Settlements

Palestinian arrested over West Bank shooting as violence continues

Muntasir Shalabi was arrested Wednesday night in connection with the deadly of shooting of Israeli teenager at a bus stop in the Palestinian territory. Israeli forces also shot and killed a Palestinian teen Wednesday night, according to Palestinian officials.

Al-Monitor Staff | Palestine | May 6, 2021

Israeli youths cry during the funeral of Yehuda Gueta, a 19-year-old Yeshiva student, in Jerusalem on May 6, 2021, after he succumbed to his wounds following a Palestinian drive-by shooting attack on May 2, 2021, in the occupied West Bank.

Palestinian arrested over West Bank shooting as violence continues

Muntasir Shalabi was arrested Wednesday night in connection with the deadly of shooting of Israeli teenager at a bus stop in the Palestinian territory. Israeli forces also shot and killed a Palestinian teen Wednesday night, according to Palestinian officials.

Al-Monitor Staff | Palestine | May 6, 2021

Israeli settlers burn Palestinian farmland in West Bank

Tensions in the Palestinian territory as well as Jerusalem have led to considerable violence between Jews and Arabs in recent weeks.

Al-Monitor Staff | Palestine | May 5, 2021

Palestinians protest amid ongoing confrontations as Palestinian families face eviction in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of East Jerusalem, on May 4, 2021. Israeli Jews backed by courts have taken over houses in Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem on the grounds that Jewish families lived there before fleeing in Israel's 1948 war for independence. The claimants seek to evict a total of 58 more Palestinians, according to the watchdog group Peace Now, and Israel's Supreme Court is set to announce a decision for

Palestinian fears rise as settlers visit synagogue ruins in Jericho

Israeli settlers' increased visits to the ruins of two synagogues in the Jericho area in the West Bank worry Palestinians.

Taghreed Ali | Palestine | May 3, 2021

mosaic floor of ancient synagogue in Jericho

Palestinians in Hebron’s Old City build fence to prevent settlers’ attacks

In the southern West Bank Old City of Hebron, Palestinians built an iron fence in a number of alleys and squares to protect themselves from the stones and trash constantly thrown by settlers to drive them to leave for other Palestinian towns.

Taghreed Ali | Palestine | Mar 23, 2021

An Israeli policeman stands outside the former house of the Palestinian Siyam family as a member looks from a gate, during their eviction in the Palestinian neighbourhood of Silwan in east Jerusalem near the Old City on July 10, 2019.

Settler movement takes over Jewish National Fund

The decision by the Jewish National Fund to start purchasing land in the West Bank marks another victory for the right-wing and the settlement movement.

Mazal Mualem | Israel | Feb 23, 2021

Clashes in West Bank during anti-Israeli settlement protests

The Palestinian Authority reported several incidents throughout the territory. It follows other violent clashes in recent weeks between the Israeli military and Palestinians.

Al-Monitor Staff | Palestine | Feb 12, 2021

Israeli settlers attack Palestinians in their own homes

Terror has prevailed over the West Bank streets and towns as the settlers’ attacks against Palestinians have been on the rise since early 2021.

Ahmad Melhem | Originals | Feb 2, 2021

Israel’s Gantz advances Palestinian construction plans in West Bank

After advancing the construction of some 800 housing units in West Bank settlements, Defense Minister Benny Gantz takes an opposite, rare move, of advancing construction plans in Palestinian West Bank villages.

Rina Bassist | Israel | Jan 12, 2021

Israel advances plans for 800 new settlement homes in West Bank

The news comes ahead of Israel's March 23 election as well as the inauguration of US President-elect Joe Biden on Jan. 20.

Al-Monitor Staff | Israel | Jan 11, 2021

Settlers launch hunger strike, call on Netanyahu to legalize West Bank outposts

The Young Settlements Forum launched Jan. 4 a hunger strike, calling on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to abandon his rapprochement with the Arab public and advance instead the legalizing of 70 wildcat outposts in the West Bank.

Rina Bassist | Israel | Jan 5, 2021

Israeli settlers gather at a junction with security forces arriving to block Palestinians trying to reach their lands confiscated by Israeli authorities, during a protest in the village of Halhul, north of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, on January 4, 2021. (Photo by HAZEM BADER / AFP) (Photo by HAZEM BADER/AFP via Getty Images)

Bahraini minister comments on Israeli settlements products label controversy

Commerce Minister Zayed bin Rashid al-Zayani said Bahrain "has no issue with labeling or origin" of Israeli products during a visit to Israel, which angered Palestinian officials.

Al-Monitor Staff | Bahrain | Dec 3, 2020

Jordan welcomes Biden presidency

Jordanian leaders hope a Biden administration will support a two-state solution.

Osama Al Sharif | Jordan | Nov 23, 2020

Israel advances plan for elevator at Tomb of the Patriarchs

The nongovernmental organization Emek Shaveh, however, is appealing against plans to build a path and an elevator at the entrance to the Tomb of the Patriarchs in the Palestinian city of Hebron.

Rina Bassist | Palestine | Nov 18, 2020

A Palestinian youth pushes an elderly man next to the Ibrahimi mosque (background), also known as the Tomb of the Patriarchs, in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron on August 7, 2020, amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic crisis. (Photo by HAZEM BADER / AFP) (Photo by HAZEM BADER/AFP via Getty Images)

Israelis try resettling West Bank settlement evacuated in 2005

Families evacuated from the West Bank Sa-Nur settlement in 2005 sneaked back during the night and vowed to resettle the site.

Rina Bassist | Israel | Nov 17, 2020

Settlements

Palestinian arrested over West Bank shooting as violence continues

Muntasir Shalabi was arrested Wednesday night in connection with the deadly of shooting of Israeli teenager at a bus stop in the Palestinian territory. Israeli forces also shot and killed a Palestinian teen Wednesday night, according to Palestinian officials.

Palestinian arrested over West Bank shooting as violence continues

Israeli settlers burn Palestinian farmland in West Bank

Palestinian fears rise as settlers visit synagogue ruins in Jericho

Palestinians in Hebron’s Old City build fence to prevent settlers’ attacks

Settler movement takes over Jewish National Fund

Clashes in West Bank during anti-Israeli settlement protests

Israeli settlers attack Palestinians in their own homes

Israel’s Gantz advances Palestinian construction plans in West Bank

Israel advances plans for 800 new settlement homes in West Bank

Settlers launch hunger strike, call on Netanyahu to legalize West Bank outposts

Bahraini minister comments on Israeli settlements products label controversy

Jordan welcomes Biden presidency

Israel advances plan for elevator at Tomb of the Patriarchs

Israelis try resettling West Bank settlement evacuated in 2005

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