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Terror expert says Jerusalem bombers wanted ‘rash’ reaction from Israeli officials

Avi Melamed warned against actions that could further destabilise the West Bank

By Georgia L Gilholy

2 min read

Terror expert says Jerusalem bombers wanted ‘rash’ reaction from Israeli officials

Religious Zionist party head MK Bezalel Smotrich arrives to the Israeli parliament, for the opening session of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on November 15, 2022. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90

Israeli Politics

Netanyahu to hand crucial West Bank brief to far-right leader - report

By Georgia L Gilholy

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Israel says it will not co-operate with FBI investigation into killing of Al Jazeera journalist

By Josh Kaplan

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Israel

Three Israelis killed in West Bank terror attack

By Felix Pope

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UK-Israel relations

UK Ambassador to UN urges 'meaningful dialogue' as West Bank tensions escalate

By Georgia L Gilholy

2 min read

Israeli first responders gather outside the Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem on October 29, 2022, following an attack in Hebron. - A gun attack in the flashpoint West Bank city of Hebron wounded five people, including four Israelis and a Palestinian, with the assailant shot dead, Israel's emergency services and the army said. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images)

West Bank

One dead and four wounded in West Bank terror shooting; assailant neutralised

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

Terrorism

First photo of slain 18-year-old Israeli released as shooter manhunt continues

By Ben Bloch

3 min read

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IDF kills two Palestinians accused of carrying out car ramming attack

The night arrest came as part of IDF’s Operation “Break the Wave”, amid rising tensions around the Jewish holiday season

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

October 3, 2022 14:42

IDF kills two Palestinians accused of carrying out car ramming attack

Orthodox students twice as likely to experience sexual abuse says Israeli report

A report based on Israeli Welfare Ministry data shows that separating by gender does not reduce the number of sexual assaults on children

By Ben Bloch

2 min read

October 3, 2022 12:31

Young students seen learning in the classroom at the opening of the new school year in a school for ultra orthodox jewish boys, in Beit Shemesh, August 28, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** ???? ????? ??????? ????? ?????

By Anshel Pfeffer

Lapid tries to charm the world as West Bank burns

While the PM talked of a two-state solution at the UN, an Israeli raid on Jenin on Tuesday, in which at least four Palestinian militants were killed, was a reminder that Operation Breakwater is still ongoing

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September 29, 2022 11:24

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - MAY 06: Yesh Atid Party leader, Yair Lapid, speaks at a press conference on May 6, 2021 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Israeli President Reuven Rivlin asked Lapid to form a new Israeli government after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fails to form a new government. (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)

Fatah orders ‘day of rage’ after IDF kills terror suspects in Jenin raid

It comes after months of escalating tensions in the West Bank

By Georgia L Gilholy

2 min read

September 28, 2022 13:37

A garbage container burns after Palestinian youths set up a makeshift road block during a raid by Israeli troops in the city of Jenin in the occupied West Bank on September 28, 2022. - An Israeli raid targeting alleged militants in a West Bank flashpoint killed three Palestinians, including the brother of a man blamed for a deadly attack in Tel Aviv. The violence was the latest to hit Jenin, in the north of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, an area that has seen near daily clashes between Israeli troops and Palestinian gunmen since an escalation that began in March. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

PA security official killed after firing at soldiers near West Bank crossing

A senior Israeli officer was killed in the firefight on the border fence-line near the West Bank city of Jenin

By Ben Bloch

2 min read

September 14, 2022 11:12

PA security official killed after firing at soldiers near West Bank crossing

By David Rose

We should back Palestinian people not regime

If freedom was encouraged to flourish on the West Bank, a real peace deal might result

3 min read

September 13, 2022 09:30

NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 27: Mahmoud Abbas, President of Palestine delivers a speech at the United Nations during the United Nations General Assembly on September 27, 2018 in New York City. World leaders are gathered for the 73rd annual meeting at the UN headquarters in Manhattan. (Photo by Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)

Israel ditches plans to make foreign visitors register West Bank romances

Israel has backtracked on a scheme that would have required West Bank visitors to officially declare any relationships with a Palestinian within 30 days

By Georgia L Gilholy

2 min read

September 6, 2022 13:54

A Palestinian Christian couple are dressed in traditional outfits on their wedding day during the Palestinian Heritage Week in the town of Birzeit near the West Bank city of Ramallah, on August 3, 2022. (Photo by ABBAS MOMANI / AFP) (Photo by ABBAS MOMANI/AFP via Getty Images)

IDF says there’s a ‘high possibility’ that Israeli bullet killed Al Jazeera journalist

The IDF says that its soldiers were under '360 degree' fire from Palestinian militants

By Ben Bloch

2 min read

September 5, 2022 13:29

IDF says there’s a ‘high possibility’ that Israeli bullet killed Al Jazeera journalist

The torture culture on the West Bank is an open secret

Cruel and vicious treatment of detainees has been endemic for decades, despite millions of pounds in British taxpayers' money being spent on training Palestinian security forces to make them more 'accountable'

By David Rose

3 min read

August 25, 2022 13:17

The torture culture on the West Bank is an open secret

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Terror expert says Jerusalem bombers wanted ‘rash’ reaction from Israeli officials

Netanyahu to hand crucial West Bank brief to far-right leader - report

Israel says it will not co-operate with FBI investigation into killing of Al Jazeera journalist

Three Israelis killed in West Bank terror attack

UK Ambassador to UN urges 'meaningful dialogue' as West Bank tensions escalate

One dead and four wounded in West Bank terror shooting; assailant neutralised

First photo of slain 18-year-old Israeli released as shooter manhunt continues

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