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          West Bank

          A Palestinian territory under Israeli occupation and frequently at the centre of geopolitical tensions and conflict

          Sarab Atway has been teaching yoga in Ramallah since 2014. Photo: Sarab Atway

          Ramallah yoga classes offer an oasis of stillness amid the trauma of occupation

          MENAFebruary 06, 2026
          Israeli troops regularly conduct raids in the occupied West Bank. EPA

          Huge increase in Israeli settler violence driving Palestinians off land

          MENAFebruary 05, 2026
          The football pitch that the Israeli military wanted to destroy is close to a security barrier between the West Bank and Israel. Reuters

          Palestinian football pitch spared from demolition by Israel after appeal to Fifa

          MENAJanuary 21, 2026
          Palestinians watch patrolling Israeli soldiers as the military closes part of the H2 southern sector of Hebron. AFP

          Israel launches major operation in Hebron

          MENAJanuary 19, 2026
          Israeli security forces at the scene. Reuters

          Two killed in ramming and stabbing attack in Israel

          MENADecember 26, 2025
          Stephen Cottrell spoke about his visit to the Holy Land during his Christmas Day sermon. Getty Images

          Archbishop of York was 'intimidated' by Israeli militias

          UKDecember 26, 2025
          A man stands in an olive tree as an Israeli soldier observes nearby in the village of Baita, south of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank, last month. AFP

          'Treedom for Palestine' is fighting the good fight, one olive tree at a time

          CommentDecember 25, 2025
          The Walled-Off Hotel in the West Bank is hemmed in by an eight-metre-high concrete wall built by Israel. Heidi Levine for The National

          Banksy’s Walled Off Hotel reopens in Bethlehem after two years

          TravelDecember 24, 2025
          Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz issued a clarification after he was reported to have said Israel would build settlements in Gaza. EPA

          Israeli Defence Minister walks back claims that troops will 'never leave' Gaza

          MENADecember 23, 2025
          The Israeli settlement of Shilo in the occupied West Bank. AFP

          Israel approves 19 new settlements in occupied West Bank

          MENADecember 21, 2025
          Palestinians displaced by the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. Most world powers consider Israel's settlements, on land it captured in the 1967 war, illegal. Bettmann via Getty

          Settlement expansion in occupied West Bank at highest since 2017, UN report says

          MENADecember 13, 2025
          Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich speaks at a press conference in August on the E1 settlement, which would split East Jerusalem from the occupied West Bank. Reuters

          Israel approves more than 750 new settler homes in occupied West Bank

          MENADecember 10, 2025
          The Allenby Bridge crossing between the West Bank and Jordan has been closed to aid and goods since an attack by a lorry driver on Israeli personnel in September. Reuters

          Israel to reopen crossing between Jordan and West Bank

          MENADecember 09, 2025
          Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denies charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust. AP

          Netanyahu rules out retiring in exchange for pardon

          MENADecember 07, 2025
          Israeli soldiers take positions during a military operation in the occupied West Bank. AFP

          Israeli soldiers kill 55-year-old Palestinian and teenager in West Bank

          MENADecember 07, 2025
          Palestinians forced out of their homes during an Israeli army raid on the outskirts of Jenin refugee camp, in the occupied West Bank, in November. AFP

          Israeli escalation in West Bank at level 'not seen before', says UNRWA official

          MENADecember 06, 2025
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