Israel closes West Bank crossings during Sukkot
About 160000 Palestinians from the West Bank worked for Israeli employers before the war on Gaza began.
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About 160000 Palestinians from the West Bank worked for Israeli employers before the war on Gaza began.
Israel revoked the diplomatic status of Dutch diplomats at its Ramallah representative office, giving them seven days to return Israeli-issued papers. Israel said the move responded to the Netherlands enforcing a settlement-goods ban from September 22.
Dutch diplomats operating in Ramallah must return their Israeli-issued diplomatic documentation within seven days.
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich urged the military to launch a war in the occupied West Bank and repeat its actions in Gaza. He also called for annexing parts of Gaza and southern Lebanon.
The Yellow Line covers roughly 58 percent of the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli Civil Administration’s Blue Line Team is described as redrawing land boundaries and reclassifying Palestinian-owned areas as state land, enabling settlement activity. Palestinian residents and researchers say the process has contributed to land loss and settlement expansion.
AllegedLand reclassified from state land to settlement activity in northern and central West Bank areas
The UN reported demolitions in the West Bank and warned that Sudan faces worsening food insecurity and funding shortages. UN Women also launched a digital, innovation and AI hub focused on gender equality.
People displaced by Israeli demolitions in the occupied West Bank so far this year
A group of US senators plans to introduce legislation seeking sanctions against individuals and groups supporting Israel’s E1 settlement project, which would connect settlements near East Jerusalem and the West Bank.
Democratic senators expected to co-sponsor the bill
Israel rebuked French President Emmanuel Macron after he criticized Israeli actions in the West Bank during a UN General Assembly speech. Macron also criticized the humanitarian situation in Gaza and said Hamas had never attacked in the West Bank.
The United Nations reported about six settler-related violent incidents against Palestinians or their property daily through mid-2026.
AllegedRecep Tayyip Erdoğan said civilians killed in Gaza despite the ceasefire