The Untied Nations on Friday sounded the alarm over escalating violence and demolitions in the occupied West Bank, citing a sharp increase in Palestinian casualties at the hands of Israeli forces and illegal settlers.
Israel plans to annex 82% of the occupied West Bank to prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state, far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has stated.
The President of the Islamic Republic of Iran has called on the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) to adopt a clear and comprehensive plan to address the long-standing crisis in West Asia, particularly the tragic issue of deliberate killings and starvation of innocent people in Gaza and across Palestine.
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar informed US Secretary of State Marco Rubio of Tel Aviv’s intention to annex the occupied West Bank, according to a report.
The United Kingdom, Australia and Japan are among 21 countries that have condemned Israel’s plans to build an illegal settlement in the occupied West Bank, which they say renders a future two-state solution for Palestinians impossible.
The U.N. human rights office has announced that an Israeli plan to build thousands of new homes between an Israeli settlement in the West Bank and near East Jerusalem was illegal under international law, and would put nearby Palestinians at risk of forced eviction, which it described as a war crime.
The international community must “shoulder its responsibility” and take action against Israel’s genocide in the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian foreign affairs minister has told Al Jazeera before an emergency session of the United Nations Security Council.
The family of a United States citizen who was killed in a settler attack in the occupied West Bank urged the administration of President Donald Trump to open its own investigation into the incident.
Dozens of ministers have gathered at a United Nations conference to call on the world to work towards a two-state solution between Israelis and the Palestinians, but the United States and the Zionist regime have boycotted the event.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry has condemnd the Israeli Knesset’s approval of the bill aimed at imposing the regime’s sovereignty over the West Bank and Jordan Valley, viewing it as yet another indication of the expansionist and hegemonic nature of this regime.
The United Nations warned on Tuesday that mass displacement in the West Bank has reached levels not seen since the beginning of Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territory nearly 60 years ago.
The family of Sayfollah Musallet, a 20-year-old United States citizen from Florida who was beaten to death by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, urged Washington to launch its own probe into the incident and to hold the perpetrators accountable.
Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank have beaten to death a United States citizen in his early 20s, the victim’s family members and rights groups have confirmed.
Palestinians in the occupied West Bank endure a sharp rise in settler attacks, alongside a 40% increase in the number of settlement outposts under the current government led by Benjamin Netanyahu, according to a report.
The United States has announced it stands by Israel and its security decisions after senior Israeli ministers called for the annexation of the occupied West Bank, while sidestepping questions on whether the Trump administration supports a two-state solution.
UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese has called on corporations to cut ties with Israel and for executives to be held accountable for enabling and profiting from crimes including illegal occupation, apartheid and genocide in the occupied Palestinian territories.
Britain and four other nations have imposed sanctions on two far-right Israeli cabinet ministers, Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, accusing them of repeatedly inciting violence against Palestinians in the West Bank.
Tel Aviv will not allow a planned meeting in the Palestinian administrative capital of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, to go ahead, an Israeli official said on Saturday, after Arab ministers planning to attend were stopped from coming.
Right-wing Israelis in Jerusalem have stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and a United Nations facility for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) as an annual march took place marking Israel’s conquest of the eastern part of the city.
The Palestinian delegation has won the right to fly their flag at the World Health Organization after a symbolic victory in a vote on Monday that its envoy hopes will lead to greater recognition within the United Nations and beyond.
Palestinians held marches in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah to commemorate the Nakba — the “catastrophe” of their mass dispossession during the creation of Israel 77 years ago.
