Israel West Bank

WATCH: Israeli Troops Reportedly Stand By As Settlers Open Fire On Palestinians

AP | Posted 05.21.2012

JERUSALEM -- An Israeli human rights group has released a video that suggests Israeli soldiers stood by while Jewish settlers opened fire on Palestini...

UN Report: Settlers Seized Dozens Of Palestinian Water Springs

Reuters | Posted 05.19.2012

By Jihan Abdalla NABI SALEH, West Bank, March 19 (Reuters) - Jewish settlers have seized dozens of natural springs in the occupied Wes...

Report: Young Children Detained In Israel

AP | By DIAA HADID | Posted 05.17.2012

BEIT UMAR, West Bank -- When Mahmoud al-Alami was 9 years old, an Israeli soldier caught him throwing rocks, took him out of his uncle's arms, slung h...

Settlements Not an Obstacle to Peace? Get Serious.

Lara Friedman | Posted 03.12.2012

Lara Friedman

The facts matter when debating settlements, and advocates of settlement activity shouldn't be allowed to cherry-pick the facts to suit their agenda.

Vandals Torch Another Palestinian Mosque

AP | Posted 02.13.2012

RAMALLAH, West Bank — Vandals set fire to a mosque in the West Bank on Thursday and defaced it with Hebrew graffiti a day after a similar arson ...

Official: Israeli Defense Ministry Approved 40 New Houses In West Bank

AP | MATTI FRIEDMAN | Posted 02.11.2012

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Palestinian Activists Locked In Standoff With Israeli Soldiers

AP | By DIAA HADID | Posted 01.15.2012

HIZMA CHECKPOINT, West Bank -- Six Palestinian activists, clutching national flags and surrounded by dozens of reporters, were dragged off an Israeli ...

Israeli Minister: Cut Ties With Palestinians

AP | IAN DEITCH | Posted 10.07.2011

JERUSALEM — Israel's foreign minister on Sunday accused the Palestinian Authority of planning "unprecedented bloodshed" next month after an expe...

Palestinians Announce Campaign Of Mass Marches On Eve Of UN Vote

AP | IAN DEITCH | Posted 10.01.2011

JERUSALEM — In a dramatic policy shift, Israel's prime minister has agreed to negotiate the borders of a Palestinian state based on the cease-fi...

WATCH: Israeli Minister's West Bank Remarks In Video Spark Outrage

Posted 09.24.2011

Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon has sparked outrage after releasing a controversial video in which he refers to the West Bank as "not occ...

Israel Considers Annexing West Bank Settlements

AP | AMY TEIBEL | Posted 05.29.2011

JERUSALEM — Israel is considering annexing major West Bank settlement blocs if the Palestinians unilaterally seek world recognition of a state, ...

Israeli Referendum Bill Could Hinder Peace

AP | JOSEF FEDERMAN and DAN PERRY | Posted 05.25.2011

JERUSALEM — Israel's parliament passed a bill Monday that could complicate peace efforts with the Palestinians and Syria by making it very diffi...

Israeli High Speed Train To Run Through West Bank

AP | KARIN LAUB | Posted 05.25.2011

BEIT IKSA, West Bank — A high-speed train between two major cities seems like a must for a developed nation. But Israel's long-awaited, $2 billi...

Walls in the Desert: Are They Worthy of Our Faith?

Ben Daniel | Posted 05.25.2011

Ben Daniel

Are walls worthy of the faith we put in them? Will they bring us peace? Do they make a positive contribution to common good? Do they in fact make us better neighbors?

Israel Settlements Cover 42 Percent Of West Bank

AP | MATTI FRIEDMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

JERUSALEM — The Israeli military indicted a soldier Tuesday on a charge of manslaughter during last year's war in the Gaza Strip – the mos...

Abbas Warns Cave Of Patriarchs Might Cause 'Religious War'

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

JERUSALEM — The Palestinian president warned Tuesday that the region could plunge into a "religious war" over Israel's plans to recognize a disp...

The Ongoing Repression of Palestinian Protesters

Jonathan Pollak | Posted 05.25.2011

Jonathan Pollak

On a pitch black early December night, seven armored Israeli military jeeps pulled into the driveway of a home in the West Bank. soldiers, armed and possibly very scared, arrived to make an arrest.

Israel Pushes Ahead East Jerusalem Building Plans

AP | JOSEF FEDERMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has given the green light for hundreds of new homes in a Palestinian-claimed area of Jerus...

Obama Called "Racist" By Israeli Rabbi

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

A settler rabbi in Jerusalem has labelled Obama a 'racist' at a rally to protest the United States' call for a total freeze on Israeli settlement cons...