Occupation

PA's UK Embassy praises Foreign Sec. Miliband's ban on trade with West Bank settlements

PA Ambassador to the UK Husam Zomlot praised Britain's settlement trade ban as a "turning point" and called for further sanctions, including an arms embargo on Israel.

Husam Zomlot, head of the Palestinian Authority's mission to the United Kingdom, gestures during a ceremony after Britain announced on Sunday its recognition of a Palestinian state at the mission's headquarters in London, Britain, September 22, 2025; illustrative.
View of Karmei Tzur settlement north of Hebron, in the West Bank, November 24, 2025.

De facto annexation in the West Bank: Israel cannot have it both ways - opinion

Palestinian Security Forces, who have been trained under US General Keith Dayton in Jordan, train in the West Bank city of Nablus on August 13, 2009.

Could the Palestinian Authority be planning a Jewish genocide in the West Bank? - opinion

The IDF conducts large-scale anti-illegal immigration operations in the West Bank on July 26, 2026.

There is no military solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict - opinion


Apartheid or no Jewish majority: Israel's settlement dilemma - opinion

Israel's former ambassador to South Africa writes: The choice between apartheid and the end of the Jewish majority is fast approaching.

 A construction site for new housing in the Jewish settlement of Shiloh, in the West Bank, on June 21, 2023.

Nobel Prize laureate: Israel must reoccupy Gaza Strip

At the Table: Prof. Yisrael (Robert) Aumann, who won the Nobel Prize for work on conflict, cooperation through game-theory, said Israel should establish military presence in Gaza.

 Prof. Yisrael Aumann in his Baka home in Jerusalem.

Turkey tells World Court occupation is root cause of Israeli-Palestinian conflict

"The unfolding situation after October 7 proves once again that, without addressing the root cause of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, there can be no peace in the region," he said.

 International Court of Justice (ICJ) holds a hearing to allow parties to give their views on the legal consequences of Israel's 'occupation' of the Palestinian territories before eventually issuing a non-binding legal opinion in The Hague, Netherlands, February 19, 2024.

Ukrainian wounds from Russian occupation and attacks slow to heal after 2 years

Sunday was the first time in a while that a night hadn’t been interrupted by air raid sirens, locals said. but sirens rang out across Ukraine on Tuesday night.

 A ruined building in Trostyanets, which was seized by the Kremlin for over a month before being liberated in March 2022.

Israel must start talking about Gaza's postwar future - opinion

The underlying principle guiding Gaza’s reintegration lies in its disassociation from terrorism and the establishment of durable national infrastructure.

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu leads a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on Sunday.

Israel-Hamas war: Did Oct. 7 change Israeli left-wing views on peace?

36% of Israelis have gone farther Right, as opposed to only 6% who reported going farther Left, following Hamas's October 7 massacre.

 UPDATED PRIORITIES: The papered-over bulletin board outside the Knesset reflects the shift in focus.

The real 'conceptzia' is endless occupation - opinion

The most profound and fundamental cause of the failures we are reckoning with today is the “concept” of maintaining the occupation as if we can contain its harmful implications.

Israeli soldiers block the entrance to the village of Beita, in the West Bank on September 13, 2023,

Israel does not intend to 'reoccupy' Gaza or control it for long, official says

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told ABC News earlier this week that Israel would seek to have security responsibility for Gaza "for an indefinite period."

 An Israeli APC and a military vehicle drive along a road, near the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip, in southern Israel, November 8, 2023

Gaza should be occupied by the US, UK, France, Germany - opinion

The US, UK, France, and Germany should be the bodies that shall bear the responsibility of governing the Gaza Strip and stabilizing it so there can be elections after a decade.

 A satellite image shows northern Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, October 28, 2023

Israeli teens to refuse IDF service due to 'occupation,' judicial reform

The group expects to send a formal letter to the IDF and has already posted publicly about the move on its X (formerly Twitter) account.

Young Israelis line up as they arrive to an Israeli army recruitment center at Tel Hashomer, outside of Tel Aviv on July 26, 2018