West Bank Israel

Settlers Protest In Jerusalem Against Building Ban

AP | ARON HELLER | Posted 12.10.2009 | World


JERUSALEM — About 10,000 West Bank settlers and their backers filled part of downtown Jerusalem Wednesday, listening to fiery speeches, dancing ...

West Bank Settlements Become Havens Of Israeli Surburbanites

csmonitor.com | Ilene R. Prusher | Posted 11.21.2009 | World


Meet the Ovadiahs, the Allons, and the Cohens. They're new arrivals in Israeli neighborhoods where freshly laid red-tile roofs and toddler toys dottin...

An Account of Life on the West Bank

Lamia Khatib | Posted 09.12.2009 | World


Lamia Khatib

On August 3, my husband Mohammed Khatib, and my little brother Abdullah, were taken from their beds in our West Bank village of Bil'in at 3 a.m. by the Israeli military.

Illegal West Bank Settlement Enjoys State Funding: BBC

BBC | Posted 04.26.2009 | World


An unauthorised Jewish settlement in the West Bank, illegal even under Israeli law, appears to benefiting from state funding, the BBC has uncovered....

West Bank Protest: American Critically Injured After Hit With Tear Gas Canister

Haaretz | Posted 04.13.2009 | World


Palestinian sources said that an American citizen, in his thirties, had sustained critical wounds during an anti-separation fence protest in the West...

Palestinian Youth Killed In Clash In Hebron

Yediot Ahronot | Efrat Weiss | Posted 03.16.2009 | World


A 14-year old Palestinian was killed Friday afternoon in Hebron in what was apparently a clash between stone-throwers and IDF soldiers....

Bush's Final Gift: Gaza

Eric Margolis | Posted 02.15.2009 | Politics


Eric Margolis

Just when we thought it was impossible for the calamitous George Bush and Svengali Dick Cheney to do any more damage to the world or to America's inte...

Who Will Save Israel from Itself?

Mark Levine | Posted 02.13.2009 | World


Mark Levine

Obama has been ridiculed for being a messiah-like figure. It's hard to imagine anyone less saving Israel, the Palestinians, and the world from another four years of mindless violence.

Fatah Supporters Unite With Hamas Against Israel

The Independent | Ben Lynfield in Ramallah | Posted 02.09.2009 | World


Even if Israel wins on the battlefield or in the diplomatic corridors it is already paying the price of its Gaza onslaught in intensified hatred in th...