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Settler outpost can be cleared by July 15: Israel

Israel`s Supreme Court has ordered that the Migron outpost be dismantled by August 01.

Israel tightens West Bank access ahead of Passover

Israel restricted access to its territory from the West Bank on Friday ahead of the Jewish Passove...

Israeli stabbed, 3 Palestinians shot in West Bank

An Israeli soldier was stabbed and three Palestinians were shot during a confrontation near the West...

Israel weighs ban on UN human rights council probe

Israel accuses the council of having a pronounced anti-Israel bias because of its disproportionate ...

Jewish settlers agree to evacuate West Bank outpost

Migron is the largest of more than 100 outposts built without official Israeli government authorisat...

`West Bank blast kills 2 Palestinian children`

Two Palestinian children were killed on Tuesday in a blast near the southern West Bank city of Hebro...

Israel raids Palestinian television stations

Ramallah is part of the Palestinian self-rule areas, but Israeli forces still routinely conduct raid...

Palestine: 8 children die in West Bank bus crash

Israeli police say at least eight Palestinian schoolchildren died in a bus crash in the West Bank.

Israel proposes West Bank barrier as border

Israeli envoy Yitzak Molcho reportedly told his Palestinian counterpart that Israel wants to keep ea...

Krishna leaves for West Bank

External Affairs Minister SM Krishna Wednesday left for Ramallah to meet top Palestinian Authority...

Israel breaking settlement records, says Peace Now

A govt spokesman said Israel was exercising restraint in settlement building and pointed to a 10-mon...

Five right-wing Jewish extremists indicted in Israel

The five helped plan the rampage in hopes of foiling the evacuation of illegal settlement outposts i...

Israel issues permits to regulate Palestinians

As many as 101 different types of permits are issued by Israeli authorities to regulate the movemen...

Another Palestinian mosque torched in West Bank

Palestinians and the Israeli military say another mosque has been torched in the West Bank and defac...

Settlers clash with Israeli troops in West Bank

Dozens of Jewish settlers broke into an army base in the West Bank and lit fires, damaged vehicles a...

`Palestinian wounded by Israelis dies of wounds`

A Palestinian activist critically wounded by a tear gas canister fired by Israeli troops at a rally...

After centuries, Bethlehem church to get new roof

If the repairs go ahead as planned, it will be the first time the crumbling basilica has seen major ...

Jordan King Abdullah in West Bank as Mideast boils

Jordan`s King Abdullah will meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah.

Israel maintains Palestinian funds freeze

Israel`s cabinet decided to continue to withhold tax revenues owed to the Palestinian Authority.

UN committee says divided on Palestinian bid

Israel and the US oppose the Palestinian bid for membership and recognition of a Palestinian state i...

Israel shuts radical seminary in West Bank

Israel`s Education Ministry said the students and staff have been involved in violence against Pales...

Israel to hasten settlement building in West Bank

The Palestinians are looking to establish a state in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem.

UN urges Israel to stop settler attacks

UN human rights office called for Israel to stop Jewish settlers from attacking Palestinian civilia...

Israeli Army demolishes West Bank mosque

This is the third time the Israeli army destroyed the mosque, claiming it was built without a licens...

Muslim, Christian graves desecrated in Israel

The attacks have drawn broad condemnation and the country`s chief rabbis visited the scene in a bid ...

US condemns attacks on West Bank mosques

Israeli West Bank settlers have come under suspicion for a string of attacks against Palestinians.

Israel rearrests West Bank Hamas leader

Hassan Yusef was detained as he tried to cross a checkpoint between Ramallah and Nablus.

Israel OKs 277 new homes in West Bank settlement

One hundred of the apartments will house Israelis evacuated in 2005 from a Gaza Strip settlement.

Israeli soldiers kill 2 in West Bank: Palestinians

Two Palestinians were shot dead overnight by Israeli soldiers in the Qalandia refugee camp in the ...

Israeli troops kill two Palestinians in West Bank

Israel said rioting broke out in Qalandiya during a routine operation to nab Palestinian suspects.

Israeli forces kill Palestinian in West Bank: Medi

Ibrahim Sarhan was shot at least twice and was dead by the time he reached hospital.

Palestinians seek support for UN recognition

Palestinian officials will visit Canada, Australia, New Zealand and India, among other countries.

Israel begins removing part of West Bank barrier

The dismantling of the section near the Bilin comes four years after Israel`s Supreme Court ordered...

Israelis, Palestinians clash at West Bank site

Israeli forces fired tear gas at some 200 stone-throwing Palestinians on Thursday in the West Bank ...

Palestinian mosque set ablaze in West Bank

No one claimed responsibility, but suspicion fell upon Jewish settlers.

Palestinians kill suspected spy for Israel in West Bank

Palestinians look harshly upon collaboration with the Jewish state.

Israeli shot by police in West Bank, Army says

The shooting occurred before dawn at a site known as Joseph`s Tomb in Nablus.

Israeli Army arrests 100 women in West Bank village

Israeli troops stormed Awarta village in the northern West Bank on Thursday, arresting more than 100...

UN official condemns West Bank home demolitions

Israel has stepped up its demolition of Palestinian homes in the West Bank in recent months, a UN ...

Israel considering annexing West Bank settlements

Israel has refrained from taking such an explosive step for four decades.

US criticises Israeli settlement construction plan

Israel plans to build hundreds of new homes in West Bank settlements.

Abbas calls killing of Israeli settlers despicable

Israel has indirectly blamed the Palestinian government for the carnage.

Shocked Israeli settlers bury their dead

Thousands of stunned and bitter mourners flocked to Jerusalem`s main cemetery to bury three young c...

Palestinians `strongly condemn` new settlement plans

The Palestinian Authority "strongly condemned" Israel`s approval of hundreds of new West Bank settl...

Israel approves settlement construction

The approval came after a Jewish couple, 3 kids were stabbed to death in bed.

Palestinians `kill Israeli settler family in beds`

An attack blamed on Palestinians killed five members of an Israeli family.

Israel pursues Palestinians who killed Israelis

Palestinian attackers stabbed five members of an Israeli family to death.

Palestinian kills 5 members of Israeli family

Israeli reports suggest victims had all been stabbed to death in their beds.

Palestinians to hold elections in July

Palestinian Authority has announced that it would be holding local municipal elections in the West B...

Palestinians to hold municipal elections

The Western-backed Palestinian government in the West Bank says it will hold local council electio...

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