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  • Saturday, 14 May, 2022
    Israeli-Palestinian conflict
    Grief and questions over killing of Shireen Abu Akleh in West Bank

    Arab journalist’s shooting highlights challenges Palestinians face in holding the Israeli army to account for civilian deaths

  • Wednesday, 11 May, 2022
    Israeli-Palestinian conflict
    Veteran Al Jazeera journalist shot dead in West Bank

    Shireen Abu Akleh was reporting on Israeli military raid in refugee camp when she was struck

  • Wednesday, 29 December, 2021
    Israeli-Palestinian conflict
    Israeli defence chief meets Palestinian leader in attempt to counter Hamas

    Israel’s Benny Gantz announces measures aimed at boosting Fatah chief Mahmoud Abbas

  • Friday, 24 December, 2021
    Little to cheer in Bethlehem as Omicron hits Christmas tourism

    Business owners had hoped visitors would return this year but the new variant scuppered their plans

  • Tuesday, 9 November, 2021
    Israel
    EU-funded West Bank activists hacked by Pegasus spyware, says rights group

    Software found on Palestinian campaigners’ phones shortly before Israel designated NGOs as terrorists

  • Monday, 12 July, 2021
    News in-depthIsraeli-Palestinian conflict
    ‘We live in a new era’: the next generation of Palestinian activists

    Emerging movement echoes the same values that fuel global campaigns such as Black Lives Matter

  • Friday, 28 May, 2021
    Israeli-Palestinian conflict
    Israeli police step up crackdown on Palestinian protesters

    Hundreds arrested in wake of communal tensions and protests

  • Tuesday, 25 May, 2021
    Israeli-Palestinian conflict
    Young Palestinians take to social media to document Israel struggle

    Resistance to occupation emerges within context of global justice movement that includes Black Lives Matter

  • Friday, 21 May, 2021
    Israeli-Palestinian conflict
    Gazans celebrate Israel-Hamas ceasefire that ends 11-day conflict

    Skirmishes between Palestinians and Israeli police at al-Aqsa mosque highlight tensions

  • Thursday, 20 May, 2021
    Norway's Oil Fund
    Norwegian oil fund excludes two Israeli companies for West Bank activities

    $1.3tn group cites risk linked to settlements that cause ‘significant harm’ to Palestinians

  • Wednesday, 19 May, 2021
    Israeli-Palestinian conflict
    Biden urges Netanyahu to end assault on Gaza

    Israeli military says it has targeted tunnel infrastructure used by Hamas

  • Wednesday, 7 April, 2021
    US foreign policy
    Biden administration seeks to restore aid to Palestinians

    Move to lift Trump-era suspension comes as US president looks to rebalance ties with Israel

  • Thursday, 19 November, 2020
    Israeli-Palestinian conflict
    Pompeo makes unprecedented visit to Israeli settlement winery in West Bank

    US secretary of state becomes first top diplomat to visit site the international community condemns as illegal

  • Thursday, 17 September, 2020
    Israeli-Palestinian conflict
    Covid-weary Palestinians sneak to Tel Aviv’s beaches

    Thousands from West Bank make illegal crossing to the seaside as Israel braces for second lockdown

  • Friday, 17 July, 2020
    Israeli-Palestinian conflict
    Netanyahu’s plan for West Bank annexation hit by delays

    Israel’s right wing fears window is closing for prime minister to secure backing for his agenda

  • Thursday, 22 August, 2019
    News in-depthIsraeli-Palestinian conflict
    Netanyahu puts West Bank at heart of election strategy

    Israel prime minister seizes on incendiary issue to rally the right

  • Friday, 19 April, 2019
    Israel
    Christian pilgrims fuel Holy Land tourism boom

    Surge in evangelical visitors stokes Palestinian tension over West Bank

  • Sunday, 7 April, 2019
    Israeli-Palestinian conflict
    Netanyahu pledges to take over large areas of West Bank

    Israeli prime minister seeks support from rightwing voters ahead of election

  • Friday, 22 March, 2019
    Middle Eastern politics & society
    Trump sets Palestinians on edge with Golan Heights declaration

    US support for Israeli sovereignty sets precedent with implications beyond Middle East

  • Thursday, 24 January, 2019
    Israeli-Palestinian conflict
    Route 60: the deadly road that is the West Bank’s lifeline

    Calls to bar Palestinians from highway raises fears for region’s economy

  • Thursday, 13 December, 2018
    West Bank shooting leaves two dead

    Attack is latest incident in a week that has sent shockwaves across the region

  • Tuesday, 20 November, 2018
    Israel
    Airbnb pulls home listings in Israeli West Bank settlements

    Israeli tourism minister assails move as ‘capitulation’ to boycott campaign

  • Thursday, 18 October, 2018
    News in-depthThe Big Read
    Disillusioned Palestinians wary of new uprising in West Bank

    Blighted by corruption and ignored by regional allies and the US under Trump, some warn of ‘total chaos’ to come

  • Thursday, 20 September, 2018
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    A quarter of a century after Oslo, Trump torches two-state vision

    Punitive US measures against the Palestinians will boomerang

  • Wednesday, 5 September, 2018
    World
    Israel wins legal battle to demolish West Bank village

    Court ruling clears way for Palestinian Bedouin homes to be levelled

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