The Latest Breaking News from West Bank

Plans to develop the illegal E1 settlement, which would jeopardise a future Palestinian state, widely condemned.

Far-right national security minister Itamar Ben Gvir posts video showing him confronting Marwan Barghouti, who has spent more than 20 years in Israeli custody

Israel’s far-right finance minister has announced a contentious new settlement construction in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, which Palestinians and rights groups worry will scuttle plans for a future Palestinian state by effectively cutting the West Bank into two separate parts

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As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new military plan for Gaza faces growing criticism abroad, opposition is also building in Israel, with hostage families calling for a nationwide shutdown on Sunday. But in the Israeli settlement of Itamar, in the occupied West Bank, support for the war remains firm.

The far-right minister says he will approve more than 3,000 new homes in the E1 area project.

Russia would have both economic and military control of the occupied parts of Ukraine under the proposal

The occupied West Bank town’s mayor says Thamin Khalil Reda Dawabsheh killed as Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians.

A Sebastia resident’s ordeal highlights Israel’s escalating campaign of humiliation, violence, and land appropriation.