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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Israel's culture minister calls a Palestinian-Israeli film's Oscar a 'sad moment'

11:04am March 03, 2025

The Oscar documentary win by the movie No Other Land is garnering very different reactions in Israel and the West Bank.

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Palestinian and Israeli filmmakers team up to create 'No Other Land'

11:03am January 31, 2025

This Oscar-nominated documentary, which tells the story of the Israeli military's demolition of Palestinian homes in the West Bank, was created by a team of two Palestinian and two Israeli filmmakers.

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Attorney General Merrick Garland Announces Results Of Operation North Star FY 2024

DOJ lawyers slam 'glaring gap' in failure to investigate potential Israeli crimes

5:15am October 25, 2024

The four-page letter addressed to Attorney General Merrick Garland calls on the department to investigate potential crimes committed by Israeli soldiers and civilians and is a rare instance of public disagreement inside the department.

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DOJ silent as families of Americans killed in West Bank, Gaza demand it investigate

4:33pm October 10, 2024

by Daniel Estrin

The Justice Department vowed to investigate Americans killed by Hamas in the group's Oct. 7 attack on Israel. But the DOJ has done nothing to investigate deaths of 4 Americans killed in the West Bank and Gaza by Israelis.

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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.