The attack comes amid heightened tensions between Israelis and Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
Fourteen countries, also including France, Italy, Ireland and Spain, say actions ‘violate international law and risk fuelling instability’Fourteen countries, including Britain, Canada and Germany, have condemned the Israeli security cabinet’s approval …
Pastor Munther Isaac talks about his hometown of Bethlehem – the scene of the nativity – celebrating Christmas for the first time in three yearsThis December, for the first time in three years, Bethlehem turned on its Christmas lights.For the place in …
Palestinian Christians are reviving their seasonal public celebrations, hoping to bring light and holiday spirit at the end of a gloomy year in the West Bank.
Decision takes the total number of new settlements to 69 in past few years as construction binge continuesIsrael has approved a proposal for 19 new Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank as the government pushes ahead with a construction binge in…
The writer and lawyer has been documenting the occupation for decades. Somehow, he maintains hope.
In the Jordan valley, teenage settlers drive herds of goats into a Palestinian community in a bid to force families out – volunteers are trying to hold the lineIt is a daily onslaught. Every morning, teenage Israeli settlers drive a herd of goats from …
With Israelis rapidly building in the West Bank, Palestinian hikers are increasingly unable to walk across the land.
Palestinians who have worked the ‘breadbasket’ area for generations face being replaced by Israeli settlersThe death knell for the Palestinian village of Atouf, on the western slopes of the Jordan valley, arrived in the form of a trail of paper, a seri…
Among the many people I met, there was a pervasive feeling of hopelessness and a sense that resistance is slowly becoming a memoryIn November, Israeli flags suddenly appeared beside a highway in the Palestinian West Bank. More than 1,000, placed about …