West Bank & Jerusalem

4+ hour, 18+ min ago   (170+ words) Israeli rights group B'Tselem said Monday that Israeli actions in the occupied West Bank form part of a greater project designed to make it impossible for Palestinians to exist together as a people. In a report titled "The Elimination Project…...

49+ min ago   (899+ words) Lebanon has the highest proportion of Christians anywhere in the Arab World and arguably the region’s least restrictive laws on religious freedom. Lebanese Christians also have important positions in society. This includes the presidency, which is reserved for a Christian…...

1+ hour, 5+ min ago   (725+ words) An Israeli human rights group has released a hefty report laying out its argument that Israelis in both official and unofficial capacities are working together to systematically eliminate Palestinians from the West Bank in favor of illegal Israeli settlements. In…...

12+ hour, 34+ min ago   (841+ words) The systematic violence unfolding across the occupied West Bank is not a series of random, isolated incidents. Israeli leaders seek to portray it as such — the actions of "extremis... Israeli violence West Bank: Full-fledged ethnic cleansing campaign The world’s failure…...

1+ hour, 36+ min ago   (96+ words) One of the country's leading human rights organizations says Israel is dismantling all aspects of Palestinian life at a breakneck rate. The group has extensively documented what it says are the mechanisms Israel has used to "ethnically cleanse" the West…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (166+ words) Israeli colonists this evening attacked Palestinian vehicles traveling along the road connecting the villages of al-Mughayyir and Abu Falah, northeast of Ramallah. Local sources said the colonists... - Occupation forces raid dozens of homes during raid near Nablus - Rashida Tlaib calls…...

2+ hour, 31+ min ago   (34+ words) Israeli officials warn Houthi control of the Bab al-Mandab Strait could trigger maritime anarchy unless an international coalition acts against the threat. 'Anarchy on its way': Calls in Israel for international coalition against Houthis...

4+ hour, 17+ min ago   (1233+ words) Europe increasingly recognises Palestinian statehood as a political objective while watching the territory required for it being steadily eroded. European governments oppose settlement expansion, settler attacks, land confiscation and the E1 project; a growing number have recognised the State of Palestine,…...

4+ hour, 11+ min ago   (171+ words) Portugal's foreign minister warned Monday that Israel's expanding illegal settlements and mounting economic pressure in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem were eroding prospects for the establishment of a viable Palestinian state. Foreign Minister Paulo ​Rangel said ⁠Israel's E1 settlement…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (162+ words) It is noteworthy that last week, colonists began constructing another settlement road in "Wadi Ni'lin" to the north—spanning a length of up to 5 kilometers—aimed at reaching the Jabal al-Alam area. - Occupation forces raid dozens of homes during raid…...