43 h. ago Opinion: Only by visiting the West Bank can you understand what life is like for Palestinians there

Social Democrats senator Patricia Stephenson shares what she experienced on a recent fact-finding mission to the occupied territory.

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66 h. ago 'There will be no Palestinian state': Netanyahu signs agreement for controversial West Bank settlement

The project, which would effectively cut the West Bank in two, could destroy plans for a future Palestinian state.

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8 d. ago Avi Shlaim: Trump has failed to grasp something fundamental about Netanyahu

Notoriously stingy Trump seems content to continue to bankroll Israel’s monstrous war machine, even as it is ethnically cleansing the West Bank and perpetrating genocide in Gaza

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9 d. ago Israel drops plan to annex parts of West Bank after ‘red line’ warning

Emirati officials warn Israeli sovereignty over occupied territory would destroy diplomatic agreement

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1 week ago At least 30 killed in Gaza City as Israel reportedly considering annexing parts of West Bank

Gaza authorities say toll from Israeli tank and gunfire includes 13 people trying to get food near distribution site

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2 w. ago ‘We’ll have nowhere to go’: Israeli settlement plan divides opinion

A settler mayor defends the controversial construction, a far-right minister hails it is a nail in the coffin of a Palestinian state, and a Bedouin tribe member expects expulsion

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3 w. ago Ireland and UK among 21 nations to condemn Israel's plan for illegal Jerusalem settlements

The statement said the plans, which would effectively cut the West Bank in two, are “unacceptable and a violation of international law”.

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3 w. ago ‘There’s nobody left’: Israeli offensive forces exodus from West Bank refugee camp

Two years ago, the UN said nearly 14,000 people were living in Nur Shams camp. Now, it is practically empty

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3 w. ago UN condemns Israel’s approval of settlement plan to ‘erase’ idea of Palestinian state

Israel approves controversial settlement project in occupied West Bank that would cut territory in two

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3 w. ago Israel approves plans for West Bank settlement that could destroy plans for Palestinian state

Israel’s finance minister Bezalel Smotrich said of the approval: ‘This reality finally buries the idea of a Palestinian state, because there is nothing to recognise and no-one to recognise.’

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3 w. ago Israel approves settlement plan to ‘erase’ idea of Palestinian state

Israel approves controversial settlement project in occupied West Bank that would cut territory in two

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