israeli settlements

With attention on Gaza, Jewish settlers expand in the West Bank

5:13am August 07, 2024

by Greg Myre

The war in Gaza has been the main focus in the Middle East. Yet in the West Bank, Israel's government is seizing land and Jewish settlers are establishing outposts at the highest rate in decades.

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Palestinian demonstrators in Rafah, in the southern Gaza strip, hold portraits of President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a protest against Trump's announcement of a peace plan on Tuesday.

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Trump Says His Mideast Peace Plan Provides A 'Realistic Two-State Solution'

6:00pm January 28, 2020

by Scott Neuman

President Trump declared that his "vision presents a win-win opportunity for both sides." Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has called it a "disastrous announcement."

Israeli settlers celebrate the Jewish Purim holiday on al-Shuhada Street in the divided West Bank town of Hebron on March 21.

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After A Decade Of Netanyahu, Hopes Fade For A Palestinian State

6:19pm April 08, 2019

by Daniel Estrin

In one of his last campaign moves, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a far-right pledge: If re-elected, he would annex Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank.

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Relatives of Aisha Rabi, 48, mourn at the family home during her funeral in the West Bank village of Bidya in October 2018.

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Israel Arrests 5 Teenage Suspects In Fatal Stoning Of Palestinian Woman

2:30pm January 07, 2019

by Daniella Cheslow

The arrests in the fatal attack on a Palestinian woman last year has highlighted a rift between Israel's security establishment and hawks in the settler community.

Some residents of the Israeli settlement Eli, shown here in 2016, have been renting out properties there using Airbnb.

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Airbnb Plans To Remove Listings In Israeli Settlements

8:19pm November 19, 2018

by Merrit Kennedy

Israeli Tourism Minister Yariv Levin described it as a "disgraceful surrender," while senior Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat called it an "initial positive step."

A Palestinian man walks near a construction site of a new housing unit in a neighborhood in East Jerusalem known to Jewish settlers as Har Homa and to Palestinians as Jabal Abu Ghneim. The Palestinians want East Jerusalem to be the capital of a future sta

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Israel Accused Of Revoking Thousands Of Jerusalem Residency Permits From Palestinians

7:01am January 06, 2018

by Daniel Estrin

Human Rights Watch says Israel has revoked the residency papers of at least 14,595 Palestinians in East Jerusalem since Israel captured the territory from Jordan in 1967.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has approved more than 3,000 new settler homes, including at least 20 in Beit El.

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A Jewish Settlement In The West Bank Has Ties To Trump Administration

3:50pm February 10, 2017

by Joanna Kakissis

One of the fundraisers for a group that's raised millions for a seminary in the settlement is Trump's pick for ambassador to Israel. Trump and his son-in-law have made donations to the group.

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A Palestinian man walks near a construction site for new Israeli housing in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Har Homa in September. The Palestinians claim East Jerusalem as a capital of a future state and object to Israeli building in the eastern part o

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7 Things To Know About Israeli Settlements

5:27pm December 29, 2016

West Bank settlements have expanded under every Israeli government over the past half-century. Nearly 10 percent of Israel's Jewish population now lives on land captured in the 1967 Six-Day War.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry laid out his vision for peace between Israel and the Palestinians Wednesday. In the more than hourlong address, Kerry criticized Jewish settlements in the West Bank as an impediment to peace.

John Kerry Defends Two-State Solution, Rebukes Israeli Settlements

5:26pm December 28, 2016

by Laurel Wamsley

In a more than hourlong address, the outgoing secretary of state sharply criticized Israel's expansion into the West Bank, saying it was making the future prospect of peace ever dimmer.

The U.N. Security Council has condemned Israel's construction of settlements, with Ambassador Samantha Power saying the project hurts Israel's security. In this photo from March, soldiers guard the Gush Etzion junction near a cluster of settlements in the

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Security Council Condemns Israeli Settlements As U.S. Abstains From Vote

4:34pm December 23, 2016

by Bill Chappell

In explaining the U.S. position, Ambassador Samantha Power said the move doesn't diminish U.S. support for Israel.