All news on the topic: West Bank

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Israeli settlers seize Palestinian family’s unfinished home in the occupied West Bank
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 married life. Instead, before construction was complete, a group of Israeli settlers seized ‌the property.
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Report accuses Israel of systematic sexual violence against Palestinian detainees spanning decades
The months after the October 7, 2023, attacks saw a wave of questionable mainstream news stories about alleged sexual assault in Hamas’s attacks that day on Israel.
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UN probe says Israel deliberately targeted Palestinian children in Gaza
Independent report says by aiming at children Israel is undermining capacity of Palestinian people to exist.
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Illegal settlement homes advertised at London Israeli property event despite UK pressure
Properties from seven illegal settlements were advertised at the Great Israeli Real Estate Event on Sunday in London, days after more than 100 MPs and groups urged the UK government to ban it.
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Israeli exporters accused of hiding settlement produce to secure unlawful Europe tax breaks
Israeli exporters to Europe regularly hide the origin of produce grown in occupied Palestine to qualify for unlawful tax breaks that bolster the settler economy, a rights group investigation has found.
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Israeli tech firm BlackCore accused of targeting John Swinney in Scottish election interference campaign
France’s cybersecurity agency has accused the Israeli tech company BlackCore of interfering in the Scottish elections earlier this year by targeting the first minister, John Swinney.
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UK government pressured to ban London event accused of marketing illegal settlement land
The UK government is under mounting pressure to ban an event that has advertised the sale of illegally occupied Palestinian land in the West Bank.
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Palestinian land sale row erupts over Israeli real estate event planned in London
An event in London alleged to be offering opportunities to buy settlement land in Occupied Palestinian Territories faces growing calls to be shut down.
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Report accuses Israeli forces of sexualised violence against Palestinians in Gaza and West Bank
A new report documenting gendered and sexualized violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank has intensified pressure on Britain.
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“Abbas dynasty”: 90-year-old Palestinian leader is preparing his millionaire son as successor against the will of the people
A series of announcements by official Palestinian Authority institutions this month has sparked speculation that Yasser Abbas, the millionaire son of PA President Mahmoud Abbas, may be being positioned as a potential successor to his aging father.
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UN-blacklisted Israeli firm earns $1bn from UK North Sea oil as pressure mounts over Rosebank
An Israeli company blacklisted by the UN over its activities in the West Bank has generated more than $1 billion from North Sea oil and gas operations in just six years — and could earn even more if the Rosebank field receives approval.
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MPs demand sanctions over Israeli charity ‘helping Brits move to illegal West Bank settlements’
MPs have urged for sanctions against an Israeli charity after it was recorded on camera by Declassified offering assistance to UK citizens for relocating to an illegal settlement in the West Bank.
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£1bn payouts to Israeli shareholder fuel row over UK approval of massive Rosebank oil field
An Israeli firm blacklisted by the UN for its West Bank activities has raked in over $1 billion from North Sea oil and gas in just six years.
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Rubio: West Bank annexation threatens fragile Gaza peace deal
The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, on Wednesday warned Israel against annexing the West Bank, calling lawmakers’ preliminary vote to extend sovereignty in the occupied area and the surge in settler violence there a “threat to peace.”
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UAE warns Israel annexation of West Bank would wreck Abraham Accords
The United Arab Emirates, the main signatory of the landmark agreement in which Israel normalized relations with three Arab nations, warned that Israel’s annexation of any part of the occupied West Bank would be a "red line" that would "end the pursuit of regional integration."
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Gunshots and a surge of panic: footage shows the final moments of a 12-year-old boy killed in the West Bank
Two children are killed each week in the West Bank. Two cameras recorded the circumstances of one such death.
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Shiri Bibas not among bodies returned from Gaza, Israel says, accusing Hamas of ‘serious violation’
IDF statement comes hours after Benjamin Netanyahu orders an increased crackdown on the occupied West Bank following bus explosions.
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Israeli bombing strikes Beirut again
In the last few hours Beirut has been under intense air strikes by Israeli forces.
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A US woman was reportedly shot in the head and killed by Israeli soldiers during a pro-Palestine protest in Gaza
Doctors confirmed on Friday that a US citizen was shot in the head and killed in a northern part of the West Bank, with witnesses and Palestinian media claiming Israeli military were responsible
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Israeli forces kill local Hamas commander in the West Bank
Israeli forces killed a local commander of the Islamist movement Hamas in the flashpoint city of Jenin on Friday as they pressed a major operation in the occupied West Bank for a third day, the Israeli military said.