Occupied West Bank

The Israeli troop killing of a U.S. teen in the West Bank sparks outrage

11:10am April 09, 2025

The killing of a Palestinian American teen by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank has sparked an outcry from relatives and community members in the Palestinian territory as well as the U.S.

Palestinian soap gets UNESCO recognition as Israel's military operation closes in

5:00am April 01, 2025

An age-old Palestinian tradition of making soap in the Israeli-occupied West Bank was recognized by UNESCO. A visit to one factory tells you why.

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West Bank Palestinians displaced by Israel's military fear they'll never go home again

12:31pm March 20, 2025

Even as the war in Gaza continues, Israel's prime minister says a "larger and more intense front could be opened" in the West Bank, where more than 40,000 have been displaced in the current operation.

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As Israel bans UNRWA, Palestinians stand to lose schools and clinics, not only in Gaza

9:17am December 03, 2024

Israel is severing ties with the main United Nations agency that provides aid to Palestinians. With the focus largely on Gaza, the move also threatens key services in the occupied West Bank.

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'All this blood, all this death': Palestinians protest Israel war with no end in sight

5:42pm October 07, 2024

For Palestinian civilians caught in the middle of the ongoing conflict between Israeli forces and the Hamas militant group, the consequences have been unremittingly difficult, and deadly.

Palestinians march to honour Turkish-American activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, in Nablus

U.S. urges Israel to swiftly investigate killing of American woman in West Bank

5:24pm September 09, 2024

The State Department urged Israel to move quickly to investigate the death of a U.S. woman during a protest against Israeli settlements in the West Bank last week. Eyewitnesses said she was shot in the head by Israeli forces policing the protest. Israeli authorities have said they are investigating the incident.

What West Bank Palestinian youths are fighting for, in their own words

11:03am September 07, 2024

The Israeli military vows to stamp out Palestinian militants in the occupied West Bank. Palestinian fighters tell NPR they are willing to die to resist Israeli occupation.

Israel launches a big operation in the occupied West Bank, killing 10 Palestinians

6:18am August 28, 2024

Israeli forces said they launched a large operation in the occupied West Bank overnight and into Wednesday, killing at least 10 Hamas militants, carrying out arrests and sealing off the city of Jenin.

Nadav Weiman, deputy director of Breaking the Silence, walks through the abandoned Palestinian village of Zanuta in the occupied West Bank on Feb. 19.

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Israeli settlers step up attacks on Palestinian farms, expanding West Bank outposts

6:02am March 23, 2024

by Eleanor Beardsley

NPR visits one West Bank town where Israelis are grazing sheep, in a place where a Palestinian school once stood.

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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (right) and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken shake hands prior to a meeting at the presidential compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Nov. 30, 2023.

Who is Mohammad Mustafa, the new prime minister of the Palestinian Authority?

6:00am March 16, 2024

by Jaclyn Diaz

Mustafa was appointed by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in a move seen as an attempt to appease U.S. demands for reform.