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October 23, 2015
Hebron non-violent activist dies in tear-gas
Maan News Agency

Dr. Hashem al-Azzeh, who led peaceful protests against Israel's illegal closure of Hebron's Old City to Palestinians, died after suffering excessive tear-gas inhalation.

Dr. Hashem al-Azzeh, who died on Oct.

October 2, 2015
Settlers riot after West Bank shooting
Maan News Agency

Hundreds of Israeli settlers rioted across the West Bank, with multiple attacks reported on Palestinian homes and vehicles in the aftermath of a shooting that killed two settlers.

Hundreds of Israeli settlers rioted across the occupied West Bank late Oct.

September 7, 2015
Nablus: thousands mourn slain infant's mother
Maan News Agency

Thousands of Palestinians took part in the funeral of Riham Dawabsha, 27, who died after succumbing to wounds she sustained in a "price tag" arson attack in Nablus.

Thousands of Palestinians took part in the funeral of Riham Dawabsha, 27, who died overnight Sept. 6 after succumbing to wounds she sustained more than a month ago in anarson attack that killed her husband and 18-month-old son. The funeral march set off from the entrance of Duma village in southern Nablus and proceeded to the village cemetery.

August 30, 2015
Israeli forces clash with Palestinian Christians
Maan News Agency

Palestinians at the Christian town of Beit Jala clashed with Israeli forces following Sunday mass when residents, including priests, marched to protest work on the "separation wall."

Palestinian Christians clashed with Israeli forces following Sunday mass on Aug.

July 31, 2015
West Bank violence following 'price tag' slaying
World War 4 Report

Violence was reported across the West Bank and Jerusalem, as Palestinians protested the "price tag" killing of an 18-month-old infant in Duma, near Nablus.

Violence was reported across the West Bank and Jerusalem July 31, as Palestinians protested the "price tag" killing of an 18-month-old infant in Duma, near Nablus. The 18-month-old was killed an arson attack when suspected Israeli settlers smashed the windows of two homes in Duma, throwing flammable liquids and Molotov cocktails inside and catching the homes ablaze.

February 25, 2015
Settlers burn mosque amid West Bank blackouts
World War 4 Report

Extremist Jewish settlers set fire to a mosque in the southern West Bank, as the Israel Electric Corporation cut power to Nablus and Jenin over a supposed debt arrears.

Extremist Jewish settlers set fire to a mosque in the southern West Bank town of al-Jaba west of Bethlehem in the small hours of Feb. 25, locals told Ma'an News Agency. As worshipers arrived around 4:30 AM to prepare for the dawn prayer at al-Huda mosque, they saw smoke and flames rising from inside the building.

February 2, 2015
Israeli settler runs over human rights photographer
Maan News Agency

Raed Jihad Abu Rmeila, a photographer for the Israeli human rights group B'Tselem was injured after being hit by an Israeli settler vehicle in Hebron.

A photographer for the Israeli human rights group B'Tselem was injured on Feb.

December 27, 2014
Fatah under attack over statehood proposal
World War 4 Report

A Hamas leader said that the draft resolution for Palestinian statehood presented to the UN Security Council is "disastrous," and has "no future in the land of Palestine."

A Hamas leader on Dec.

November 19, 2014
Genocidal threshold looms closer in Jerusalem
New Jewish Resistance

Mounting attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinians are going virtually unreported as Netanyahu pledges a "harsh" response to the deadly Jerusalem synagogue attack.

Two Palestinians armed with a pistol and axes attacked a synagogue in Jerusalem's Har Nof district during morning prayers on Nov. 18, killing four Israelis.

October 26, 2014
Settlers attack olive harvest amid Jerusalem unrest
World War 4 Report

Israeli settlers torched some 100 olive trees owned by Palestinian farmers near Nablus as the harvest began—the latest in a pattern of such attacks.

A group of Israeli settlers set fire to some 100 olive trees owned by Palestinian farmers near Nablus as the 2014 olive harvest began last week.

September 27, 2014
Israel plans relocation of Jordan Valley Bedouin
World War 4 Report

The Israeli military's Civil Administration on the West Bank has filed plans for a new settlement in the Jordan Valley, where thousands of Bedouins will be forced to relocate.

The Israeli military's Civil Administration on the West Bank has filed plans for establishing a new settlement in the Jordan Valley, where thousands of Bedouins will be forced to relocate. The Civil Administration is advancing several such plans.

June 16, 2014
ISIS behind West Bank abductions?
Bill Weinberg

Hebron and the West Bank are heavily militarized as Israeli troops hunt for three youths whose abductions have now been claimed (somewhat dubiously) in the name of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

Israel's Haaretz reported June 14 that a "Pamphlet Number 1" issued in the name of the Islamist State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and circulated around Hebron is claiming responsibility for the abduction of three Israelis in the West Bank—but the statement's authenticity is in doubt.

January 26, 2014
Leftist rallies across West Bank reject negotiations
Maan News Agency

Leftist Palestinian parties held demonstrations across the West Bank in opposition to negotiations with Israel and US Secretary of State John Kerry's "framework proposal."

Leftist Palestinian parties on Jan. 25 held demonstrations across the West Bank in opposition to negotiations with Israel and US Secretary of State John Kerry's framework proposal that will serve as the basis for proposed talks.

January 18, 2014
Israel: 'population transfer' gains currency?
Bill Weinberg

With urban planners along the Green Line foreseeing the shift of Arab-majority suburbs into the West Bank, Israeli calls for "transfer" of the Palestinians are again mounting.

Israel's ultra-reactionary foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman, a vocal advocate of "transfer" of the Palestinians, stars in a very gloomy analysis in 

January 11, 2014
Political archaeology advances in West Bank
New Jewish Resistance

Israel is financing construction of an "archaeological park" on a contested site in Hebron—assailed by Palestinians as cover for expansion of the city's Jewish settlement. 

Israel's Culture Ministry and Civil Administration are financing the construction of an "archaeological park" on the ancient site of Tel Rumeida, near the Jewish settlement in the divided West Bank city Hebron, Israeli media revealed this week.

October 14, 2013
Israel set to raze 3,000-year-old village
New Jewish Resistance

The Israeli High Court is set to rule on the forced expulsion of all of the residents of the West Bank village of Khirbat Zanuta, continuously inhabited for 3,000 years.

The Israeli High Court is set to rule this week on the forced expulsion of all residents of the village of Khirbat Zanuta, southwest of Hebron in the West Bank.

August 27, 2013
Jerusalem: Israeli forces raze Palestinian homes
Maan News Agency

Israeli forces razed several structures in two East Jerusalem neighborhoods, summarily evicitng the families under the pretext that the homes were built without a license. 

Israeli forces razed several structures in the East Jerusalem neighborhoods of al-Tur and Eisawiya Aug. 27, under the pretext that they were built without a license. Locals told Ma'an News Agency that a large number of Israeli forces—including special forces troops, police horsemen, and border guard officers—raided Khallat al-Ein neighborhood in al-Tur district.

July 22, 2013
Israeli court evicts family from East Jerusalem home
Maan News Agency

An Israeli magistrate's court ruled to evict a Palestinian family from their home in East Jerusalem, after a six year legal battle to prove ownership of the property.

An Israeli magistrate's court ruled July 21 to evict a Palestinian family from their home in East Jerusalem, after a six year legal battle to prove ownership of the property. The court ruled that the house is absentee property and ordered the Siam family to leave the premises by the end of July, Nathira Siam told Ma'an News Agency. The family was also ordered to pay 40,000 she

May 27, 2013
Israeli settlers use chemicals to destroy olive trees
Maan News Agency

A group of Israeli settlers destroyed over 100 olive trees in a Nablus village after spraying them with toxic chemicals, a Palestinian Authority official said.  

A group of Israeli settlers destroyed over 100 olive trees in a Nablus village on May 25 after spraying them with toxic chemicals, a Palestinian Authority official said.

March 23, 2013
Jerusalem: troops fire on Palestinian protesters
New Jewish Resistance

As Obama left Israel for Jordan, two Palestinian youths were critically wounded as Israeli forces fired rubber-coated steel bullets on protesters at Anata north of Jerusalem.

Israeli forces surrounded but did not ultimately attack the Ahfad Younis protest camp estabished by Palestinian activists outside Jerusalem during Obama's visit to Israel and the West Bank.

February 20, 2013
SodaStream greenwashes occupation of Palestine
Bill Weinberg

Israeli firm SodaStream bills itself as eco-friendly by obviating the need for soda bottles—as it illegally operates on stolen Bedouin and Palestinian lands in the West Bank.

The Israeli firm SodaStream made a splash earlier this month when its ad was bounced from the Super Bowl—alas, for the wrong reason.

January 23, 2013
Israeli pol: "blow up" Dome of the Rock
New Jewish Resistance

Knesset candidate Jeremy Gimpel sparked outrage when Israeli TV broadcast footage of him joking before a Florida church group of plans to "blow up" the Dome of the Rock.

Preliminary results of Israel's election show Benjamin Netanyahu weakened but likely to serve a third term as prime minister, in a shift toward what mainstream accounts call "the center." Netanyahu's bloc made up of the right-wing Likud and far-right Yisrael Beitenu came out on top with 31 seats out of the 120 in the Knesset—down form 42.

January 11, 2013
Palestinian activists occupy E1 Corridor
World War 4 Report

Palestinian youth have established a protest encampment in E1 Corridor, where Israel plans to build settlements linking Jerusalem with the Ma’ale Adumim settlement bloc. 

Palestinian activists have established a protest encampment in the E1 Corridor, a piece of land where the Israeli government plans to build new settlements linking Jerusalem with the Ma’ale Adumim settlement bloc.

December 24, 2012
General strike on West Bank
World War 4 Report

Palestinian Authority employees, who held a general strike last week, will shut down the West Bank again this week to protest non-payment of their salaries due to Israeli sanctions.

Palestinian Authority employees will strike again this week after receiving only part of their November salaries, union leaders announced Dec. 23. Palestinian government employees in the West Bank began a two-day general strike on Dec.

April 30, 2012
Israel high court grants reprieve to West Bank outpost ruled "illegal"
New Jewish Resistance

In a move blasted by rights organizations, Israel's Supreme Court ruled that buildings of the Ulpana settlement outpost on the West Bank, ordered destroyed because of a claim by Palestinian land-owners, would receive a 60-day reprieve.

Israel's Supreme Court on April 29 ruled that buildings of the Givat HaUlpana settlement outpost at Beit El on the West Bank, ordered destroyed because of a claim by Palestinian land-owners, would receive a 60-day reprieve. The State Attorney's Office had filed the appeal on two days before, asking for a three-month delay in the scheduled demolition of the Ulpana outpost.