The Latest Breaking News from the West Bank

Mohammad Shtayyeh calls for a ‘comprehensive, peaceful vision’ and ceasefire in Gaza

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

Entrances to Palestinian villages, towns and cities are blocked, severely restricting commercial and civilian movement.

Israel has so far refused to release information about Gaza workers who have disappeared, human rights groups say.

Gay and transgender people—both in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank—face an extraordinary level of persecution.

A profound sense of uncertainty hangs over the future of the peace movement and anti-occupation activism in Israel, in the wake of the recent terrorist attack by Hamas. The space for peace activism was already shrinking before October 7, but the violent attacks have added further pressure.

Biden is calling for a two-state solution for Israeli-Palestinian peace. But the long-discussed framework is increasingly unpopular in the region. Here are some of its challenges — and alternatives.

With the intensification of war in the Middle East comes an intense polarization within our institutions. A historian whose family was taken hostage by Hamas, and a geographer with family in the West Bank, get together to discuss a way forward.

Israel has expelled a prominent Palestinian activist from his home in a West Bank city at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict after he hosted a foreign journalist and a prominent Israeli activist

Latest government advisory warns all Americans to exercise caution when travelling anywhere in the world – and specifically not to travel to Gaza, the West Bank, Israel and Lebanon

This blog is closed. See our Israel-Hamas war coverage here.