JILJILIYA: A mosque in a village in the occupied West Bank was damaged in an apparent arson attack on Wednesday, with Palestinian officials accusing Israeli settlers of carrying out the incident. According to Osama Abdullah, head of the village council in Jiljiliya, north of Ramallah, settlers allegedly set fire to part of the village’s main […]
A military order signed in May 2026 authorizes Israel's first permanent base near Jenin inside Area A, the part of the West Bank under control of the Palestinian Authority. Israel has already begun displacing families who live there.
Stephen Prager da https://www.commondreams.org/news/smotrich-icc-warrant 19 maggio 2026 traduzione italiana: La Zona Grigia (su fb) Il Ministro delle Finanze di estrema destra ha annunciato che, in risposta alla richiesta di mandato d’arresto per l’espulsione forzata di palestinesi, avrebbe ordinato l’evacuazione di un altro villaggio in Cisgiordania. Il Ministro delle finanze israeliano di…
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France on the 9th of June decided to ban Israeli far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich from entering the country, citing the minister’s support for West Bank annexation, which would undermine the two-state solution, Politico reports. French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot confirmed the ban in a post on the X, saying Smotrich was actively promoting West […]
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Six nations, including the UK, France, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and Norway, have imposed coordinated sanctions targeting networks accused of financing and enabling settler violence in the occupied West Bank. The measures include asset freezes and travel bans, responding to concerns over settlement expansion and violence against Palestinians.
Authorities are coercing gay people into sharing information with Israel’s intelligence apparatus, according to one young man's lawyer.
Israel’s military said a car was speeding toward soldiers when one of them opened fire. The baby’s grandmother, who said she was in the car, disputed that account.
The European Union has leveled a new round of sanctions against Israeli settler groups and their leadership, but the targeted individuals and organizations are treating the measures as a badge of honor rather than a deterrent. As reported by Al Jazeera, the latest EU measures, adopted on May 28, target four entities and three individuals embedded in the settler movement. Among those sanctioned…
Israel’s Haredim have escalated their protests against military service in recent weeks, underscoring growing divisions ahead of national elections.
A new Israeli digital registry imposes de facto sovereignty over 60% of the West Bank. Palestinians must register under Israeli authority or risk losing their land, but Israeli legal loopholes are designed to invalidate their claims either way.
As Israel indefinitely withholds Palestinian customs revenues, public hospitals have cut hours and slashed healthcare workers' salaries. Patients are left to navigate a system running on interns and half-capacity labs.
Irish Foreign Minister Helen McEntee has announced plans to introduce legislation that will restrict trade with the Israeli-occupied West Bank from mid-July, despite opposition from some US politicians and business groups, Reuters reports. The Irish government has been one of the most vocal critics of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, and first raised the prospect […]
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Canada joined eight allied countries in condemning Israeli settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank amid rising violence and tensions in the territory.
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AL-EIZARIYA, West Bank (AP) — Israel says the demolitions are needed to make way for a road serving Palestinian communities. But Palestinian officials say the road is part of a broader plan to keep Palestinian vehicles off a new highway being built to serve nearby Israeli settlements.
European Union foreign ministers formally approved sanctions against Israeli settlers who carry out attacks on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on the 11th of May, writes Politico. European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs Kaja Kallas wrote on the X after a meeting of the bloc’s foreign ministers that the green light has been […]
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After failing to dismantle Hamas, destroy Hezbollah, topple the Iranian government, or redraw the Middle East, Netanyahu and his allies have only one thing left to show for their time in power: the de facto annexation of the West Bank.
As Israeli settler attacks on water sources multiply across the West Bank, Palestinian communities that have farmed the land for generations are being forced out. "If this continues, we will barely be allowed to drink," a resident tells Mondoweiss.
Morning radio shows in Palestine have a talent for making it sound like a free country, all while reporting on which checkpoints are closed and how many people were killed in Gaza today.
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Meet the grassroots network of Palestinian volunteers who spend their nights defending their West Bank villages from escalating Israeli settler violence.
(RNS) — Without serious accountability, follow-up and a credible investigation into alleged incitement in some religious schools, the attacks against Christians and other people of faith will not stop.
On Wednesday, April 29 at 12:00pm ET, please join us for an international webinar featuring the voices of women from Gaza, Iran, Lebanon, and the West Bank, who will speak about the widening war in the SWANA/Middle East region launched…
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The Israeli historian Omer Bartov argues in his new book that a “state ideology” of Zionism has led to what he calls genocide in Gaza.
After Israel revoked the work permits of over 200,000 Palestinian laborers following October 7, West Bank families are burning through savings, skipping meals, and losing hope for any kind of future.
New settlements planned on privately owned Palestinian land in the West Bank.
Senate Democrats on Wednesday refused to rally behind a joint resolution sponsored by Senator Bernie Sanders to block nearly $660 billion in weapons sales to Israel.
Seven Democrats joined every Republican in the Senate to vote against the resolution, which failed by a vote of 59-40. Despite protests at their offices on Monday urging them to support the resolution, Senate Minority Leader Chuck…
(RNS) — At least a dozen US Jews motivated by Jewish values to engage in pro-Palestine activism have been deported from Israel over the past year. Dozens of others have had their digital entry passes revoked.
Israel has passed a law permitting the execution of Palestinian prisoners, codifying practices previously carried out extrajudicially. With conviction rates in military courts exceeding 95%, critics say the measure is a guarantee of death, not justice