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Israeli Settlers Armed With US M4 Rifles Detain Congressman Ro Khanna in West Bank

US Congressman Ro Khanna was held for over an hour by armed Israeli settlers with American-made M4 rifles at Khirbet Zanuta in the West Bank, with his aide calling the US Embassy

July 12, 2026

by Arab Desk

European Commission building Brussels where options paper on Israeli settlement trade ban circulated July 2026

Brussels Puts Israeli Settlement Trade Ban on Table as EU Debates Legal Path

The European Commission circulated a formal options paper Thursday listing three possible trade restrictions on Israeli settlement goods, including a full import ban, as EU ambassadors prepare to convene Friday ahead of ministerial talks Monday and a formal decision not

July 10, 2026

by Arab Desk

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas casts ballot at polling station

Abbas Sets November 28 as Date for First Palestinian Elections in Twenty Years

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has set November 28 as the date for the first legislative elections

Maarouf Zaid holds a photo of his three-month-old son Ahmad who died at an Israeli checkpoint in the occupied West Bank

‘Shoot Me, Let My Son Pass’: Palestinian Baby Ahmad Zaid Dies at Israeli Checkpoint

Three-month-old Ahmad Zaid died in the occupied West Bank after Israeli soldiers blocked his family at a military checkpoint from reaching a waiting ambulance. His father, who had collected the birth certificate

July 9, 2026

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NASA astronaut photograph from ISS of eastern Mediterranean coastline at night showing Tel Aviv Jerusalem Amman July 22 2014

Jewish Diaspora Groups Are Saying ‘Not in My Name’ on Israel. The Consensus the Israeli Government Has Counted On Is Breaking.

From Na'amod's mourning prayers for Palestinians killed in Gaza to Jewish Voice for Peace's institutional break with Israel's finance minister Bezalel Smotrich at New York's Israel Day Parade, the diaspora movement insisting

June 14, 2026

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Trucks carrying humanitarian aid lined up at the Rafah border crossing into Gaza

As Gaza Starves and the West Bank Burns, Canada Pledges Another $100 Million for Palestinians

Foreign Minister Anita Anand pledged $100 million in new aid for Palestinians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, money for food and medicine in territories where the UN says people are

June 13, 2026

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Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa arrives at the EU-Western Balkans summit in Tivat, Montenegro

Slovenia’s New Right-Wing Government Scraps Its Sanctions on Israel and Lifts Netanyahu Entry Ban

Janez Jansa's government revoked the entry bans on Netanyahu, Ben-Gvir and Smotrich, ended an arms embargo and reopened settlement trade, unwinding nearly every Gaza-era measure imposed by its center-left predecessor.

June 13, 2026

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Israel Moves to Fund 61 Instant Settlements Before Its Own Election Can Stop It

A 1-billion-shekel plan to plant mobile homes, roads and utilities at 61 new West Bank sites went to Israel's security cabinet, designed to put settlers on the hills before planning approvals or

June 12, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

Israeli forces and armed settlers guard a bulldozer operating on Palestinian land near Dura, west of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank

Six Western Nations Sanction the Money Behind West Bank Settler Violence

Britain, France, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Norway sanctioned networks financing settler attacks on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, with Paris banning Israel's finance minister outright. Rights groups called the package

June 10, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

Destroyed school building in Gaza amid rubble from Israeli strikes

Palestine Education Ministry: 20,814 Students Killed in Gaza and West Bank Since October 2023

The Palestinian Ministry of Education released updated figures on June 9 showing 20,814 students and 1,054 education staff have been killed since October 2023 — a scale of destruction that UN experts

June 9, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich holds a map of the E1 settlement project at a press conference near Maale Adumim in the West Bank, August 2025

France Bans Smotrich, Closing Its Borders to the Ideological Core of Netanyahu’s Coalition

France has barred Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich from its territory, making him the second member of Benjamin Netanyahu's inner cabinet to be personally banned by Paris in three weeks. The coordinated

June 9, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

West Bank settlement construction viewed from Palestinian territory 2026

UK Deploys Sanctions as a Deterrent Against New Israeli West Bank Settlement

Britain is using its expanding sanctions architecture not just to punish past settler violence but to signal in advance that proposed new West Bank construction will carry a diplomatic cost — a

June 7, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich holds map of E1 settlement scheme near Maale Adumim in occupied West Bank

Europe Moves to Bypass Brussels With Coordinated Settler Sanctions as West Bank Violence Surges

France is coordinating with Britain, Norway and other European nations on parallel national sanctions targeting individuals linked to West Bank settler violence, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said Sunday — a move

June 7, 2026

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Israeli Settlers Armed With US M4 Rifles Detain Congressman Ro Khanna in West Bank

Brussels Puts Israeli Settlement Trade Ban on Table as EU Debates Legal Path

Abbas Sets November 28 as Date for First Palestinian Elections in Twenty Years

‘Shoot Me, Let My Son Pass’: Palestinian Baby Ahmad Zaid Dies at Israeli Checkpoint

Jewish Diaspora Groups Are Saying ‘Not in My Name’ on Israel. The Consensus the Israeli Government Has Counted On Is Breaking.

As Gaza Starves and the West Bank Burns, Canada Pledges Another $100 Million for Palestinians

Slovenia’s New Right-Wing Government Scraps Its Sanctions on Israel and Lifts Netanyahu Entry Ban

Israel Moves to Fund 61 Instant Settlements Before Its Own Election Can Stop It

Six Western Nations Sanction the Money Behind West Bank Settler Violence

Palestine Education Ministry: 20,814 Students Killed in Gaza and West Bank Since October 2023

France Bans Smotrich, Closing Its Borders to the Ideological Core of Netanyahu’s Coalition

UK Deploys Sanctions as a Deterrent Against New Israeli West Bank Settlement

Europe Moves to Bypass Brussels With Coordinated Settler Sanctions as West Bank Violence Surges

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