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Israel approves 19 new Jewish settlements in occupied West Bank
ByAssociated Press in Tel Aviv December 21, 2025

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…

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Raja Shehadeh Believes Israelis and Palestinians Can Still Find Peace
ByDavid Marchese December 20, 2025December 22, 2025

The writer and lawyer has been documenting the occupation for decades. Somehow, he maintains hope.

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The volunteers putting their bodies between Israel settlers and a Palestinian village
ByJulian Borger and Quique Kierszenbaum in Ras Ein al-Auja, West Bank December 20, 2025

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 …

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As Israeli Settlements Get Bigger, Palestinian Hikes Grow Shorter
ByFatima AbdulKarim December 16, 2025December 16, 2025

With Israelis rapidly building in the West Bank, Palestinian hikers are increasingly unable to walk across the land.

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New Israeli barrier will slice through precious West Bank farmland
ByJulian Borger and Quique Kierszenbaum in Atouf, West Bank December 13, 2025

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…

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I used to report from the West Bank. Twenty years after my last visit, I was shocked by how much worse it is today
ByEwen MacAskill December 11, 2025

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 …

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How Israel’s Settlement Surge in the West Bank Is Displacing Palestinians
ByNatan Odenheimer, Fatima AbdulKarim and Daniel Berehulak December 5, 2025

The Israeli government authorized 22 settlements in May, the largest expansion in decades, and Palestinian families are now being forced from their homes.

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More than 200 leading cultural figures call for release of jailed Palestinian leader
ByPatrick Wintour Diplomatic editor December 3, 2025

Group including Margaret Atwood, Ian McKellen and Richard Branson sign open letter to free Marwan BarghoutiMore than 200 leading cultural figures have come together to call for the release of Marwan Barghouti, the jailed Palestinian leader seen as capa…

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More than 200 leading cultural figures call for release of jailed Palestinian leader
ByPatrick Wintour Diplomatic editor December 3, 2025

Group including Margaret Atwood, Ian McKellen and Richard Branson sign open letter to free Marwan BarghoutiMore than 200 leading cultural figures have come together to call for the release of Marwan Barghouti, the jailed Palestinian leader seen as capa…

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Israeli settlers attack and rob Italian and Canadian volunteers in West Bank
ByJulian Borger in Jerusalem December 1, 2025

Group beaten in early hours of morning in village where they volunteered to help protect Palestinians from settler violenceItaly and Canada have raised concerns about the treatment of their citizens who were beaten and robbed by Israeli settlers in the…

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