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Palestinians in West Bank village face new crisis as settlers cut off water
Palestinians in the village of Susiya in the Israeli-occupied West Bank thought life could not get worse as Jewish settlers were attacking them repeatedly and ripping apart their precious olive groves.
Israel Has Displaced Over 42,000 Palestinians From West Bank Refugee Camps
A humanitarian crisis is unfolding in the occupied territory since Israel began a military campaign there in January.
Israeli settlers torch cars in Christian West Bank village, Palestinians say
It was the latest in a series of recent settler attacks on the village near Ramallah, where the Palestinian Authority is headquartered.
Palestinians say settlers again attacked village of Taybeh in West Bank
Several cars reportedly torched, graffiti daubed onto walls in Christian village; German ambassador pans perpetrators as 'criminals abhorrent to any faith'
Israeli Settler Arrested Over Killing of Palestinian Activist in West Bank
Awdah Hathaleen, whose work was featured in the Oscar-winning documentary “No Other Land,” was shot dead. The suspect had been subject to U.S. sanctions, but President Trump lifted them.
How one Israeli company controls – and cuts off – Palestinians’ access to water in the West Bank
Palestinians in the West Bank are facing an unprecedented crisis in accessing enough water. But drying water resources isn’t the problem — it's the fact that Israel extracts and controls all of the water from under their feet.
Palestinian activist previously detained at SFO killed in West Bank
A Palestinian humanitarian activist who was previously denied entry into the United States after arriving at San Francisco International Airport last month was killed
Israeli Forces Arrest 19 Palestinians, Demolish Homes in West Bank Raids
Israeli occupation forces arrested 19 Palestinians on Wednesday during a large-scale raid across multiple areas of the West Bank, accompanied by widespread home demolitions and rising settler violence supported by the Israeli military.
REPORT: Settlers Allegedly Vandalize, Attack Palestinian Christian Village
Israeli settlers allegedly attacked the Christian village of Taybeh in the West Bank Sunday and reportedly threw stones at houses, lit multiple cars on fire and left threatening graffiti messages on the walls.
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Policeman shoots, wounds masked Israeli teen throwing rocks at cars in West Bank

Officer fired warning shot at suspects stoning cars caught in traffic jam on Route 60; they then pelted him with rocks, ...

Palestinian activist who worked on Oscar-winning film killed in West Bank

A prominent Palestinian activist who had worked on an Oscar-winning documentary was killed on Monday during an attack by ...

The Violent Gaza-ification of the West Bank

"The number of incidents involving armed settlers assaulting Palestinian villages has increased dramatically." ...
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Government gifts more ATVs to illegal West Bank outposts to ‘deepen control’ of territory

The government this week distributed 29 all-terrain vehicles, as well as security and logistical equipment, to illegal ...

Attacks against Palestinians intensify in occupied West Bank, says UN rights office

There has been an increase in killings of and attacks against Palestinians by settlers and security forces in the occupied West Bank in recent weeks, the United Nations human rights office said on ...