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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.

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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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plants a tree during a commemoration of the Jewish holiday of Tu BiShvat (New Year for Trees), in the Israeli settlement of Mevo'ot Yericho near the Palestinian city of Jericho in the Jordan Valley in the occupied

Israel Is Eager To Annex West Bank Lands, But U.S. Says To Wait For Israeli Election

6:23pm February 19, 2020

by Daniel Estrin

The Trump Mideast plan would recognize Israeli sovereignty of settlements and lands Palestinians want for a future state, but the administration urged Israel to hold off until after Israel's election.

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks Monday during a news conference at the State Department, where he announced the administration will rescind a 1978 department legal opinion that viewed settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank as inconsistent wit

State Department Loosens U.S. Policy On Israeli Settlements In West Bank

9:02pm November 18, 2019

by Richard Gonzales

The change, announced by Secretary Mike Pompeo, follows the Trump administration's recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and that country's sovereignty over the disputed Golan Heights.