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Warning about impact on health service comes as government is believed to be considering action over West Bank

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Settlement of Gilo, located in the West Bank south of Jerusalem (Getty)

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Charity Commission investigating eight UK charities over activities in West Bank settlements

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Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz, (L), Yossi Dagan, head of the Shomron Regional Council (C), and Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (C-R) attend a ceremony to mark the re-establishment of the Sa-Nur settlement in the West Bank on April 19, 2026 (Getty Images)

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Katz denies urging replacement of IDF West Bank for detaining ‘violent settler’ after military backlash

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IDF soldier filmed damaging Palestinian’s car during West Bank violence

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Magen David Adom ambulances at scene of the shooting near Havat Gilad on Friday (MDA)

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Two IDF soldiers and four Palestinians killed after Israeli hikers attacked

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Green Party

Greens vow to twin Manchester with Ramallah if they win mayoral race

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The renovated Hurva (The Ruin) synagogue in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City on March 14, 2010. The Jordanian army destroyed the 17th century synagogue during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war (Image: Getty Images)

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Settlements are neither inherently illegal – nor the real obstacle to peace

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US warning underscores why anti-Israel trade measures would be an act of national self-harm

Undermining ties with Britain’s chief military ally and trading partner as well as the Jewish state – a technological and defence powerhouse – would carry enormous strategic costs

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July 15, 2026 09:58

Ireland approves bill banning imports from West Bank settlements

Ireland will become the second EU member to impose such a ban after Spain did so earlier this year

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July 8, 2026 13:54

The Dáil Éireann building in Dublin (Getty Images)

Middle East minister urges MPs to be ‘careful in our language’ after Corbyn’s ‘Greater Israel’ claims

Hamish Falconer told the former Labour leader to stop tarring ‘communities in this country or the whole nation of Israel’ as supporters of settler violence

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

July 2, 2026 14:55

Jeremy Corbyn in the House of Commons on July 1, 2026 (ParliamentTV)

Government ‘in discussion’ on trade ban for goods from Israeli settlements

Foreign Office minister Hamish Falconer criticised proposed settlement expansions as ’a serious breach of international law’

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July 1, 2026 15:24

Foreign Office minister Hamish Falconer in the House of Commons (ParliamentTV)

Israeli far-right slam Bennett over claim West Bank zones could remain under Palestinian control

The former prime minister also condemned illegal settlement activity, but backed the construction of communities permitted under Israeli law

By Melanie Swan

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June 23, 2026 15:16

Naftali Bennett speaks during a press conference in the southern Israeli city of Ofakim, June 23, 2026 (Flash90)

Outcry after Brent’s twin city honours Hamas founder and terror attack masterminds

The exhibition features several terrorists whom the local mayor called people we can ‘learn’ from

By Daniel Ben-David

3 min read

June 22, 2026 14:37

Pro-Palestinian activists at Brent Civic Centre after attending the council meeting on July 7 (TheJC)

Archbishop of Canterbury vows to help Palestinians get ‘freedom they deserve’

Dame Sarah Mulally is on a pilgrimage to Christian holy sites in Israel and the West Bank

By JC Reporter

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June 22, 2026 11:55

Dame Sarah Mullally, the Archbishop of Canterbury, looks on as she visits Nafuma Refugee Centre in central Rome on April 28, 2026 (Getty Images)

Government asks advertising watchdog to ‘urgently look into’ alleged West Bank land sales at Edgware synagogue

Real estate event subjected to protests, which see 14 arrested, despite organisers’ claim that no properties in settlements would be on offer

By JC Reporter

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June 17, 2026 10:32

Yvette Cooper in the House of Commons on June 16, 2026 (ParliamentTV)

Police make 14 arrests after clashes at protest outside synagogue

Pro-Palestine protesters had claimed that a real estate event at the synagogue was being used to sell land in West Bank settlements, which had been denied by organisers

By JC Reporter

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June 15, 2026 09:39

(Illustrative)Police and protesters outside the Great Israeli Real Estate show at the United Synagogue, Edgware, on June 14, 2026 (Elliott Franks)

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Exclusive: Trade embargo against Israeli settlements ‘runs risk of damaging the NHS’

Charity Commission investigating eight UK charities over activities in West Bank settlements

Katz denies urging replacement of IDF West Bank for detaining ‘violent settler’ after military backlash

IDF soldier filmed damaging Palestinian’s car during West Bank violence

Two IDF soldiers and four Palestinians killed after Israeli hikers attacked

Greens vow to twin Manchester with Ramallah if they win mayoral race

Settlements are neither inherently illegal – nor the real obstacle to peace

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