# west-bank - Friday 9 July, 2021
# Demolition
# Demolition
Muntasser Shalaby was arrested two days after the death of a student in a shooting that wounded two others.
# west-bank - Friday 11 June, 2021
# West Bank
# West Bank
The health ministry said six others were wounded by live gunfire.
# west-bank - Thursday 10 June, 2021
# West Bank
# West Bank
The shooting followed an earlier shooting involving Israeli soldiers and one of the men, it has been claimed.
# west-bank - Saturday 15 May, 2021
# Gaza
# Gaza
Israeli airstrikes have also destroyed a tower that hosted media groups Al Jazeera and the Associated Press.
# west-bank - Friday 6 November, 2020
# West Bank
# West Bank
Israel’s army demolished the homes of nearly 80 Palestinian Bedouins in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday.
# west-bank - Wednesday 4 November, 2020
# West Bank
# West Bank
Nearly 80 people have been left homeless, according to officials.
# west-bank - Monday 8 June, 2020
# Middle East
# Middle East
Duncan Casey argues that the Bill, which would prohibit the import of goods from the West Bank , should no longer be delayed.
# west-bank - Sunday 26 April, 2020
# Benjamin Netanyahu
# Benjamin Netanyahu
Israeli annexation of West Bank territory would be highly controversial.
# west-bank - Thursday 23 April, 2020
# Occupied Territories
# Occupied Territories
The Minister for Foreign Affairs’ comments come as a new government is set to be formed in Israel.
# west-bank - Tuesday 28 January, 2020
# Middle East
# Middle East
There is scepticism over the plan’s chances of success in the Middle East.
# west-bank - Saturday 21 December, 2019
# Opinion
# Opinion
Oisín McConville writes about his recent trip to Gaza and the West Bank with Trócaire.
# west-bank - Tuesday 19 November, 2019
# Occupied Territories
# Occupied Territories
This comes after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Washington no longer considers them to be illegal.
# west-bank - Thursday 19 September, 2019
# Israel
# Israel
Netanyahu said he preferred to form a right-wing coalition but the results showed that would not be possible.
# west-bank - Sunday 15 September, 2019
# Benjamin Netanyahu
# Benjamin Netanyahu
The move was announced by Benjamin Netanyahu.
# west-bank - Thursday 8 August, 2019
# Flashpoint
# Flashpoint
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called it a “terrorist” attack and reinforcements have been sent.
# west-bank - Wednesday 10 April, 2019
# Israel
# Israel
The move came as a result of multiple lawsuits being filed by hosts against the company.
# west-bank - Sunday 7 April, 2019
# Occupied Lands
# Occupied Lands
Israel goes to the polls on Tuesday.
# west-bank - Saturday 23 March, 2019
# Israeli Ambassador
# Israeli Ambassador
His comments come in the wake of renewed calls for RTÉ to sit out this year’s contest.
# west-bank - Tuesday 20 November, 2018
# West Bank
# West Bank
Israel strongly denounced Airbnb’s decision and threatened legal action against the company.
# west-bank - Saturday 13 October, 2018
# Aisha Mohammed Rabi
# Aisha Mohammed Rabi
She died in hospital from a head injury she sustained in the stone-throwing.
# west-bank - Saturday 22 September, 2018
# Mahmoud Abbas Visit
# Mahmoud Abbas Visit
Mahmoud Abbas met President Michael D Higgins, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Tánaiste Simon Coveney today.
# west-bank - Saturday 1 September, 2018
# Funding
# Funding
The US State Department said it was no longer willing to shoulder “the very disproportionate share of the burden”.
# west-bank - Sunday 19 August, 2018
# Opinion
# Opinion
The principal of the school used by Palestinian children in Susya makes a direct appeal to the Irish government to support them.
# west-bank - Thursday 14 June, 2018
# RETORT
From The42
# RETORT
Jibril Rajoub had demanded that the Barcelona star not take part in the pre-World Cup friendly against Israel.
# west-bank - Wednesday 31 January, 2018
# Proposed Bill
# Proposed Bill
The bill seeks to prohibit trade in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank .
# west-bank - Sunday 21 January, 2018
# Changes
# Changes
Palestinians will have access to 3G from Tuesday – years after much of the rest of the world began using it.
# Negotiations
# Negotiations
Pence is on the first leg of a three-country tour that includes stops in Jordan and Israel.
# west-bank - Friday 8 December, 2017
# West Bank
# West Bank
The Israeli military has deployed hundreds more troops to the occupied West Bank .
# west-bank - Thursday 7 December, 2017
# West Bank
# West Bank
The Israeli military has deployed hundreds more troops to the occupied West Bank , stoking fears of bloodshed in the region.
# west-bank - Friday 4 August, 2017
# WALL OF ART
# WALL OF ART
The new graffiti is just a few meters from Banksy’s Palestinian hotel.
# west-bank - Sunday 23 July, 2017
# Simmering Tensions
# Simmering Tensions
The site is in east Jerusalem, annexed by Israel after the 1967 Six-Day War.
# west-bank - Saturday 22 July, 2017
# Boiling Point
# Boiling Point
The stabbing to death of three members of an Israeli family yesterday saw clashes erupt amid escalating tensions at the Holy Land’s most contested shrine.
# west-bank - Thursday 13 July, 2017
# West Bank
# West Bank
Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney arrived in Israel on Tuesday for a three-day visit to the Middle East.
# west-bank - Saturday 17 June, 2017
# The Strip
# The Strip
The Islamist movement marked 10 years in power in Gaza on Thursday, 15 June.
# west-bank - Friday 31 March, 2017
# You Did What
# You Did What
The Trump administration said the existence of settlements “was not in itself an impediment to peace”.
# west-bank - Friday 3 March, 2017
# Walled Off
# Walled Off
The secretive street artist opened the hotel which stands just four metres from the Separation Wall – with all rooms commanding the same view.
# west-bank - Thursday 9 February, 2017
# Ten Commandments
# Ten Commandments
It’s thought the cave, one of 12 above the Dead Sea, was looted in the 1950s.
# west-bank - Tuesday 7 February, 2017
# West Bank
# West Bank
The EU’s foreign policy chief says it “crosses a new and dangerous threshold by legalising under Israeli law the seizure of Palestinian property rights”.
# west-bank - Thursday 2 February, 2017
# Disputed Territory
# Disputed Territory
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that new settlements would be created for the families.
# west-bank - Tuesday 24 January, 2017
# West Bank
# West Bank
It may be the largest number to have been given the green light since 2013.
A couple of showers this afternoon
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Min: 13 °C
Rain; breezy in the morning
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Min: 13 °C
