Ramallah

Three Palestinians killed in West Bank attack by Israeli settlers, IDF launches probe

Two of the Palestinians killed by the Israeli civilians were reportedly shot, while a third died of suffocation due to inhalation of tear gas.

|ByTZVI JASPER, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Mourners carry the body of a Palestinian reportedly killed by an Israeli settler, near Hebron in the West Bank, March 8, 2026
An Israeli settler rides a donkey near an Israeli vehicle, during olive harvesting in Silwad, near Ramallah, in the West Bank, October 29, 2025.

Israeli settler kills Palestinian-American teen in West Bank, local health ministry says

A US embassy official condemned the violence, telling Reuters on Thursday: "The US Department of State has no higher priority than the safety and security of US citizens overseas."

|ByREUTERS
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the general Conference of Fatah Youth in Ramallah, with a backdrop including a portrait of Abbas and Yasser Arafat, November 27, 2025; illustrative.

PA drafts constitution, omits Jewish ties to Jerusalem, calls for Sharia legal system

The draft constitution also called for the "right of return" for refugees, caring for families of "martyrs, prisoners, and exiles," and reaffirming the PLO's position as representing Palestinians.

|ByJAMES GENN
IDF soldiers operate during a raid in Ramallah, in the West Bank, August 26, 2025

IDF fires, criminally probes two soldiers for allegedly beating Palestinian near Ramallah

According to the military, "After the incident, a military police investigation was opened, Upon its completion, its findings will be forwarded to the Military Advocate General for review."

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB

Israel delays plan to allow Wֿest Bank Palestinians to fly out of Ramon Airport

Israel, for security reasons, does not allow most West Bank Palestinians to travel out of Ben Gurion Airport. 

AUGUST 21, 2022ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
A plane is reflected in the facade of the Ramon International Airport after an inauguration ceremony for the new airport, just outside the southern Red Sea resort city of Eilat, Israel January 21, 2019.

Nine European nations condemn IDF’s closure of Palestinian NGO offices

These European nations have been at odds with Israel over its designation in October of six NGOs as terror organizations, explaining that Israel has not shown them compelling evidence.

AUGUST 20, 2022ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
IDF arresting suspects in the West Bank.

Israeli security forces arrest eight terror suspects overnight

Israeli forces continued arrest raids of terror suspects as tensions remain high after the brokered ceasefire with Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

AUGUST 11, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
IDF operating in the West Bank to arrest terror suspects, August 11, 2022.

Palestinian bookstores, publishers are under threat of extinction

"A nation that doesn't read doesn't exist:" Online sales, e-books and Israeli restrictions on imports all threaten book culture in Palestinian cities.

AUGUST 3, 2022ByMOHAMMAD AL-KASSIM/THE MEDIA LINE
Dar Al-Shourouk Publishing House, Ramallah, West Bank, July 27, 2022

Hamas urges PA police officers to carry out terrorist attacks

Hamas praises terrorist, urges PA security forces to “clash with occupation forces and settlers to defend our people and our land.”

JULY 30, 2022ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH
Palestinian police officers stand guard during a protest over the death of Nizar Banat, a critic of the Palestinian Authority, in Ramallah in the West Bank, June 26, 2021

Polish delegation to Palestinian territories pays tribute to Arafat

Multiple members of the delegation referred to Israel as an apartheid state.

JULY 29, 2022ByALDEN TABAC
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Polish President Andrzej Duda review the honour guard in the West Bank town of Bethlehem January 18, 2017.

Nine EU states reject Israeli ban on 6 Palestinian NGOs for terror ties

"In the absence of such evidence, we will continue our cooperation and strong support for the civil society in the [occupied Palestinian territories]."

JULY 12, 2022ByLAHAV HARKOV
EUROPEAN UNION flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels.

Palestinians to protest Biden visit amid unfulfilled promises

The planned protest in Ramallah’s Al-Manara Square will decry the “rejection of Biden’s humiliating policies towards the Palestinian issue."

JULY 11, 2022ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH
US President Joe Biden speaks after signing an executive order to help safeguard women's access to abortion and contraception after the Supreme Court last month overturned Roe v Wade decision that legalized abortion, at the White House in Washington, US, July 8, 2022.

Eid al-Adha festival in Ramallah attacked for ‘displaying LGBT banners'

Some eyewitnesses said that the assailants identified themselves as members of Fatah, the ruling faction headed by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.

JULY 9, 2022ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH
Palestinians celebrate on the first day of Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and Jews as Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City, July 9, 2022.

Abbas' real motives in the Abu Akleh investigation - opinion

Abbas' outcry about Abu Akleh has less to do with a broken heart on her behalf than it does with the desire to exploit her death for his political purposes.

JULY 7, 2022ByRUTHIE BLUM
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas waves to people as he bids farewell to Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was killed during a live fire exchange in Jenin, in Ramallah in the West Bank May 12, 2022.