News: West Bank

We have started to collect the most important news related to West Bank in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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West Bank: news

Netanyahu condemns attack

Saturday, December 12th 2009, 22:22
related countries: Israel

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu condemns an attack on a mosque in the West Bank and demands the arrest of those responsible.
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Fire attack on West Bank mosque

Friday, December 11th 2009, 15:27

A mosque in the north of the West Bank is damaged in an arson attack, blamed by eyewitnesses on Jewish settlers.
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Settlers stage Jerusalem protest

Wednesday, December 9th 2009, 20:52

Thousands of Jewish settlers and their supporters protest in Jerusalem at a curb on West Bank settlement building.
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West Bank deportation upheld

Wednesday, December 9th 2009, 18:22
related countries: Israel

Israel's Supreme Court says the army was right to deport a Palestinian from Gaza studying in the West Bank.
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West Bank building criticised

Wednesday, December 9th 2009, 16:42
related countries: Israel

More homes are being built per resident in settlements in the West Bank than in Israel, despite the building lull, says Peace Now.
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Israel settlers obstruct monitors

Tuesday, December 1st 2009, 18:25

Jewish settlers try to stop building inspectors enforcing recently announced limits on West Bank construction.
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Stress points

Saturday, November 28th 2009, 11:45
related countries: Israel

Ongoing tension over Israeli settlements
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Israel to build settler schools

Friday, November 27th 2009, 10:08
related countries: Israel

Israel approves 28 new schools in settlements in the West Bank, a day after it announces restrictions on residential building.
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Palestinians shun settlement plan

Wednesday, November 25th 2009, 23:10
related countries: Israel

Palestinian officials reject Israel's offer to restrict residential building of Jewish settlements in the West Bank.
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Israel in offer over settlements

Wednesday, November 25th 2009, 19:05
related countries: Israel

Israel offers to restrict building in Jewish settlements excluding East Jerusalem, to try to revive peace talks with Palestinians.
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Israel halts stadium construction

Friday, November 20th 2009, 22:26
related countries: Israel

Israel orders construction work on an internationally financed football stadium for Palestinians in the West Bank to halt.
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Israeli protest soldiers punished

Tuesday, November 17th 2009, 14:39
related countries: Israel

Four Israeli soldiers are disciplined for protesting against the evacuation of Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank.
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EU against Palestinian state move

Tuesday, November 17th 2009, 11:04

The EU says Palestinian proposals to have the UN recognise an independent state in the West Bank and Gaza are "premature".
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West Bank deportation challenged

Thursday, November 12th 2009, 16:12
related countries: Israel

Israel's Supreme Court says a Palestinian student whom the army deported to Gaza should be able to challenge the process.
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Activists break West Bank barrier to mark fall of Berlin Wall

Monday, November 9th 2009, 16:27
related countries: Germany

Palestinian activists have marked the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall by knocking through a segment of the West Bank barrier.
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'No change' in US settlement stance

Monday, November 2nd 2009, 14:11
related countries: Israel, United States

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the US has not changed its opposition to continued Israeli settlement in the West Bank.
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Palestinians seek record for world's 'largest dress'

Sunday, October 25th 2009, 19:23
related places: Hebron

Palestinians in the West Bank town of Hebron unveil what they believe to be the world's largest embroidered dress.
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Palestinian chief calls fresh elections

Saturday, October 24th 2009, 11:49

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas says polls will be held on 24 January in the West Bank and Hamas-run Gaza.
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Power struggle

Friday, October 16th 2009, 7:23

Hamas-Fatah feud played out in West Bank town
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Freeze frame?

Tuesday, September 22nd 2009, 11:48

Life in a rapidly-growing West Bank settlement
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Jet crash kills Israel hero's son

Sunday, September 13th 2009, 16:36
related countries: Israel

An Israeli F-16 fighter jet crashes in the West Bank, killing the pilot, the son of the Israeli astronaut killed in the 2003 shuttle disaster.
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