Rappler's latest stories on West Bank
Israel removes holy site metal detectors, but boycott maintained
4th UPDATE The move comes after intensive international diplomacy seeking to stop the outbreak of wider unrest with warnings that it could spread far beyond Israel and the Palestinian territories
Netanyahu tells Israeli settlers 'nobody will be uprooted'
His comments come as Israeli authorities also advances plans for some 1 500 settlement homes in the West Bank including units for the first new official settlement in some 25 years
Hamas eases stance on Israel with new policy document
While the new document does not amount to recognition of Israel as demanded by the international community Hamas officials say it formally softens its stance in a few key areas
Palestinian, UN alarm after Israel approves new settlement
Israel s security cabinet gives its backing to the new settlement late on Thursday as the government presses ahead with settlement expansion in defiance of international concern
Israel ignores UN demand against settlements – diplomat
The January spike in illegal settlement announcements by Israel is deeply concerning says envoy Nickolay Mladenov
Israeli soldier gets 18 months for killing Palestinian
Defense lawyers announce an appeal and right wing Israeli ministers immediately called for a pardon while the Palestinian government and the victim s family condemns the sentence as too lenient
Israel parliament legalizes settler outposts on Palestinian land
The law – approved by 60 members of parliament to 52 against – is slammed by the Palestinians as a means to legalize theft of land
White House says new Israeli settlements 'may not be helpful'
The statement is a break from Donald Trump s previously full throated defense of Israeli settlement building
Israel evicts settlers from West Bank outpost
The operation marks the end of months of attempts by government hardliners to legalise the outpost near Ramallah
Israel authorizes 3,000 settler homes in West Bank – ministry
Since the January 20 inauguration of Trump Israel has approved the construction of 566 housing units in 3 settlement areas of east Jerusalem and announced the building of 2 502 more in the West Bank
Israel plans 2,500 settler homes in post-Trump expansion
The United Nations denounces the move stressing unilateral actions were an obstacle to peace
Palestinian parties agree to form unity government
The agreement between the top Palestinian parties comes after 3 days of reconciliation talks in Moscow
Kerry warns Israel settlements threaten democracy
Trends indicate a comprehensive effort to take West Bank land for Israel and prevent any Palestinian development there says US Secretary of State John Kerry in a landmark speech criticizing Israel for its settler agenda
Israel says 'reducing' ties with nations over UN vote
Israeli media have reported that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked officials to visit the countries that voted for the resolution as little as possible for now
Trump: UN Israel vote to make peace negotiations 'much harder'
The big loss yesterday for Israel in the United Nations will make it much harder to negotiate peace Too bad but we will get it done anyway
Questions and answers on Israeli settlements
The UN Security Council has recently passed a landmark resolution condemning Israeli settlements in east Jerusalem and the West Bank
Israel on defensive after landmark UN vote
Michael Oren a former Israeli envoy to Washington says he saw the resolution as a lot like anti Semitism
UN demands end to Israeli settlements after U.S. abstains
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu immediately rejects the UN resolution that demands that Israel cease all settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territory
UN Security Council to vote on Israel settlements
UPDATED A similar resolution was vetoed by the United States in 2011 and it remains uncertain if the measure will be adopted this time
Israeli settlers accept outpost relocation deal
The settlers who live at Amona Outpost in the northern West Bank approve a revised proposal from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Israeli settlers flee as West Bank wildfires spread
Israeli and Palestinian firefighters helped by foreign aircraft have been battling dozens of bush blazes fed by drought and high winds that have seen tens of thousands of people evacuated
Deadly shooting rampage puts Israel on alert ahead of holiday
The shooting comes at a time of increased Jewish visitors to the flashpoint Al Aqsa mosque compound in Israeli annexed east Jerusalem for the holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
Israel approves hundreds of new settler homes after attacks
The approval comes days after a key international report warned that Israel s settlement expansion and confiscation of Palestinian land were eroding the possibility of a two state peace settlement
Israel bars all Palestinians after Tel Aviv attack – army
An army spokeswoman says crossings to Israel from the West Bank and the Gaza Strip would be closed for Palestinians in all but medical and humanitarian cases
Israel clamps down after deadly Tel Aviv cafe attack
3rd UPDATE Israel is sending hundreds more troops into the occupied West Bank
7 banks extend operating hours to help decongest ports
These banks are Deutsche Bank Security Bank Asia United Bank Metrobank RCBC BDO and EastWest
Palestinian stabs Israeli soldier in West Bank, is shot dead – police
The police say the teenager died after being chased and shot dead Since October 198 Palestinians have died most after carrying out knife gun or car ramming attacks
Palestinian teachers suspend 3-week strike
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas promises the teachers a pay increase management review and implementation of a 2013 deal
Israel raids Palestinian TV station accused over unrest
3rd UPDATE A Palestinian leader accuses the extremist Israeli government of silencing every Palestinian voice while Israel blames Palestinian leaders and media for inciting violence
Lost Israel troops stray into camp, sparking bloody clashes
UPDATED Two Israeli soldiers mistakenly end up at the Qalandiya refugee camp while using navigation app Waze
Brands stick by Pacquiao despite LGBT comments, Nike termination
Manny Pacquiao s deal with Nike may be over but one of Pacquiao s handlers says he is in negotiations with two other competitors
Escalation feared after Israeli settlements stabbings
UPDATED Sunday s killing provokes fears that the attacks are worsening and that Israel will impose a harsh security crackdown on Palestinians
Israeli-Palestinian clashes, attacks rock West Bank
The ongoing unrest leads to a sharp decrease in pilgrims travelling to Bethlehem for Christmas Eve
Palestinian rams car into Israeli soldiers, shot dead – army
UPDATED The incident is the latest of a recent wave of stabbings shootings and car rammings by Palestinians against Israelis
UN chief 'not optimistic' about Israeli-Palestinian crisis
Ban tells the Security Council that addressing the situation at the holy sites is key to quelling tensions and that he is very concerned by incitement from both sides
3 dead as Jerusalem sees bloodiest day in rising unrest
UPDATED After nearly two weeks of violence there have been warnings of the risk of a full scale Palestinian uprising or third intifada
Israel demolishes attackers' homes in crackdown
Israel demolishes the homes of two Palestinians behind attacks and sealed off a room in another the army says
Netanyahu vows 'fight to death' as clashes spread after attacks
The rioting follows 3 attacks in recent days that have killed 4 Israelis and wounded several others including a two year old child
Palestinian flag flies at UN, Abbas seeks full status
The symbolic gesture occurs against a backdrop of stalemate in the peace process and escalating tensions at holy sites in Jerusalem
Palestinians clash with Israeli forces on 'day of rage'
At Kafr Kaddum near Nablus Israeli fire wounded 3 Palestinians in their arms and legs says the Palestinian Red Crescent
Slain Palestinian toddler's parents, brother fighting for lives
The firebombing of the family s home in the occupied West Bank which killed 18 month old Ali Saad Dawabsha sparks international outrage
Israel PM approves 300 settler homes in occupied West Bank
A senior Palestine Liberation Organization official denounces the plans to build new homes as war crimes and accuses Israel of sabotaging peace efforts
Israel troops shoot dead Palestinian in West Bank
The shootings come after weeks of low level violence in the occupied Palestinian territories and amid regular Israeli arrest operations
UN: 'War crimes' likely by both sides in 2014 Gaza war
Both Israel and Palestinian militants may have committed war crimes during last year s Gaza war a widely anticipated United Nations report says decrying the unprecedented devastation and human suffering
Israel PM rejects 'dictates' as French FM visits
Netanyahu hits out at international diplomatic efforts to impose proposals which he says neglected to address vital Israeli security concerns
Israel PM halts ban on Palestinians using settler buses
UPDATED The ban was immediately attacked by rights groups and the opposition who denounced it as an unprecedented move that heaped unnecessary humiliation on the Palestinians and would ultimately damage Israel
Clashes as Israel marks 1967 east Jerusalem capture
Known as Jerusalem Day the anniversary marks the seizure in the 1967 Six Day War and later annexation of mainly Arab east Jerusalem in a move never recognized by the international community
Israel invites bids for 77 East Jerusalem settler homes – NGO
It is the first such announcement in east Jerusalem since a March 17 general election win by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu s rightwing Likud party
Palestine joins International Criminal Court
The Palestinians call on Israel to also join the global court which was set up in 2002 to try crimes against humanity war crimes and genocide
Pope Francis urges 'tenderness' on Christmas
UPDATED Do we have the courage to welcome with tenderness the difficulties and problems of those who are near to us? asks the leader of the world s 1 2 billion Roman Catholics on Christmas Eve
