Palestinian population in West Bank
UN says more than 36,000 Palestinians displaced by Israeli settlement drive
Israel's permanent mission in Geneva, where the UN office is based, said it was working on a response to the report.
West Bank settlers attack Palestinian cars with firebombs, detained by IDF
‘Time to end the Oslo illusion’: Minister Strock says Israel must scrap PA security apparatus
'Israel wants to destroy all of Palestine,' Mahmoud Abbas tells Arab media
Claims that extremist settlers set fire to ancient West Bank church may be inaccurate, probe finds
The report said it found evidence that local Jewish residents were fighting the fire; however, the investigation was inconclusive as to who the perpetrators of the fire were.
‘Area A’ prohibition is for Jews not just Israelis - comment
Mayor Kuznitz warns that traffic near Kalkilya puts Israelis at risk and urges enforcement of the entry ban.
Katz’s populist move threatens Israel’s stability in the West Bank - editorial
Katz halts settler detention orders, sparking backlash amid rising West Bank tensions.
Israeli settlers kill one Palestinian, wound three in West Bank, Palestinian health ministry says
The reported attack was said to have been carried out on Palestinian civilians in Bethlehem.
'No Palestinian state west of the Jordan River,' 63 Knesset members say
The 63 signatories are a majority of the 120-member Knesset and include prominent opposition members. Plans advanced for 5,300 new West Bank settler homes.
Palestinian poll shows Hamas widely supported in Gaza, West Bank - analysis
A recent poll shows that 61% of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza prefer Hamas to be in control of the Gaza Strip
Israeli settlements expand by record amount, UN rights chief says
The five-month-old Gaza war has put a renewed focus on a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as foreseen by the Oslo accords from the early 1990s.
Israel's cabinet agrees to continue ban on Palestinian workers
The decision to stall the entry of Palestinian workers was made for security reasons, especially following reports that Gazan workers supplied Hamas with key information for its attack.
The myth of escalating settler violence - opinion
An ugly, fringe phenomenon falsely puffed up to ‘balance’ the crimes of Hamas
In the West Bank, spiking violence and an idle economy spur fears of a broadening conflict
This year is already the bloodiest in the West Bank in nearly two decades, and fears are compounding of the situation escalating further.
