ISTANBUL – The European Union and major European nations including France, Germany, the UK, Spain, Belgium, and the Netherlands condemned Israel’s recent decisions to strengthen its control over the occupied West Bank. Read More: 9 EU nations demand end to trade with Israeli settlements in west bank The Israeli security cabinet approved measures on Sunday that include repealing a law […]
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Netanyahu urges Trump for tougher stance on Iran nuclear talks
WASHINGTON: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet US President Donald Trump on Wednesday to push for a firmer approach in nuclear negotiations with Iran, officials said. The visit, Netanyahu’s sixth to the United States since Trump assumed office, comes as talks between Washington and Tehran resumed last week in Oman. Read More: Netanyahu urges Trump to delay […]
Israeli forces wound five at Birzeit University in West Bank confrontation
BIRZEIT: Israeli forces shot and wounded five people on Tuesday at Birzeit University in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent, while the Israeli military said its forces responded to a violent confrontation. Military vehicles entered the university campus late in the morning. Witnesses and the university’s president, Talal Shahwan, confirmed the […]
Two killed in stabbing and ramming attack in northern Israel
A Palestinian man killed two people in a combined stabbing and car-ramming attack in northern Israel on Friday, Israeli authorities said, prompting the military to launch an operation in the assailant’s home village in the occupied West Bank. Read More: Israel vows to stay in Gaza, plans northern outposts Israeli police said the attack began in the city […]
Israeli settler attack injures Palestinian infant in West Bank
Israeli security forces have arrested five Israeli settlers accused of involvement in an attack on a Palestinian home in the occupied West Bank that injured an eight-month-old baby girl. The incident occurred on Wednesday in the town of Sair, north of Hebron, and has drawn renewed attention to rising settler violence in the territory. Read […]
Israeli raids threaten Palestinian civil society, says UN
The United Nations has condemned Israeli raids on the Union of Agricultural Work Committees in the West Bank. The OHCHR warned that pressure on Palestinian civil society has reached alarming levels. Israeli forces reportedly detained staff, damaged offices, and used excessive force during the operations. The raids occurred on December 1 in Ramallah and Hebron, […]
Israel launches new counterterrorism operation in occupied West Bank
The Israeli military on Wednesday announced the launch of a new “counterterrorism” operation targeting areas in the north of the occupied West Bank. In a joint statement, the army and the internal security service said they had begun operations in “northern Samaria”, using the Israeli biblical term for the region. Read More: HRW says West bank expulsions […]
Israeli forces kill Palestinians in raids
JERUSALEM: Israeli occupation forces killed at least eight Palestinians on Friday in a series of violent incidents across the occupied territories, including the deaths of two teenagers in the West Bank. The Palestinian health ministry confirmed that 18-year-old Amr Khaled Ahmed Al-Marbou and 16-year-old Sami Ibrahim Sami Mashayekh were fatally shot in Kufr Aqab near […]
HRW calls Israel’s West Bank expulsions war crimes
GENEVA: Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused Israel of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity by forcibly displacing tens of thousands of Palestinians from three West Bank refugee camps in early 2025. The rights group said around 32,000 residents of Jenin, Tulkarm, and Nur Shams were expelled during “Operation Iron Wall” in January and […]
Israeli army vows to curb settler violence in West Bank
JERUSALEM: Israel’s military chief on Wednesday pledged to halt settler violence in the occupied West Bank following a recent surge in attacks targeting Palestinians. The announcement came after clashes near Tulkarem left several Palestinians injured and property damaged, prompting Israeli forces to arrest multiple settlers. Lt Gen Eyal Zamir condemned the incidents, saying, “We are […]