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Israeli parliament votes down Beitar Illit annexation bill

The Israeli parliament voted against a bill to annex Beitar Illit, a large settlement in the West Bank. The vote took place on Wednesday, while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was visiting the US.

Euronews

Palestinians watch as Israeli bulldozers claw down their West Bank homes

Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank watched as Israeli military bulldozers pulled down their homes as part of Israel’s nearly year-long incursion into northern refugee camps

The Independent UK

Trump, top aides asked Netanyahu to change policy in occupied West Bank

Trump asked Netanyahu to avoid provocative steps and "calm things down,"

Axios

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‘A gift that cannot be sold’: the Palestinian family fighting to save their West Bank farm

For more than three decades, the Nassars have battled Israeli efforts to reclassify their property as ‘state land’

The Guardian - UK

Palestinian man kills 2 in car-ramming and stabbing attack in northern Israel, police say

Police say that two people have been killed and at least two more injured in northern Israel in a car-ramming and stabbing attack by a Palestinian man

The Independent UK

Mohammad Bakri death: Renowned Palestinian actor and filmmaker dies aged 72

Filmmaker’s 2003 documentary about an Israeli military operation in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin during the second Palestinian intifada was banned by Israel

The Independent UK

Archbishop of York ‘intimidated by Israeli militias’ during visit to West Bank

He recounted being stopped at checkpoints and told by these groups that he was unable to visit families in the occupied West Bank

The Independent UK

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3 Palestinians arrested on suspicion of torching a Christmas tree at a Catholic church in West Bank

Three Palestinians have been arrested on suspicion of setting fire to a Christmas tree and damaging a Nativity scene at a Catholic Church in the West Bank city of Jenin

The Independent UK

UK, Canada and Germany condemn Israel for 19 new West Bank settlements

Fourteen countries, also including France, Italy, Ireland and Spain, say actions ‘violate international law and risk fuelling instability’

The Guardian - UK

Ireland joins international condemnation of new West Bank settlements

Helen McEntee and 13 counterparts co-signed a statement condemning new Israeli settlements in the West Bank.

Evening Standard

Israel's defence minister walks back pledge to establish Gaza settlements

Israel's Defence Minister Israel Katz suggested establishing settlements in Gaza but later retracted his statement, clarifying it was made in a security context.

Euronews

Israeli settlers spray Palestinian children with teargas in latest West Bank attack

A Palestinian government official says Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian home in the south of the Israeli-occupied West Bank overnight

The Independent UK

The West Bank brewery battling Israeli blocks to export rare Palestinian beer to the UK

IN FOCUS: Taybeh Brewery, which exports to the UK and beyond, has seen sales plummet by 70 per cent since 7 October. Its staff tell The Independent about how Israeli export controls, settler attacks and a struggling local economy have made business difficult, Alex Croft writes

The Independent UK

Israel approves proposal for 19 new Jewish settlements in West Bank

The decision is a harsh blow to the Palestinian state and brings the total number of new settlements over the past few years to 69.

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The Independent UK

Israel condemned after approving 19 new settlements in West Bank in latest blow to Palestinian state hopes

The U.S.-brokered peace plan calls for a possible ‘pathway’ to a Palestinian state — something the settlements are aimed at preventing

The Independent UK

Israel blocks six Canadian members of Parliament from entering the occupied West Bank

The Israeli Embassy in Canada confirmed the group was denied entry

The Conversation

West Bank violence is soaring, fueled by a capitulation of Israeli institutions to settlers’ interests

Owais Hammam was walking near his home in Khirbet Bani Harith in the West Bank on Dec. 3, 2025, when, according to media reports, he was kidnapped by Jewish settlers. Over several hours at a nearby settlement, the 18-year-old Palestinian is alleged to have endured repeated beatings, humiliation and harassment.

The Guardian - UK

I used to report from the West Bank. Twenty years after my last visit, I was shocked by how much worse it is today

The long read: Among the many people I met, there was a pervasive feeling of hopelessness and a sense that resistance is slowly becoming a memory

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The Independent UK

Christmas celebrations return to Bethlehem after 2 years of war in Gaza

Christmas celebrations are returning to Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank after two years of war in Gaza

The Independent UK

Israeli troops kill a man in Gaza and 2 suspected Palestinian attackers in West Bank

Israeli forces have shot and killed a man near a refugee camp in Gaza and two suspected Palestinian assailants in the West Bank

The Independent UK

Settler outposts spread among West Bank villages and fuel fear of more attacks

Palestinians in the West Bank are living in fear of more attacks by armed Israeli settlers

The Guardian - UK

Israeli settlers attack and rob Italian and Canadian volunteers in West Bank

Group beaten in early hours of morning in village where they volunteered to help protect Palestinians from settler violence

The Independent UK

Prince William ‘moved by courage’ of Gazan children brought to UK for treatment

The prince previously met Palestinian children during a 2018 visit to a West Bank refugee camp

The Independent UK

Stark footage of Israeli soldiers shooting dead two Palestinians shows peace is further away than ever

ANALYSIS: After footage of the shooting emerged, the UK, France, Germany and Italy released a joint statement sounding the alarm about a deadly surge in settler violence against Palestinians. This latest killing appears to be no mistake, writes chief international correspondent Bel Trew

The Independent UK

Israeli forces caught on camera killing Palestinians who had appeared to surrender

Israeli troops were caught on camera killing two Palestinian men who appeared to be unarmed and were surrendering in the occupied West Bank on Thursday (27 November).

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