New Zealand and Norway said Tuesday they have imposed sanctions on two far-right Israeli government ministers for allegedly “inciting extremist violence” against Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied ...

The decision by Western governments friendly to Israel was a sharp rebuke of Israel’s settlement policies in the West Bank and of settler violence, which has spiked since Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023 ...

Israel captured the West Bank, along with east Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip, in the 1967 Mideast war. The Palestinians want all three territories for a future state.

5 close U.S. allies sanction far-right Israeli officials Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich over "extremist rhetoric" calling for "Palestinians to be driven from their homes." ...

Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Norway joined the U.K. in imposing a travel ban on Ben-Gvir—Israel’s national security minister and a West Bank settler—and Finance Minister Smotrich.

While the war between Israel and Iran ended after 12 days, tensions in the fiercely contested West Bank are only increasing.

Palestinian authorities say residents of 104 homes have fled the Tulkarem refugee camp in the occupied West Bank ahead of ...

Live updates: Israeli ministers sanctioned by UK and other countries over West Bank incitement Associated Press Published: June 10, 2025 at 2:45 AM Updated: June 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM ...

Norway’s largest private pension fund has excluded two defense companies from its portfolio, citing their ties to the Israeli military and the war in Gaza.Most Read from BloombergStruggling Downtowns ...

May 29 (UPI) --Israel unveiled plans Thursday for the most significant expansion of its presence in the occupied West Bank in years after approving 22 new Jewish settlements.The scheme gives legal ...

Israel captured the West Bank in the 1967 Middle East war and has occupied it ever since. Nearly three million Palestinians live in the territory alongside roughly 500,000 Israeli settlers.