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U.S. Will Offer Embassy Services in a West Bank Settlement for the First Time
ByDavid M. Halbfinger February 25, 2026

Palestinians and Israelis on the right and left all say that the move is a step toward legitimizing the Israeli settlements, which most of the world considers illegal.

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US to offer passport services to citizens in illegal West Bank settlements
ByJason Burke International security correspondent February 25, 2026

Israel welcomes move described by Palestinian Authority as undermining possibility of an independent stateThe US will provide on-site consular services in two Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank for the first time, breaking with previous poli…

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Israeli settlers kill 19-year-old Palestinian American, officials and witnesses say
ByAssociated Press February 20, 2026

Nasrallah Abu Siyam shot dead in occupied West Bank as UN human rights office accuses Israel of war crimesIsraeli settlers in the occupied West Bank shot and killed a Palestinian American man during an attack on a village, the Palestinian health minist…

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Hamas reportedly holds leadership vote at critical moment for militant group
ByJulian Borger in Jerusalem February 20, 2026

New head will face decisions crucial to movement’s future, such as how far to cooperate with Trump’s Gaza planHamas has reportedly begun holding leadership elections among its members at a time when the militant Palestinian movement faces imminent deci…

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Palestinian-American Teenager Killed in West Bank Is Laid to Rest
ByAdam Rasgon and Fatima AbdulKarim February 20, 2026February 21, 2026

Nasrallah Abu Siyam, 19, was shot dead by an Israeli settler, according to a witness and Palestinian health officials, amid rising violent settler attacks in the Israeli-occupied territory.

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‘Al-Aqsa is a detonator’: six-decade agreement on prayer at Jerusalem holy site collapses
ByJulian Borger and Emma Graham-Harrison in Jerusalem February 20, 2026February 20, 2026

Israeli police raid compound, arrest staff and curb Muslims’ access as Ramadan begins A six-decade agreement governing Muslim and Jewish prayer at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site has “collapsed” under pressure from Jewish extremists backed by the …

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Brother of No Other Land co-director injured as Israeli settlers again attack family home
ByJulian Borger in Masafer Yatta February 17, 2026

Hamdan Ballal says violence on West Bank as bad as ever, nearly a year after his Oscar-winning film shocked the world The co-director of the Oscar-winning No Other Land has said his home and family have come under renewed attack, almost a year after th…

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‘In Israel’s eyes, we are terrorists’ | In search of Palestine: episode 1 – video
ByMatthew Cassel, Kyri Evangelou, Ayman Abu Ramouz and Temujin Doran February 17, 2026

More than two years after Israel’s devastating war in Gaza began, the West Bank has become an increasingly volatile front in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. While international recognition of a Palestinian state has gathered momentum, the situation o…

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The Guardian view on Israel and the West Bank: the other relentless assault upon Palestinians | Editorial
ByEditorial February 12, 2026

A campaign of ethnic cleansing and ‘tectonic’ new legal measures are killing the two-state solution to which other governments pay lip serviceProtecting archaeological sites. Preventing water theft. The streamlining of land purchases. If anyone doubted…

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‘A step in the wrong direction’: Israel’s West Bank plans prompt global backlash
ByJulian Borger in Jerusalem February 10, 2026February 11, 2026

US, Britain, EU and Arab nations condemn plans that Israeli ministers say will ‘kill the idea of a Palestinian state’Israeli measures to tighten its control of the West Bank have prompted a global backlash, including a signal from Washington restating …

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