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PM Netanyahu signs West Bank settlement expansion plan, rules out Palestinian state

"There will never be a Palestinian state. This place is ours," Netanyahu said during a visit to the Maale Adumim settlement in the West Bank, where thousands of new housing units would be added.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, along with other senior officals, sign a controverisal E1 "Roof Agreement" expansion plan in Maaleh Adumim.
 Matanyahu Englman - The State Comptroller of Israel, Local Government Conference 2024

State Comptroller report unveils alarming increase in West Bank road attacks

A general view of houses in the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim in the West Bank

Israeli settlements expand by record amount, UN rights chief says

 A counter terrorism raid by the Israeli army, in the West Bank city of Jenin, December 13, 2023.

UN report deplores 'rapid deterioration' of rights in West Bank


The myth of 'settler violence' - opinion

It’s curious how the “settler violence,” rare and infrequent especially in relation to the daily Palestinian terrorism – justifies the attention and repeated mention of the US president. 

 SETTLERS HURL stones at Palestinians during the annual harvest season, near the settlement of Yitzhar in 2020.

EU Delegation to the PA propose joint development of Area C - opinion

According to a Channel 13 correspondent, the plan is intended to help "expand Palestinian control of Area C."

 BEZALEL SMOTRICH and Orit Struck visit Gush Etzion in October, days before the election

Law granting residency rights to settlers passes Knesset in 1st reading

The bill allows settlers to enjoy full residency rights in Israel, even though technically they live outside its sovereign borders.

 PM Netanyahu with several of his ministers at the swearing-in ceremony of the new government in the Knesset, December 29 2022.

US monitoring 'onerous' IDF limits on foreign visits to West Bank Palestinians

The regulations streamline West Bank exit and entry for some, but more often it limits the timeframe most foreigners can stay in the West Bank.

 Palestinian workers in Israel strike against Israel and Palestinian Authority's recent agreement to have their wages transferred to bank accounts, at an Israeli checkpoint in Tulkarm in the West Bank, August 21, 2022.

Israel advances Palestinian development in Area C on eve of Biden visit

"Approval of six zoning plans for Palestinians in the Judea and Samaria area," stated the Office of the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories.

 A Palestinian man looks on as Israeli machineries guarded by Israeli forces demolishe a Palestinian house in Masafer Yatta, in the West Bank July 4, 2022

Biton: No budget to legalize West Bank settler outposts

Right now the Civil Administration lacks the ability to service Israeli and Palestinians in Area C, according to Biton.

Defense Ministry's Civil and Social Issues Minister Michael Biton touring the Gaza Strip area, August 20, 2020.

‘Electronic Wallet’ Launches in West Bank, Gaza Strip

PalPay seeks to change way Palestinians pay for products, services.

Palestinians buy vegetables and fruits at a shop during the holy month of Ramadan, in the West Bank city of Hebron,  May 16, 2019.

The Oslo generation

Nothing is normal.

Security personnel walk in front of the barrier with the West Bank near Havat Ella, 20 km. southwest of Hebron.

World Bank: Gaza economy is collapsing

“The economic deterioration in both Gaza and West Bank can no longer be counteracted by foreign aid, which has been in steady decline."

Palestinian employees of United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) wear orange jumpsuits as they protest against job cuts, outside UNRWA headquarters in Gaza City September 19, 2018

Knesset applies Israeli law to Ariel University in West Bank

The law passed on the same evening that Israel got into an exchange of statement with the US over Washington's position on possible Israeli annexation goals.

Ariel University in the West Bank

Israel planning to increase work permits for Palestinians

According to the World Bank, unemployment in the West Bank in 2016 stood at around 18%.

ALI JAFAR takes a break at the SodaStream factory in Rahat last year