Israel West Bank

• Israel’s Netanyahu vows to expand West Bank settlements

  The package laid the groundwork for what is expected to be a stormy beginning for Netanyahu's government and could put it at odds with large parts of the Israeli public.

  Politics

  Dec 28, 2022
  
• Israel set to approve 4,000 new settler homes in West Bank, minister says

  Israel captured the West Bank in the 1967 Mideast war and has built more than 130 settlements across the territory that are home to nearly 500,000 settlers.

  World

  May 6, 2022
  
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• Israel postpones plans to annex parts of West Bank

  With Trump’s help, Netanyahu has largely succeeded in shifting attention from his legal woes to his vaunted diplomatic skills.

  Jan 29, 2020
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• Netanyahu promises to annex West Bank Jewish settlements if re-elected

  Netanyahu has promoted Jewish settlement expansion in his four terms as prime minister, but until now refrained from presenting a detailed vision for the West Bank, seen by the Palestinians as the heartland of a future state.

  World

  Apr 6, 2019
• Airbnb accused of ‘outrageous discrimination’ after pulling listings from Israeli settlements

  Airbnb said this week it was removing listings after hearing criticism that "companies should not profit on lands where people have been displaced."

  World

  Nov 22, 2018
• Israel and Trump administration aim to prevent publication of UN settlement ‘blacklist’

  While Israel is usually quick to brush off U.N. criticism, officials say they are taking the so-called “blacklist” seriously.

  World

  Nov 26, 2017
• Israeli rights group urges UN to end Palestinian occupation

  An Israeli human rights group urged the U.N. Security Council on Friday to take decisive action now to end the country's occupation of Palestinian territory.

  World

  Oct 14, 2016