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Israel approves the construction of 5,295 settler homes in dozens of settlements in the West Bank, which are internationally recognized as violating international law.
2024-07-4

A Palestinian man is shot and killed by Israeli security forces after opening fire on Israelis in the settlement of Ma'ale Adumim in the West Bank.
2023-08-1

Israel launches an airstrike against a multi-story building in Gaza City, killing two people, including a commander of Islamic Jihad. Rockets are also fired by Palestinian militant groups in the Gaza Strip, striking the West Bank near Jerusalem for the first time. The death toll from Israeli airstrikes on Gaza increases to 31 as Egypt mediates for a ceasefire between the two sides.
2023-05-12

Three Israelis are killed and three others are injured after a 18-year-old Palestinian man carries out a vehicle-ramming attack and mass stabbing in the Ariel settlement in the occupied West Bank. The perpetrator is shot dead.
2022-11-15

The Trump administration announces that the United States no longer considers Israeli settlement of the West Bank as illegal "per se" under international law. The announcement is praised by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and condemned by the European Union, the Palestinian National Authority, and Jordanian Foreign Affairs Minister Ayman Safadi.
2019-11-18

Israel approves the construction of 2,500 more new settlement homes in the West Bank, the most in years and the second time new homes were approved since Donald Trump was inaugurated as President of the United States.
2017-01-24

The Israeli military shoots dead an armed man who attacked a checkpoint near Mevo Dotan in the West Bank.
2011-01-20

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas says Middle East peace talks are in crisis following Israel's refusal to stop building in settlements.
2010-12-8

More than 150 Israeli academics say they will no longer lecture or work in Jewish settlements in the West Bank.
2010-09-1

EU commissioner Chris Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes, speaking during his first visit to Gaza since 2002, calls the Israeli blockade of Gaza an "immoral failure", expresses shock at the "huge new settlements" in the West Bank, and states the United States dominance of the Quartet on the Middle East - US, EU, UN and Russia - is wrong.
2010-07-18