World news about “West Bank” published by euronews.
Palestinians mark ‘Nakba’ A huge stage has been erected in Ramalla in the West Bank – the centrepiece of the town’s efforts to mark ‘Nakba’. Simple theatre recreates the events of… 15/05/2013
‘Nakba’ Palestinians hope for life outside of refugee camps Established one year after the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, Jalazone refugee camp became home to Arabs from 36 villages in the Lydd and Ramleh areas of what had… 15/05/2013
Palestinians mark ‘Nakba’ anniversary Hundreds of people have joined a march in the West Bank city of Ramallah to mark this year’s “Nakba” anniversary. “Nakba” means “Catastrophe” and is the… 15/05/2013
Jerusalem scuffles – nocomment Scuffles erupted when Jews marched through the old city to celebrate Jerusalem day. Tens of thousands of Israelis marched through East Jerusalem on Wednesday… 09/05/2013
Israel PM Netanyahu ‘orders brief freeze’ on Jewish settlements Israeli media reports say Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is visiting China, has stalled new Jewish settlement building to help US-led peace… 07/05/2013
Bethlehem: Orthodox Christians celebrate ‘Holy Fire’ – nocomment Hundreds of Palestinian Christian worshippers celebrated Easter’s Holy Fire ceremony in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. 05/05/2013
West Bank Barrier creates hardship for Palestinian villagers Israel argues that the West Bank Barrier is necessary for its security, while critics say the wall’s construction is an attempt to annex Palestinian land… 03/05/2013
Israel kills military jihadist in Gaza air strike Israel launched it’s first targeted air strike on a militant in Gaza since November, killing a Palestinian jihadist. Tensions rose after the killing of an… 30/04/2013
Air strike on Gaza as Israeli settler is killed in West Bank An Israeli settler has been killed by a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank whilst waiting for a bus. According to Israeli media, Evyatar Borovsky was at… 30/04/2013
West Bank settlement protest – nocomment Israeli soldiers used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse around 500 Palestinian villagers on Friday as they marched toward a Jewish settlement in the… 27/04/2013
London Marathon runners honour Boston victims Runners at the London Marathon held a 30-second silence to honour the the victims of the Boston bombings. Around 36,000 runners took part in the first major… 21/04/2013
Palestinian hunger striker’s health hangs in the balance on Prisoner’s Day Palestinians are marking Prisoner’s Day with acts of defiance across the West Bank and Gaza. The annual event is held to call attention to the plight of… 17/04/2013
Palestinian youths killed by Israeli troops Israeli troops shot dead two Palestinian teenagers in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday night. Amer Nassar and Naji Belbasi 17 and 18-years-old… 04/04/2013
Palestinian prison death sparks protests Violence between Palestinians and Israeli security forces has broken out in Hebron after a high-profile Palestinian prisoner died in jail from… 02/04/2013
Hamas criticised for school separation of the sexes Women’s rights campaigners in the Gaza Strip have said plans by the ruling Hamas faction to separate boys and girls in schools amounts to an imposition of… 02/04/2013
West Bank anti-Obama protest – nocomment As US President Barack Obama met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on the second day of his Middle East trip, hundreds of Palestinians in the West Bank and… 22/03/2013
West Bank press conference: Obama seeks two-state solution US President Barack Obama and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas have held a press conference in Ramallah as Obama visits the West Bank. It coincides with… 21/03/2013
Palestinian protests as Obama visits Middle East As US President Barack Obama kicked off his Middle East visit, dozens of protesters hit the streets in the divided city of Hebron. Wearing Martin Luther… 20/03/2013
UN warns of widespread human rights abuses in occupied Palestinian territory The United Nations has warned that human rights violations are widespread in occupied Palestinian territory. Speaking at a meeting of the UN Human Rights… 18/03/2013
Palestinian factions growing closer Yellow Fatah flags flying in Gaza on January 4 signalled a warming of relations between opposing Palestinian cousins. For the first time in five years, the… 09/01/2013
Clashes during Hamas’s 25th anniversary – nocomment Clashes between Palestinian security and hundreds of Palestinian protesters in West Bank. Demonstrators were celebrating Hamas Islamic group’s 25th… 15/12/2012
Palestinian poll lopsided Palestinians are voting in the West Bank in long-delayed elections highlighting deep divisions in the Israeli-occupied territory. The powerful Islamist group… 19/10/2012
Hamas leader on Syria and the EU The European Union’s policy towards Gaza and the Palestinian Authority’s attitude to the conflict in Syria are just two of the topics raised in an interview… 10/05/2012
Mideast Land Day clashes – nocomment Israeli security forces fired rubber bullets, tear gas and stun grenades to break up groups of Palestinian stone-throwers as annual Land Day rallies turned… 31/03/2012
Palestinian PM Fayyad on water and Israel Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, has been talking to euronews about water and the part it has played in the conflict with Israel. He was attending… 15/03/2012
Baptism in the River Jordan – nocomment Thousands of Christian pilgrims arrived at the West Bank site of Qasr Al-Yahud, next to the Palestinian city of Jericho, where they re-enacted the baptism of… 19/01/2012
Israeli soldiers and mourners clash at Palestinian protester’s funeral – nocomment Palestinians and anti-separation barrier activists clashed with Israeli security forces on Sunday after the funeral of a demonstrator killed by Israeli… 12/12/2011
Violent scuffles at West Bank border – nocomment Israeli border policemen scuffled with Palestinians on Sunday, at the site of a planned controlled explosion for the construction of Israel’s West Bank… 14/11/2011
Protest over conditions for Palestinian prisoners – nocomment Several dozen Palestinians clashed with Israeli troops outside an Israeli jail. They had gathered to demonstrate in support of prisoners on hunger strike over… 12/10/2011
Tybeh Beer Festival in West Bank – nocomment Foreign tourists and locals flocked to the opening of the 7th annual Taybeh Beer Festival in the West Bank. 02/10/2011
Mideast: Abbas cheered by Palestinians – nocomment Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas received a hero’s welcome in the West Bank on Sunday, after his historic speech to the United Nations on Friday. 26/09/2011
A hero’s welcome for Mahmoud AbbasA Palestinian boy holds a flag in front of members of the Palestinian security forces in the West Bank city of Ramallah, before a celebration upon President… 25/09/2011
Mideast : clashes continue between Israelis and Palestinians – nocomment While the United-Nations debate on the Palestinian statehood question, Israelis and Palestinians clash in West-Bank and East-Jerusalem. 23/09/2011
What land for the Palestinians? The Palestinian push for United Nations recognition of independent statehood still has not resolved what land it would be on. Since the start of the… 23/09/2011
Palestinian youths clash with Israeli soldiers – nocomment Palestinian youngsters threw rocks at Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint on the edge of Ramallah on Wednesday. The soldiers responded with tear gas and a… 21/09/2011
West Bank: Palestinians eager to enter the UN – nocomment Palestinian residents from the West Bank and Jerusalem continued preparations on Tuesday ahead of the planned bid for statehood by President Mahmoud Abbas at… 21/09/2011
Violent fighting in West Bank – nocomment Young Palestinians fought with Israeli security forces near Kiryat Arba, West Bank. 16/09/2011
Unauthorized settlement demolished in West Bank – nocomment Early on Monday morning, bulldozers from the Israeli military demolished three buildings in an unauthorized West Bank settlement. Families are now trying to… 06/09/2011
Clashes during West Bank barrier proest – nocomment Israeli troops arrested almost a dozen activists during a demonstration against the barrier Israel is building along the West Bank. 11/08/2011
Clashes during West Bank barrier demo – nocomment Clashes erupted between international and Palestinian peace activists and Israeli soldiers at the Qalandiya checkpoint in the West Bank during a protest… 09/07/2011
Clashes with Israeli troops in West Bank – nocomment Palestinian and foreign protesters clashed with Israeli troops in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, as demonstrators demanded access to a spring claimed by… 18/06/2011
Palestinians protest against land confiscation – nocomment Palestinian residents from the West Bank village of Deir Kidees protested against construction work near the settlement of Nili. 16/06/2011
Clashes in East JerusalemPalestinians throw stones at Israeli security forces during clashes in East Jerusalem. REUTERS/Ammar Awad 15/05/2011
Pilgrims pray in the Church of the Nativity in BethlehemChristian pilgrims pray in the Grotto during their visit to the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem on Christmas Eve.Ammar Awad / Reuters 24/12/2010
Special kids need special education Learning can be deeply challenging. Sometimes meeting and overcoming those challenges requires strengths we didn’t even realise we had. This applies to… 23/11/2010
West Bank settlers accused of hounding Palestinians A Palestinian boy who would rather play football watches as illegal Jewish settlers set fire to fields near his home. It is the “price tag”, say the settlers… 24/07/2009
Obama pays tribute in Jerusalem’s memorialU.S. President Barack Obama pays his respects at the tomb of the founder of modern Zionism and the grave of a murdered Israeli prime minister, who has become a symbol of the peace process. 22/03/2013
Palestinian militants break truce with rocket attack on IsraelPalestinian militants have launched their first attack on Israel since a November truce. The al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades says it fired a rocket fired from Gaza… 26/02/2013
UN report calls on Israel to halt settlementsUN human rights investigators have called on Israel to “cease all settlement activities” and withdraw all Jewish settlers from the occupied West Bank… 31/01/2013
Israelis turn out to vote in low key electionIsraelis are voting in a general election that looks set to take the country further to the right. There has been little in the way of election fever… 22/01/2013
Palestinian teenager ‘shot dead’ by Israeli armyIsraeli soldiers have shot dead a Palestinian teenager near Ramallah in the West Bank. Samir Awad, who was 17, is said to be the fourth Palestinian to be… 15/01/2013
Palestinian protesters evicted from E1, West BankIsraeli police have evicted around a hundred Palestinian protesters from a geographically sensitive area of the West Bank known as E1. The activists who set… 13/01/2013
Orthodox Christians across the globe celebrateThe Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III arrived at the Church of the Nativity, the birth place of Jesus according to Christian tradition, in… 06/01/2013
Gaza gears up for Fatah anniversary celebrationsPalestinian party Fatah will celebrate its anniversary in Gaza for the first time since rival group Hamas seized power in the region. On Thursday, Fatah… 04/01/2013
Fatah marks its 48th anniversaryFatah supporters celebrated in Jerusalem the 48th anniversary of the founding of the Palestinian movement It was a rare occasion for the ancient city… 01/01/2013
Palestinian-Israeli tension spills into violence in the West BankTensions have risen in the West Bank in the run up to this month’s Israeli parliamentary elections. Clashes erupted in the town of Tamoun after an Israeli… 01/01/2013
Ceremony to mark Fatah anniversaryA formal ceremony has been held in Hebron, in the West Bank, to mark the 48th anniversary of the founding of the Fatah party. The largest group in the… 01/01/2013
UN demands Israel stops settlement expansionThe UN has demanded an immediate halt to Israeli settlement building in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Further expansion has been announced in response… 20/12/2012
Israel approves controversial settlement buildingsThe Palestinian Authority has spoken out against the decision to give the go-ahead for the building of 1,500 homes for Jewish settlers in East Jerusalem… 18/12/2012
Jordan king in Palestinian morale boost visit to West BankKing Abdullah II of Jordan has become the first foreign dignitary of his kind to visit the West Bank since the successful bid by President Abbas for … 06/12/2012
Israeli party protests against E1 settlement planAccording to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, the proposals for new settlements in the zone known as E1 were added to the Defence Ministry’s planning agenda at… 05/12/2012
International disquiet over Israeli settlement plansThere has been a flurry of international disquiet about Israel’s decision to press ahead with a major programme of building Jewish settlements in occupied… 03/12/2012
US criticises Israel on new settlement planHours after the UN voted overwhelmingly to grant the Palestinians de-facto statehood, Israel has authorised the building of thousands of new settlement homes… 01/12/2012
Palestinian’s UN victory means little say IsraelisIsraeli reactions to the UN general assembly vote granting the Palestinians non-member state status in the world body have been near-unanimous. In Jerusalem… 30/11/2012
UN Palestinian status upgrade ‘counterproductive’Israel and the US have both condemned the UN’s decision to upgrade the Palestinian’s status to a non-member observer state, claiming it will… 30/11/2012
Palestinians celebrate UN victoryThe news of the UN General Assembly’s decision to upgrade the Palestinians status was the cue for wild celebrations across the West Bank and Gaza. In… 30/11/2012
UN votes to give Palestine non-member statusThe UN General Assembly has decided to upgrade Palestine from an observer to non-member status. There was joy from many inside the Assembly in New York… 29/11/2012
Was Yasser Arafat the victim of an Israeli assassination?On October 29, 2004 Yasser Arafat is on board a helicopter. The man some call “The father of Palestine’‘ is critically ill. An air ambulance in Jordan… 27/11/2012
Results of Arafat poison tests to take ‘several weeks’The remains of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat have been re-buried in Ramallah after his body was exhumed to try to determine whether he was… 27/11/2012
Arafat’s exhumed remains are reburiedThe remains of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat have been re-buried in Ramallah after his body was exhumed to investigate the cause of his… 27/11/2012
Body of Yasser Arafat to be exhumedThe body of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat will be exhumed on Tuesday, eight years after his death, in an investigation to establish whether he was… 24/11/2012
Renewed Mideast attacks threaten tourist revenuesWest Bank tourism is usually at its peak around the Christmas period with visitors from all over the world flocking, above all else, to the ancient town of… 18/11/2012
Was Arafat poisoned? His grave is sealed off ahead of exhumationThe late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat’s grave in Ramallah has been sealed off. Workers have covered his tomb with tarpaulin in preparation for his body… 13/11/2012
Arafat tomb sealed off in preparation for exhumationA Palestinian security team is making final preparations for the body of late President Yasser Arafat to be exhumed. His tomb in Ramallah has been sealed… 13/11/2012
Ashton meets Palestinian leaders in a bid to revive peace talksEU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton continued her tour of Israel and the Palestinian territories on Thursday in an attempt to revive stalled peace… 25/10/2012
Palestinians vote in West Bank pollPalestinians in the West Bank are heading to the ballot box for the first time in six years. Seats on local councils across the Palestinian territories are… 20/10/2012
Oktoberfest – Palestinian stylePalestinians in the West Bank have been celebrating their own take on the German inspired Oktoberfest. The village of Taybeh, which is home to the last… 07/10/2012
Economic woes prompt protests in Palestinian West BankA pledge to reverse recent tax increases has not appeased protesters in Ramallah, who are angry despite the concession from the Palestinian Authority. The… 11/09/2012
West Bank Palestinians protest at cost of livingWest Bank Palestinians showed their anger at price rises and a worsening economy on Monday when crowds threw shoes at a poster of Prime Minister Salam Fayyad… 10/09/2012
Settlers evicted from the West BankAround 50 families have been evicted by Isralei police in Migron. Several young protesters took to the roof and briefly resisted officers. Eight teenagers… 02/09/2012
Palestinian cars burnt in suspected hate crimePalestinians have been targeted in a fresh act of vandalism, near a refugee camp close to Ramallah in the West Bank. It’s thought Jewish extremists were… 30/08/2012
Egypt’s Mursi vows revenge for Sinai attackEgypt’s President Mohamed Mursi has visited the spot near the Israeli border where gunmen killed 16 police officers on Sunday. The visit came as Cairo… 07/08/2012
Palestinians head for Jerusalem mosque amid tight securityThousands of Palestinians have made their way to Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque, to take part in prayers on the third Friday of Ramadan. Some stormed barriers… 03/08/2012
Arafat body to be exhumed and tested for radioactive poisoningThe Palestinian Authority has agreed to exhume the body of former leader Yasser Arafat to investigate whether he was poisoned by a radioactive substance… 05/07/2012
UNESCO decision on Bethlehem church angers IsraelThe Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem is built on the site where Christians believe Jesus was born. UNESCO – the United Nations Educational, Scientific… 29/06/2012
Jewish settlers evicted from illegal West Bank apartmentIsraeli policemen have forced a group of Jewish settlers from an apartment illegally built on Palestinian land in the West Bank settlement of Beit El… 29/06/2012
West Bank settlers blamed for mosque attackIsraeli police say they suspect Jewish settlers may be behind a vandalism attack on a mosque in the West Bank. The building, in the village of Jaba outside… 19/06/2012
Palestinians welcome handover of militants’ bodiesIsrael has handed over 91 bodies of Palestinian militants, including several suicide bombers, as part of an agreement to end a hunger strike by Palestinian… 31/05/2012
Clashes in support of hunger-striking Palestinianprisoners The Israeli military has clashed with youths south of Ramallah in the West Bank, as they protested in support of some 1500 Palestinian men who are… 03/05/2012
Israel legalises three West Bank settlementsThe Israeli government has decided to legalise three West Bank settlements built during the 1990s. The move angered Palestinian officials, who accuse Israel… 24/04/2012
Hunger strikes and protests mark Palestinian Prisoners’ DayPalestinians have marked an annual day of solidarity with the thousands of their own people languishing in Israeli jails. Thousands of people joined protests… 17/04/2012
Easter celebrations mixed with hope and fear in the Middle EastThe Middle East has been the focus of Easter celebrations. In the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, believed to be the birthplace of Jesus, Orthodox… 08/04/2012
Israeli PM overrules decision to evict Jewish settlers in HebronIsraeli Transport Minister Yisrael Katz has visited a building in Hebron where Jewish settlers were given a last minute reprieve from eviction. After a… 03/04/2012
Scores of Palestinians injured in Land Day protestsIsraeli security forces clashed with a crowd of Palestinians at a West Bank checkpoint on Friday. As many as 40 youths were wounded as the annual Land Day… 30/03/2012
Israeli forces on alert for Land Day protestsIsrael shut crossings into the occupied West Bank on Friday ahead of pro-Palestinian rallies around the country. The annual Land Day march, organised by… 30/03/2012
Palestinian woman ends hunger strike after 43 daysA Palestinian woman held in detention in Israel has ended a 43-day hunger strike and agreed to be deported to Gaza. Hana Shalabi was arrested by Israeli… 30/03/2012
Israeli fury at UN probe into Jewish settlementsThere is anger in Israel at moves within the UN to investigate the effect of Jewish settlements on Palestinian human rights. Israel is considering severing… 23/03/2012
Truce announced to end Gaza-Israeli violenceTwo Palestinians said by Israeli military to be members of Islamic Jihad were killed on Monday evening in Gaza only hours before negotiators in Egypt… 13/03/2012
Israeli-Palestinian attacks continueMourners carry a coffin through the streets of Gaza of one of those killed in a weekend of violence between Palestinians and Israelis. The cross-border… 12/03/2012
Israelis and Palestinians in new wave of violenceA weekend of attacks and reprisals between Israelis and Palestinians has left at least 20 people dead. All of those killed were Palestinians. Most of… 12/03/2012
