The Latest Breaking News from Ramallah

A video supposedly showing an assassination attempt on Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority, has been circulating widely on X (formerly Twitter) since November 7. However, it turns out that the video actually shows a police drug raid on a refugee camp near Ramallah in the West Bank…

The past month saw escalating Israeli violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, Jerusalem and Israel.

Israel-ordered shutdowns and settler attacks in occupied West Bank take devastating toll on Palestinian economy.

Since Israel imposed a blockade on Gaza in the wake of Hamas’s October 7 terrorist attack, many Gazans in search of medical care for their children have found themselves stuck in Ramallah, in the West Bank. Some have not heard from their loved ones for days or even weeks, and…

French President Emmanuel Macron is on the second leg of his Middle East tour. After meeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday, Macron arrived in Jordan, where he will meet King Abdullah II.

Two weeks into the Israel-Hamas war, Fadi Quran, campaigns director for Avaaz, an NGO coordinating activists worldwide, is calling for a ceasefire in the interest of children on both sides.

Palestinians in the West Bank tell Kim Sengupta they are facing a crackdown from Israeli forces and threats to their lives from settlers, while Israeli officials say the threat from Hamas is clear

Since October 7, Israel has arrested more than 5,000 people, mostly from Gaza, Palestinian officials say.

We have seen a rapid escalation of violence from Israeli settlers, yet this seems to sit outside the consideration of world leaders, says Layth Hanbali, a health researcher in Ramallah