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Today: August 12, 2026
Today: August 12, 2026

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Israeli troops clash with settlers besieging Palestinian homes in West Bank

Israeli troops clashed with Jewish settlers on Wednesday while trying to disperse them from a West Bank outpost they set up directly in front of Palestinian homes,

Israeli troops clash with settlers besieging Palestinian homes in West Bank
Crime|World

Palestinians say settler violence and military raids are bringing them to breaking point

Palestinian villagers in the occupied West Bank said on Monday the area was coming close to breaking point after increasing incursions by Israeli

Palestinians say settler violence and military raids are bringing them to breaking point
Crime|Europe|Political|World

Israeli troops round up Palestinians in West Bank village after shootout involving settlers

Israeli forces arrested dozens of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, after at least four Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers were killed

Israeli troops round up Palestinians in West Bank village after shootout involving settlers
Crime|World

Northern West Bank in lockdown as clashes rock villages and Israel deploys troops in Nablus

The Israeli military has shot and killed four Palestinians in the village of Tell in the northern West Bank, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry

Northern West Bank in lockdown as clashes rock villages and Israel deploys troops in Nablus
Arts|World

UNESCO adds West Bank site and Lebanese castles to World Heritage List despite Israeli objections

A United Nations committee has inscribed a major archaeological site in the West Bank and a set of castles in southern Lebanon as World Heritage sites

UNESCO adds West Bank site and Lebanese castles to World Heritage List despite Israeli objections
Business|Political|Travel|World

On this West Bank hilltop, a fight over the past will determine who controls the future

On this West Bank hilltop, a fight over the past will determine who controls the future

On this West Bank hilltop, a fight over the past will determine who controls the future
Environment|Finance|Political|World

Israel allocates $434 million for 34 new West Bank settlements

Israel's security cabinet approved a budget of 1.3 billion shekels ($434 million) for establishing 34 new settlements in the occupied West Bank, right-wing Finance

Israel allocates $434 million for 34 new West Bank settlements
Interview|MidEast|Political|World

Dana Bash presses Netanyahu on ongoing settler violence in West Bank

CNN's Dana Bash presses Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu on why settler violence in the West Bank hasn't ended.

Dana Bash presses Netanyahu on ongoing settler violence in West Bank
Europe|MidEast|Political|World

EU ministers remain divided over curbing trade with Israeli settlements

By Andrew Gray and Bart H.

EU ministers remain divided over curbing trade with Israeli settlements
Crime|MidEast|World

Israeli settlers attack journalists, including CNN, on the anniversary of deadly West Bank beating

Israeli settlers attack journalists, including CNN, on the anniversary of deadly West Bank beating

Israeli settlers attack journalists, including CNN, on the anniversary of deadly West Bank beating
MidEast|Political|World

US Democrat Ro Khanna detained by Israeli settlers during West Bank visit

U.S.

US Democrat Ro Khanna detained by Israeli settlers during West Bank visit
World

How a Palestinian town is defending itself from Israeli settler attacks

On a cool night in June, some 15 Palestinians from the town of Sinjil in the occupied West Bank gathered on a hilltop to watch the shadowed valleys

How a Palestinian town is defending itself from Israeli settler attacks
Crime|World

In the West Bank, Israeli settlers take over Palestinian's dream home

Palestinian Mohammad Salameh was building a home for his family in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, where his recently engaged son was meant to start

In the West Bank, Israeli settlers take over Palestinian's dream home
Education|MidEast|Political|World

Israel approves settler building plans in Palestinian West Bank city

Israel on Wednesday approved the expansion of a Jewish school for settlers living in the centre of the Palestinian city of Hebron

Israel approves settler building plans in Palestinian West Bank city
Finance|Political|World

Israel seizes powers over flashpoint West Bank shrine from Palestinians

Israel has seized planning and construction powers at a Jewish and Muslim shrine in the occupied West Bank from Palestinian

Israel seizes powers over flashpoint West Bank shrine from Palestinians
Europe|Political|World

Israeli, Palestinian civil society groups meet in France as two-state hopes dim

Israeli and Palestinian civil society groups delivered an appeal in France on Friday to urge the international community not to abandon a two-state solution,

Israeli, Palestinian civil society groups meet in France as two-state hopes dim
Economy|Environment|Political|World

Israel sends West Bank settlement funding plan to security cabinet

Israel's cabinet on Thursday referred a plan to allocate 1 billion shekels ($339.7 million) for the establishment of new settlements in the occupied West Bank to the

Israel sends West Bank settlement funding plan to security cabinet
Europe|MidEast|Political|World

A third of Labour lawmakers urge Britain to ban trade with Israeli settlements

More than a third of lawmakers from Britain's governing Labour Party signed a letter on Monday calling on the British government to end trade with Israeli

A third of Labour lawmakers urge Britain to ban trade with Israeli settlements
Crime|MidEast|World

Israeli military police investigating soldier's killing of 7-month-old Palestinian

Israel's military said on Sunday its police criminal investigation unit was investigating the killing of a Palestinian infant by an Israeli soldier in the Israeli-

Israeli military police investigating soldier's killing of 7-month-old Palestinian
Crime|MidEast|Political|World

Gunman kills one, wounds five in drive-by attacks in Israel

A gunman in a car opened fire at three locations in Israel close to the border with the occupied West Bank on Sunday, killing one man and wounding several other people,

Gunman kills one, wounds five in drive-by attacks in Israel
Europe|MidEast|Political|World

More sanctions could be imposed on Israeli settlers in 'coming days', France says

Israeli settlers could face further sanctions in coming days in protest at the escalation of illegal settlements in the West Bank and a surge in violence by settlers against

More sanctions could be imposed on Israeli settlers in 'coming days', France says
Health|World

Israeli forces shoot dead Palestinian baby, wound his parents in West Bank

Israeli forces killed a seven-month-old Palestinian baby and wounded his parents in the Tel Rumeida area south of the West Bank city of Hebron on Friday evening, the Palestinian

Israeli forces shoot dead Palestinian baby, wound his parents in West Bank
Economy|Political|World

Western powers press Israel to rein in settlers, halt expansion

Israel must halt the expansion of settlements in the West Bank and curb growing settler violence, seven major Western nations said on Friday, accusing the Israeli government

Western powers press Israel to rein in settlers, halt expansion
Crime|MidEast|Political|World

Far-right Israeli minister Bezalel Smotrich says ICC seeking warrant for his arrest

Far-right Israeli minister Bezalel Smotrich says ICC seeking warrant for his arrest

Far-right Israeli minister Bezalel Smotrich says ICC seeking warrant for his arrest