WEST BANK: US House Speaker Mike Johnson has made a rare and controversial visit to the Israeli settlement of Ariel in the occupied West Bank. During his trip, Johnson declared the territory as “rightfully” Jewish, a statement welcomed by Israeli settlement leaders but strongly condemned by Palestinian officials and international bodies. Critics view the visit [...]

WEST BANK: A Palestinian American lost his life in the Israeli-occupied West Bank last week during a clash with settlers, U.S. officials reported. Khamis Ayyad, who was in his 40s, passed away on Thursday from smoke inhalation in Silwad, a village located in the central West Bank close to several Israeli settlements, as stated by [...]

WEST BANK: In the village of Susiya, located in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Palestinians believed their situation couldn’t get any worse as Jewish settlers attacked them repeatedly and destroyed their beloved olive trees. Then, armed settlers began to target their water sources. The people of Susiya accuse these Israeli settlers of cutting water pipes and [...]

WEST BANK: For three decades, Mohammad Abu Zahra, a Palestinian from the southern West Bank, was employed in construction in Israel. This job offered a relatively good salary, significantly higher than what similar work would pay in the West Bank. Over 21 months into the conflict, the number of work permits has not recovered. Most [...]

West Bank: The United Nations reported that an Israeli military operation initiated in January in the northern part of the occupied territory has displaced tens of thousands of individuals, leading to worries about potential "ethnic cleansing." Since the start of Israel's "Iron Wall" operation in the northern West Bank, approximately 30,000 Palestinians have been forcibly [...]

West Bank: A 5th-century church and an ancient Christian cemetery were severely vandalized by Israeli settlers in Taybeh, the last Christian town in the West Bank. The priests from the Latin, Greek Catholic, and Greek Orthodox churches in Taybeh issued a strong appeal to the international community, expressing their grave concern over the escalating and [...]

West Bank: The outskirts of the village, once a place where families grazed sheep, cultivated crops, or enjoyed evening strolls, have turned perilous. The violence in Kafr Malik triggered a series of confrontations between settlers and Israeli security forces in the region. Soldiers shot and injured an Israeli youth, leading hard-right Israelis to clash with [...]

West Bank: Israeli bulldozers are advancing, posing a threat to the destruction of twelve Palestinian villages in the Masafer Yatta region, situated in the hills south of Hebron. This area is classified as "Area C" of the occupied Palestinian territories according to the Oslo Accords. Meanwhile, the current shift in international focus towards the conflict [...]

West Bank: As the humanitarian crisis in the Middle East worsens, Caritas Jerusalem remains steadfast in its mission to serve those in need. According to director Anton Asfar, the organization is actively providing emergency medical aid in West Bank, where countless lives are at risk due to ongoing conflict. In the West Bank, Caritas is [...]

West Bank: A group of 20 reporters traveling in press vehicles was halted by Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers, who were wearing black balaclava masks that concealed most of their faces, while en route to Masafer Yatta. In a video shared by Abraham, an IDF major informs the journalists that they have “a reasonable time [...]