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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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Israeli court blocks life-saving cancer care for boy, 5, due to his Gaza address
ByLorenzo Tondo February 10, 2026

Palestinian boy has been in the West Bank since 2022 but is still registered as a resident in the strip where ban appliesAn Israeli court has rejected an appeal to allow a five-year-old Palestinian boy with an aggressive form of cancer to enter Israel …

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Trump White House voices opposition after Israel unveils plan to increase control over West Bank
ByGuardian staff and agencies February 10, 2026

Israel’s security cabinet has approved plans that pave the way for more settlements in the occupied Palestinian territoryA White House official has reiterated Donald Trump’s opposition towards Israel annexing the West Bank, after Israeli plans were ann…

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Israel Gives Itself More Control Over Occupied West Bank
ByDavid M. Halbfinger and Isabel Kershner February 9, 2026February 9, 2026

The security cabinet took actions that make it easier for Jews to buy land in the territory. Critics say the changes violate the Oslo Accords and international law and accelerate attempts to annex the land.

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