West Bank

Palestinian residents inspect the damage several hours after Israeli forces demolished northern Fakhit in Masafer Yatta, in the southern West Bank, September 8, 2026. (Mosab Shawer/Activestills)

‘Everything necessary for human life was erased’

In the span of a week, Israeli bulldozers demolished Al-Taban and northern Fakhit, two neighboring Palestinian communities in Masafer Yatta. When residents helped each other stay on the land, soldiers came to make arrests.

By Basel Adra September 16, 2026

Tawfiq Hajj Qassem, a resident of the Palestinian village of Atuf in the northern Jordan Valley, August 2026. (Oren Ziv)

Israel’s new West Bank separation wall closes in on Palestinian communities

While the army damages water pipes and confiscates cars, settlers from Jordan Valley outposts terrorize shepherding families — forcing dozens to flee.

By Oren Ziv September 9, 2026

Residents of Bil’in and Kafr Nimah survey the proposed route of the new military road that will run through their lands, with the settlement of Modi'in Illit in the background, Aug. 17, 2026. (Oren Ziv)

‘It’s déjà vu’: Israel moves to seize land in Bil’in — once again

The army issued a confiscation order for a new ‘security road,’ which experts say will help cement a settlement corridor in the heart of the West Bank.

By Oren Ziv September 2, 2026

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Palestinian taxi drivers gather at a gas station amid a fuel shortage in the West Bank city of Nablus, July 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

How Israel manufactured a fuel shortage in the West Bank

Long gas station lines are a symptom of deeper structural problems: banking restrictions, total dependence on Israeli supply, and a PA in financial crisis.

By Sami Sawalmeh September 1, 2026

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a vote at the plenum hall of the Knesset, Jerusalem, July 16, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Netanyahu’s ‘total victory’ vow kept him in power. Now it may be his undoing

With the coalition trailing in the polls, it seems the severe costs and unattainable goals of Israel’s ever-expanding wars are coming back to bite.

By Meron Rapoport August 27, 2026

Israeli settlers march to celebrate Israel's 71st Independence Day, near the Havat Gilad settlement, in the northern West Bank, May 9, 2019. (Hillel Maeir/Flash90)

Armed Israeli settler ‘hikes’ aren’t new — but they’re becoming deadly

A spate of recent killings have resulted from settlers trekking the West Bank under military escort, expanding Jewish presence at Palestinians’ expense.

By Aharon Porath and Roei Kleitman August 26, 2026

Israeli soldiers inspect a Palestinian car in the West Bank city of Hebron, August 13, 2024. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)

Under Israel’s watch, Palestinian gangs are sowing chaos in the West Bank

By turning a blind eye to armed criminals while constraining Palestinian police, Israel is ‘engineering lawlessness’ to deepen its control over the territory.

By Sami Sawalmeh August 25, 2026

Mohammed Mutafer, a nurse, is treated by medics after Israeli settlers shot and injured him and two other Palestinians during an attack on the town of Sa'ir, east of Hebron (Al-Khalil) in the southern West Bank, August 14, 2026. (Mosab Shawer/Activestills)

What’s behind Israel’s growing assault on West Bank healthcare

Seeking to push Palestinians off their land, Israel is targeting the infrastructure that sustains life — and the institutions long tied to the anti-colonial struggle.

By Ghada Majadli August 24, 2026

Qusai Abu Ridi is seen in his besieged home as Israeli soldiers block activists from reaching him, Qusra, occupied West Bank, August 14, 2026. (Oren Ziv)

Qusra is where Israel’s lies about settler violence hit a wall

Settlers have been besieging a Palestinian family for 10 days in an effort to seize their home. The army’s unwillingness to stop them tells the whole story.

By Oren Ziv August 18, 2026

An Israeli military jeep drives through the West Bank village of Al-Mughayyir after an Israeli settler attack in the area, August 11, 2026. (Avishay Mohar/Activestills)

Life in a laboratory of Israeli ethnic cleansing

Al-Mughayyir faces an existential battle against settler-soldier violence and economic siege. But despite our many losses, we insist our village will remain.

By Haroon Bshara August 14, 2026

An Israeli soldier stands next to an ambulance after the army curfew was lifted for three hours, in the southern neighborhoods of the West Bank city of Hebron (Al-Khalil), January 21, 2026. (Mosab Shawer/Activestills)

Israel’s roadblocks are choking emergency care in the West Bank

With proliferating closures, checkpoints, and settler attacks, Palestinian medics say routine ambulance journeys have become life-or-death ordeals.

By Shatha Yaish August 13, 2026

A burned children's toy following an Israeli settler pogrom in the Palestinian village of Tuba, Masafer Yatta, occupied West Bank, August 6, 2026. (Mosab Shawer/Activestills)

‘Darkness, flames, screaming’: Palestinian village terrorized by Israeli settlers

A night-time pogrom by dozens of settlers left residents wounded, houses burned, and solar panels destroyed in the isolated West Bank village of Tuba.

By Basel Adra August 7, 2026

A mural of Awdah Hathaleen in the community center with added writings by friends and family. (Omri Eran Vardi)

A year after Awdah’s killing, Umm Al-Khair struggles for its own survival

The community is facing violent settler expansion and the looming threat of demolition, while the Israeli who shot the beloved activist remains free.

By Basel Adra July 29, 2026