Articles tagged with "Occupied West Bank"

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Israel to expand ‘enormous tourism potential’ in occupied West Bank

The plan, worth $9 million, will expand the hotel industry in occupied West Bank and include funding for hotel planning and grants to encourage the construction, expansion and conversion of lodging facilities.

6 DAYS AGO

Israeli settlers torch two West Bank mosques: Palestinian officials

Israeli settlers set fire to mosques in two West Bank villages, damaging an ablution room and scrawling hostile graffiti. Residents and civil defence crews extinguished the blazes.The Palestinian ministry of religious affairs condemned 'dangerous aggressions'.

June 17, 2026

One in five Palestinians killed over 20 years were children: Oxfam

The international organization says escalating Israeli military operations, settler violence and access restrictions have deepened humanitarian concerns and disrupted communities throughout the occupied West Bank.

June 14, 2026

Israeli NGO publishes footage challenging army claims on killing of 7-month-old Palestinian baby

Sam Fahd Abu Haikal died and his parents sustained light injuries when Israeli forces opened fire on the family's car in the city of Hebron last week, in the occupied West bank.

June 9, 2026

Israel issues expropriation order for West Bank religious site

Israel has issued an expropriation order for land in the occupied West Bank near the site of a Biblical prophet's grave north of Jerusalem, an Israeli NGO reported Tuesday

May 26, 2026

A general view of the Palestinian Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar is pictured in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, against the backdrop of Israeli settlement of Mishor Adumim, on May 20, 2026. (AFP)

Italy, France, UK, Germany urge Israel to end settlement expansion

France, Britain, Germany and Italy urge Israel to halt West Bank settlement expansion, calling it illegal and harmful to peace prospects, while the Palestinian Authority welcomes the statement as a significant diplomatic step.

May 22, 2026

Peace activists gather ahead of Jerusalem Day rallies known for violence

Israeli peace groups hand flowers to Palestinians near Damascus Gate as shops closed and police deployed ahead of Jerusalem Day marches, often marked by racist chants and violence.

May 14, 2026

Pakistan urges global attention to ‘systematic annexation’ of occupied West Bank

Islamabad’s ambassador to the UN says, ‘the systematic annexation of the occupied West Bank, expansion of illegal settlements, demolitions, land seizures and forced displacement of Palestinians continue unabated, and this requires our attention.’

May 9, 2026

European nations decry 'increasing settler terror' in West Bank

Since the start of March, six Palestinians have been shot dead in settler attacks in the West Bank, according to a tally of data from the Ramallah-based health ministry.

March 21, 2026

The father (C) of Palestinian brothers Mohammed and Faheem Muammar, who were killed the previous day reportedly by Israeli settlers, is assisted during their funeral in the village of Qaryut south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank on March 3, 2026. (AFP

Palestinians say Israeli settler fire kills two in West Bank

Israeli troops or settlers have killed at least 1,042 Palestinians in the West Bank since the start of war on Gaza.

March 8, 2026