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          West Bank

          A Palestinian territory under Israeli occupation and frequently at the centre of geopolitical tensions and conflict

          Vivian Khalaf is a Jerusalem-born lawyer and currently serves as the chairwoman of the board at the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund

          Palestinian-American lawyer's mission to save Gaza's wounded children

          Arab ShowcaseOctober 24, 2025
          Israeli security forces block Palestinians from reaching their land to harvest olives, near Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank5. AFP

          Surge in attacks: Israeli settlers terrorise Palestinian olive farmers

          MENAOctober 24, 2025
          Israeli settlers watch as Israeli soldiers block access for Palestinians to an olive grove in the West Bank village of Sa'ir. AP

          Activist says Israel deported him for helping olive farmers

          MENAOctober 23, 2025
          'Don’t worry about the West Bank,' US President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House. AP Photo

          Trump says Israel 'not going to do anything' on West Bank annexation

          MENAOctober 23, 2025
          Israeli soldiers and a man armed with a slingshot during an attack by settlers on the Palestinian village of Beita on October 10. The occupation of the West Bank is accompanied by a two-tier justice system and security forces unwilling or unable to rein in militant settlers. AFP

          Violent Israeli settlers are threatening their country's future

          EditorialOctober 23, 2025
          Palestinians harvest olives in the occupied West Bank village of Turmus Ayya, on the outskirts of Ramallah. AFP

          Outrage at video of Israeli settler clubbing Palestinian woman harvesting olives

          MENAOctober 21, 2025
          Palestinian sellers display their goods near the rubble after the Israeli army demolished 16 shops at the produce market in Beita village south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank. AFP

          What will Israel's continuing control mean for the Palestinian economy?

          EconomyOctober 07, 2025
          Israeli security forces set up an iron gate at the entrance to a West Bank town. AFP

          How Israel could retaliate against allies who recognised Palestine

          MENASeptember 28, 2025
          A Palestinian man sitting at a cafe table by a mural on the Israeli separation barrier in the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem. EPA

          Trump's vow to block occupied West Bank annexation 'co-ordinated with Israel'

          MENASeptember 26, 2025
          A sign points Palestinians towards the Allenby Bridge, a gateway between the West Bank and Jordan. Reuters

          Israel closes only West Bank-Jordan border crossing

          MENASeptember 23, 2025
          Israeli troops arrive at the Allenby Bridge crossing, after two members of the country's military were killed at the site. AP

          Israel shuts crossing between West Bank and Jordan after deadly shooting

          MENASeptember 19, 2025
          Labour MPs Peter Prinsley, left, and Simon Opher, are doctors who believe UK's Palestine policy prompted Israeli anger at border. Getty Images

          British MPs refused entry to West Bank over 'Israeli anger at Palestine recognition'

          UKSeptember 17, 2025
          Basel Adra, left, and Yuval Abraham, winners of the Oscar for best documentary feature film for No Other Land. AP Photo

          West Bank home of Oscar-winning Palestinian director raided by Israeli army

          MENASeptember 14, 2025
          Israel is bombarding Gaza city tower blocks in its latest air campaign in the strip. Reuters

          Israel to 'increase pace' of Gaza city shelling after 500 attacks in a week

          MENASeptember 12, 2025
          A home in the occupied West Bank is damaged in an explosion. It belonged to a Palestinian accused of carrying out a shooting near Bethlehem in 2024 that killed an Israeli settler. AFP

          Israel vows collective punishment in villages of Jerusalem attackers

          MENASeptember 09, 2025
          Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his then-defence minister, Yitzhak Mordechai, at the Alfei Menashe settlement in 1997. AFP

          Netanyahu’s 'Greater Israel' dream marks a dangerous ideological shift

          OpinionSeptember 05, 2025
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