West Bank

Israel's National Security Council (NSC) has issued a report warning that attacks perpetrated by illegal settlers against Palestinian residents in the occupied West Bank, known as "price tag" attacks,...

Dozens of angry Palestinian youth have protested on Sunday against the lack of services in the Jalazoun refugee camp near Ramallah. The protest marks a new phase of public...

Local Palestinian sources and eyewitnesses are reporting that a group of Jewish settlers, backed by the Israeli occupation army, intercepted on Tuesday morning the motorcade of the Palestinian Prime...

As US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pledged her country's support for Israel's security, Palestinians in the occupied West Bank demonstrated in front of the presidential compound in Ramallah...

A member of the Palestinian Parliament and leader of the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas, Mushir Al-Masri, regards the insistence of French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner to visit Gaza as...

The European High Court ruled on Thursday that products from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank are not included in Israel's trade agreement with the European Community (EC)...

Reports in the Israeli media have revealed growing tension in relations between Israel and Poland. Haaretz reported on Wednesday that Poland's deputy foreign minister refused to meet with the...

The Settlements Council has called on the Israeli government to stop all ongoing European projects in the West Bank until the European Union reverses its decision to prohibit all...

By early 2005, most of the developed infrastructure of the West Bank lay in ruins and the security services of the Palestinian Authority were in disarray – the result...

Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts have been at a standstill since 2009, and no new initiative will emerge from either side soon. The Netanyahu government is not interested in a two-state...

US Financing Israeli-Only Roads in the West Bank By Jonathan Cook The construction of sections of a controversial segregated road network in the West Bank planned by Israel for...

From Khalid Amayreh in the Israeli-Occupied West Bank5 January, 2010 Under the rubric of fighting Hamas's influence in the West Bank, the Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority (PA) has flagrantly fired...

The oppression of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank is normally associated with the Israelis. However, the Palestinian Authority (PA) led by Mahmoud Abbas oppresses not only popular resistance...

By Dr. Abdel Sattar Qassem  It was not anticipated that the 'autonomy' which emanated from the Oslo Accord would spread Islam, support it or make quantum leaps in endorsing Islam's...

The innocence of childhood is precious, to be cared for gently and nurtured, allowing the child, whose future we are building, to develop happily and safely in an atmosphere...

In 1896 Theodor Herzl wrote "The Jewish State", a book that was to change the lives of Palestinians forever. Believing that Jews would always be subject to anti-Semitism whilst...

The crisis did not begin when Israel decided to transfer the tax revenue owed to the Palestinian Authority (PA) to the Israeli Electricity Company instead, to pay for its...

A leaked report commissioned by the European Union (EU) has concluded that Israeli settlement construction "remains the single biggest threat" to peace in the Middle East. The confidential, 15-page report...

Al-Quds Opinion You would think that the half million Israeli settlers spread across the occupied West Bank would have little to complain about. After all, they enjoy control of...

Israeli authorities are planning to launch a campaign of expulsion against thousands of Palestinians living in the West Bank. This ethnic cleansing will be carried out mainly under the...

Looking back at the year since Israel's assault on Gaza it is clear that despite everything, and against all the odds, the resistance of the Palestinians can be viewed...

Abdus-Sattar QasimProfessor of Political studies, Al Najah National University,Some people will hate reading this article, either because it will expose them and their agents, or because it will shake...

Now that student body elections season in the West Bank has come to end, there is no doubt that the Islamic Bloc needs to carefully assess its experience in...

The signs are that the Palestinian Authority is playing a key role in enhancing the settlement project in the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem through its influential role in...

A visit by a number of Arab journalists to the city of Ramallah has resulted in a surge of condemnation from Palestinian media institutions, which saw the move as...