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Israel declared 800 hectares of land in the West Bank as property of the state on Friday, a move that will facilitate use of the ground for settlement construction. The area covers large swaths of the Jordan Valley, a vital region for a future Palestinian state, and is the largest…

NPR visits one West Bank town where Israelis are grazing sheep, in a place where a Palestinian school once stood.

At least three patients at al-Shifa Hospital have died amid a five-day blockade on the facility by Israel.

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s announcement comes despite international pressure against settlement building.

Schumer called Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu one of several ‘major obstacles’ to peace in Gaza, in harshest criticism yet.

UN rights chief says Israeli settler violence risks eliminating any possibility of establishing a Palestinian state.

The 3,500 illegal housing units in the occupied West Bank add to nearly 20,000 approved in the past year.

The war cabinet member’s trip to the US has many wondering.

Lib Dem leader fears war will spread to West Bank if those pushing for more settlements are not penalised

The US and its allies have historically done little to pressure Israel to halt or roll back settlement expansion.

Israel's plan to build 3,300 new homes in West Bank settlements after a fatal shooting incident raises tensions with the US.