The West Bank is a contested region in the Middle East largely under Israeli control. Also known as Judea and Samaria, the name "West Bank" specifically refers to it being along the western bank of the Jordan River.
Israel took control of the area from Jordan in 1967 following the Six Day War, but has not annexed it. While home to hundreds of thousands of Israeli settlers living in different settlements, the West Bank also has a huge Palestinian population and is the bulk of what most people envision as a future Palestinian state.
The status of Israeli settlements is highly controversial and while they are defended by Israel and the US, most of the international community sees them as illegal.
Undercover Border Police and IDF soldiers arrested terrorists in Na'ama village, West Bank. Guided by Shin Bet intelligence, they neutralized suspects fleeing by car, seizing weapons.
The military added that one of the terrorists was armed.
Netanyahu sets date for US congress address • US turns to international community to pressure Hamas on hostage deal
Badeea Al-Dwaik, an employee at the Labor Ministry, said public sector workers were already receiving no more than 70-80% of their pay even before the Oct. 7 attacks.
The health ministry identified one of the Palestinians as Muhammad Hafez Rafiq Abu Bakr, aged 24 years old. He died of a critical bullet wound sustained from the exchange of fire.
The financial crisis faced by PA public servants is has reached a critical point. Since August 2022, they haven't received full salaries, leaving them uncertain and unprepared for what lies ahead.
European universities, influenced by student protests, divest from Israel-linked companies amid widespread anti-Israel sentiment, contrasting with the US where protests face challenges.
In the long term, a serious public and governmental discussion is needed regarding the “privatization” of internal security governance that we are currently witnessing, and its implications.
The undercover troops entered an area near the Balata refugee camp in broad daylight and closed the hall in which was the suspect.
The study relied on findings from an excavation at the Jaljulya site next to Highway 6 in central Israel, probably inhabited by humans of the homo erectus species, and evidence from a nearby cave.
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