Palestine

US Senate blocks measure demanding report on rights violations in West Bank

Violence by Jewish settlers against Palestinians in the territory has risen sharply in 2026.

Israeli settlers attack West Bank village, blocking family’s return home

Israeli settlers attacked the village early Sept 29, setting fire to two homes belonging to the Palestinian Tubasi family and several vehicles.

Palestinian karateka aims for world glory from West Bank after Asian Games exit

Palestine’s Mahmoud Daifallah (left) and Jordan’s Abdel Rahman Almasatfa won their bronze-medal bout in the men’s karate 67kg kumite at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Sept 21.

Israel revokes diplomatic status of Dutch diplomats in Ramallah

Graffiti reading “no future” in Arabic is depicted on a concrete block at the closed vehicle barrier of a checkpoint at the northern entrance of Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

Israel’s US envoy says son fighting for life

Israeli ambassador to the US, Yechiel Leiter (left) stands along with one of his sons, Noam Leiter, at the Shaarai Tzedek hospital in Jerusalem. His son Neria Leiter underwent a “complex brain surgery” overnight that lasted several hours.

Israel squeezing UN Palestinian refugee agency ahead of polls, says its chief

UNRWA’s acting Commissioner-General Christian Saunders said Israel was being “extremely difficult” about letting in vital supplies like engine oil to Gaza for relief operations.

US Senate Democrats seek sanctions over Israeli settlements, Bill says

Approval of the E1 project, which would bisect the occupied West Bank and cut it off from East Jerusalem, was announced in August 2025 by Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (left).

Trump administration asks US Supreme Court to allow detention of pro-Palestinian scholar

A general view shows Georgetown University in Washington, U.S., October 18, 2024. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez/File Photo

Man convicted of attempted murder in shooting of three Palestinian students in Vermont

Jason Eaton was found guilty on three counts of attempted second-degree murder.

Irish athletes group urges national football team to boycott Israel fixtures

A Republic of Ireland fan wearing a balaclava outside the stadium in June 2026. Ireland are due to play Israel on Sept 27.

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