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A Jewish settler walks past Israeli settlement construction sites around Givat Zeev and Ramat Givat Zeev in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, near Jerusalem June 30, 2020. REUTERS/Ammar Awad TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

May 22, 2024, 11:25 am

Smotrich demands more settlements and punitive measures against PA

The Finance Minister said he intends to stop transferring funds to the PA after a Norway, Ireland and Spain announced they would recognise a Palestinian state.

By Jotam Confino in Israel

June 26, 2023, 3:41 pm

Netanyahu rebukes Ben-Gvir: Calls to illegally grab land ‘unacceptable’

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has called on Israelis in the West Bank to 'run for the hilltops' and 'settle them.'

By Jotam Confino

Settlers burned cars, field and property belonging to Palestinians in the West Bank in response to a deadly terror attack that left four Israelis killed. June 20, 2023. Courtesy: Twitter.

June 21, 2023, 11:12 am

1 Palestinian dead as settlers embark on West Bank rampage following terror attack

'Awful scenes in the West Bank today, with innocent Palestinians attacked by settlers, their property destroyed, and one person shot dead,' UK's ambassador to Israel said.

By Jotam Confino

An Israeli man hangs an election campaign banner for the Likud party depicting its leader Benjamin Netanyahu on October 19, 2022, near the Palestinian town of Hawara, south of Nablus, West Bank. Credit: Eddie Gerald/Alamy Live News

October 26, 2022, 12:39 pm

Netanyahu says he intends to annex West Bank settlements if re-elected

The former prime minister told USA TODAY that he 'has a plan' on how to achieve West Bank annexation

By Jewish News

Tubs of ice-cream alongside a labourer working at Ben & Jerry's factory in Be'er Tuvia, Israel (Photo: Reuters/Ronen Zvulun)

July 6, 2022, 5:05 pm

Ben & Jerry’s sues own parent company over West Bank ice cream sales ban

Ice cream maker says its independence is being compromised by Unilever's move to offload the brand in Israel

By Michael Daventry

June 29, 2022, 4:44 pm

Ben & Jerry’s owner reverses West Bank ice cream ‘sales ban’

Unilever sells its business interests in Israel, meaning Hebrew and Arabic-branded products will be sold in Israel and the West Bank

By Michael Daventry

A road sign pointing to accommodation in Ariel, a West Bank settlement (Photo: Reuters)

June 9, 2022, 2:08 pm

The way West Bank settlers live their lives could be about to change

A law that has failed to pass the Knesset means that Israeli settlers might soon be subject to Israeli military law — just like the Palestinians

By Michael Daventry

A Palestinian boy looks behind a wall separating Jewish part and Palestinian part of the West Bank. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

April 20, 2021, 9:07 am

Hundreds call on Jewish National Fund to reject West Bank land purchase plan

The board of Israel’s JNF will vote this week on plans to overturn its longstanding policy of not buying land to expand settlements

By Michael Daventry

Miko Peled (left) and Azzam Tamimi (right) at UCL in 2017. Both spoke at Labour conference in 2019
Credit: Azzam Tamimi on Twitter

September 24, 2019, 7:52 pm

Infamous anti-Zionist claims Israel plotting to destroy Dome of the Rock

Miko Peled addresses sparsely attended Israel-bashing fringe event at Brighton's Labour conference

By Jenni Frazer at Labour Conference

August 7, 2019, 12:18 pm

UK urges Israel to ‘halt settlement expansion’ after 2,300 units approved

Boris Johnson's new foreign secretary, Dominic Raab, urges the Jewish state to stop building houses in the West Bank

By Jewish News Reporter

A settlement construction site in the West Bank (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, File)

August 6, 2019, 6:17 pm

Israel advances plans for 2,300 West Bank settlement homes

Government body backs proposals after security cabinet had given rare green-light for houses to be built in Area C

By JTA

July 12, 2019, 11:50 am

Minister: West Bank settlements not part of post-Brexit trade deal with Israel

Government says it does "not recognise the Occupied Palestinian Territories as part of Israel" and therefore will not include settlements in any agreement

By Jewish News Reporter

May 15, 2019, 4:31 pm

Spending on West Bank settlements rose sharply upon Trump taking office

Government stats received from Israel’s Finance Ministry showed that spending in the West Bank in 2017 was £357m, up from £258m in 2016 when Trump was elected

By JTA

A sign points to Israeli tourists sites and activities in the Jewish settlement Shilo, West Bank. Photo by Debbie Hill/UPI

May 10, 2019, 9:51 am

Labour MPs urge Jeremy Hunt to push for UK ban on West Bank settlement listings

Labour MP Wes Streeting shared the letter on social media, writing that he 'strongly supports this letter'

By Mathilde Frot

April 10, 2019, 8:10 am

Israel approved thousands of new West Bank housing units before election

Defence ministry committee backing for 3.5K homes comes after Netanyahu promises to annex West Bank if he wins election

By JTA

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