sanctions’ considered over Israel’s West Bank annexation plans

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stated his intention to annex the illegally occupied territory, in a move that would kill the two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.