'A BIG BLOW TO ISRAELI POLICY:' UN SECURITY COUNCIL APPROVES MOTION TO END SETTLEMENTS

'A big blow to Israeli policy ' UN Security Council approves motion to end settlements... READ MORE›

TRUMP PICKS A SUPPORTER OF WEST BANK SETTLEMENTS FOR AMBASSADOR TO ISRAEL

In an interview last summer with the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, he said Trump would support Israeli annexation of parts of the West Bank... READ MORE›

WEST VIRGINIA WOMAN WHO MADE RACIST POST ABOUT MICHELLE OBAMA GETS JOB BACK

Taylor was removed from her position as executive director of the Clay County Development Corp... READ MORE›

FATAH: FROM LIBERATION MOVEMENT TO WEST BANK GOVERNMENT

Rather it refers to the conflict that erupted within Fatah between erstwhile partners Abbas and Dahlan... READ MORE›

JARED KUSHNER'S FAMILY FOUNDATION DONATED TO WEST BANK SETTLEMENTS

Read more Israeli leaders urge Trump to move U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem GOP Pushes U.S. citizens in Israel to vote for Trump... READ MORE›

ISRAELI SETTLERS PREPARE FOR CLASH WITH THEIR OWN GOVERNMENT

Some people smile, some people don't, said Eli Greenberg, the Amona resident... READ MORE›

KERRY ASSAILS ISRAEL OVER WEST BANK, WARNS OF HEADING TOWARD 'A PLACE OF DANGER'

On Sunday, he warned that Israel's settlements on the West Bank are an obstacle to peace... READ MORE›

FRANCE URGES BUSINESSES TO LABEL GOODS FROM ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS

The French notice says that under international law the Golan Heights and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, are not part of Israel... READ MORE›

WEST VIRGINIA MAYOR RESIGNS OVER RACIST POST ABOUT MICHELLE OBAMA

The resignation came after another woman whose racist post Whaling responded to was placed on leave as director of the Clay County Development Corp... READ MORE›

WEST VIRGINIA OFFICIAL ON LEAVE AFTER RACIST POST ABOUT MICHELLE OBAMA

In 2012, President Barack Obama received 31 percent of the county vote when Republican Mitt Romney easily carried the state... READ MORE›

MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT TB RATES SOARING IN WEST AFRICA, WHO WARNS

We recommend that efforts be put in place for containment of a potential west African TB epidemic at the earliest possible stage... READ MORE›

WEST VIRGINIA RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES BEGIN WAIT FOR $151M CHEMICAL SPILL PAY OUT

People had medical bills, buy drinking water, replaced appliances... READ MORE›

A STEEL TOWN LOST 94 PER CENT OF ITS JOBS. NOW DONALD TRUMP IS KING

Weirton Steel was one of the biggest single private employer, and the largest tax payer in West Virginia... READ MORE›

ISRAEL 'CUTS WATER SUPPLY' TO WEST BANK DURING RAMADAN

Since 1967, Israel has limited the water available to Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip since its forces occupied the territories... READ MORE›

JEWISH ARSONISTS SUSPECTED IN WEST BANK ATTACK THAT KILLED PALESTINIAN TODDLER

Witnesses quoted by Ma an a Palestinian news agency and Israeli news organizations said that Israeli settlers threw firebombs around 2 a.m... READ MORE›

ISRAEL BROKE ITS WORD ON NEW SETTLEMENTS

The United States issued an unusually strong rebuke Wednesday of Israel's plan to build new housing tracts in the West Bank... READ MORE›

PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS SET FIRE TO A JEWISH HOLY SHRINE IN THE WEST BANK

There were no reports of injuries but the Israeli military said the structure was seriously damaged... READ MORE›

PALESTINIANS BURN JEWISH HOLY SITE IN WEST BANK AS CLASHES KILL 4

More than 30 Palestinians have been killed, mostly in clashes with Israeli security forces in the West Bank and along the fence separating Israel and Gaza... READ MORE›

ISRAELI SOLDIERS KILL 6 PALESTINIANS IN GAZA AS WEST BANK UNREST GROWS

As the Palestinians rushed toward the barrier separating Gaza from Israel, he said, the whole area suddenly turned into a real confrontation... READ MORE›

ISRAEL RAZES PALESTINIAN HOMES IN KEY AREA OF WEST BANK

Israeli authorities have demolished several homes in the strategically sensitive E1 region of the occupied West Bank, displacing at least 17 Palestinians, among them children... READ MORE›

VIGILANTE EFFORT AFTER A CHILDS DEATH UNDERLINES STARK CHANGE IN WEST BANK

DUMA West Bank Early one recent morning a few residents of this sleepy hilltop hamlet heard that Jewish settlers were hurling rocks at a house... READ MORE›

RUSSIAN-BACKED REBELS MASSING TO ATTACK KEY UKRAINIAN TOWNS KIEV

Dalia Shurrab, 32, lives here in the southern Gaza town of Khan Younis, and Rashed Sameer Faddah, 35, in the West Bank city of Nablus... READ MORE›

PALESTINIAN DIES AS UNDERCOVER ISRAELIS RAID A HOSPITAL

Mr. Shalalda, they said, stabbed an Israeli civilian in the chest in the West Bank last month, severely wounding him... READ MORE›

JAPAN SAYS HOSTAGE NEGOTIATIONS WITH MILITANTS DEADLOCKED

Most of the world considers the settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank to be a violation of international law... READ MORE›

DIY SUBMACHINE GUNS ARE POPPING UP ACROSS THE WEST BANK

Israelis say the majority of Palestinians killed were carrying out attacks... READ MORE›

ISRAELI FORCES SHOOT DEAD PALESTINIAN UNIVERSITY STUDENT AT WEST BANK CHECKPOINT

The violence comes amid rising tensions surrounding Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary... READ MORE›

ISRAELI MINISTER WANTS TO ANNEX HALF OF WEST BANK AND KICK OUT THE PALESTINIANS

Then-Israeli Housing Minister Uri Ariel speaks to the news media during a cornerstone-laying ceremony for a new Jewish neighborhood on Aug. 11, 2013, in East Jerusalem... READ MORE›

PALESTINIANS AND ISRAELI SOLDIERS CLASH IN WEST BANK

Ms. Fouqaha said Red Crescent medics had treated 465 Palestinians wounded in clashes throughout the West Bank since Friday, including 36 people for live fire... READ MORE›

FIRST DRAFT HILLARY CLINTON HEARS WRATH OF COAL SUPPORTERS IN WEST VIRGINIA

-- Hillary Clinton came to campaign in coal country -- and she had her feet held to the fire... READ MORE›

AUTHORITIES BAN 83,000 PALESTINIANS FROM TRAVELLING INTO ISRAEL FROM WEST BANK AND GAZA FOR RAMADAN

Tel Aviv attack Authorities ban 83,000 Palestinians from travelling into Israel from West Bank and Gaza for Ramadan... READ MORE›

ISRAELI FAMILY ATTACKED IN WEST BANK AND 2 ARE KILLED

Knives rather than guns have been the usual weapons in recent Palestinian attacks on Israelis in October, there were seven recorded shootings, compared with 65 stabbings... READ MORE›

ISRAELI SOLDIER IS KILLED IN ATTACK BY PALESTINIAN

In clashes with Israeli security forces this month, more than 20 Palestinians have also been fatally shot... READ MORE›

ISRAEL'S WATER CUTS: WEST BANK 'IN FULL CRISIS MODE'

Salfit is one of the most water-rich lands in the West Bank, but look at us... READ MORE›

BRAZILIANS PROTEST ISRAEL'S NOMINEE FOR AMBASSADOR OVER SETTLER TIES

Speaking on Monday Tzipi Hotoveli the deputy minister for foreign affairs said that Dayan was the right person to represent Israel at this moment in Brazil ... READ MORE›

ISRAEL SUSPENDS CONTACT WITH EU BODIES OVER LABELLING OF WEST BANK PRODUCE

The Israeli foreign ministry said contacts with individual EU countries - it named Germany, France and Britain - would not be affected by Sunday's announcement... READ MORE›

FLATS BOUGHT UP IN GOVANHILL AREA TO END SLUM HOUSING PROBLEM

Lettable standard The council and housing association have devised the South West Govanhill Property Acquisition and Repair Programme to tackle problems in the area... READ MORE›

Guinea reported its lowest weekly total of new confirmed Ebola virus disease cases since the week ending 17 August 2014, WHO said... READ MORE›

SOLAR PROJECT PAIRS MUSLIMS AND JEWS TO AID WEST BANK FARMERS

Mr. Robinson also pointed out that the Arava Institute, an Israeli-based partner on the solar initiative, is a major beneficiary of the Jewish National Fund... READ MORE›

'I AM LIBERIAN, NOT A VIRUS'

She says We are Liberians, Sierra Leoneans, Guineans and Nigerians... READ MORE›

NETANYAHU SAYS RIGHTS GROUP IS BESMIRCHING ISRAEL

Mr. Netanyahu denounced B'Tselem and Americans for Peace Now, a sister organization of the leftist Israeli Peace Now group, on Facebook... READ MORE›

2 DIE IN WEST BANK VIOLENCE AS JEWISH AND MUSLIM HOLIDAYS APPROACH

An Israeli military spokeswoman said the woman, identified by Palestinian news organizations as Hadeel Hashlamon, 18, had tried to stab a soldier... READ MORE›

PALESTINIAN UPRISING SHIFTS TO WEST BANK CITY OF HEBRON

And nearly 240 Palestinians from Hebron have been arrested by Israeli forces since the most recent flare-up of violence began, reported Addameer, a Palestinian prisoners rights group... READ MORE›

BABY DIES IN WEST BANK AFTER INHALING TEARGAS, SAYS PALESTINIAN MINISTRY

Abu Anan, a medic with Red Crescent, said Israeli forces had fired teargas into the house during clashes between the army and Palestinians... READ MORE›

BERLIN MARKET ATTACK MARS SQUARE WHERE THREE ERAS COEXIST

My friend Uli Kempendorff, who grew up in East Berlin, emailed me on Monday night... READ MORE›

MORE AMERICANS EVACUATED AFTER EBOLA SCARE

A Partners In Health clinician working in Sierra Leone has tested positive for the Ebola virus... READ MORE›

UK POLICE BAIL ONE OF FIVE LINKED TO PARIS, BRUSSELS ATTACKS

British police arrested five people last week as part of an investigation which a security source said was linked to the attacks in Paris and Brussels... READ MORE›

EBOLA NO LONGER A GLOBAL HEALTH EMERGENCY, WHO SAYS

The decision by WHO's Ebola emergency committee comes following flare-ups that emerged in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone after authorities declared virus transmission over... READ MORE›

NEW EBOLA CASES CONFIRMED IN GUINEA

The new cases were confirmed as the WHO declared a new Ebola flare-up in neighboring Sierra Leone over... READ MORE›

Ebola is ruining the economies of Liberia and Sierra Leone and may cause food shortages, according to a New World Bank report... READ MORE›

SIERRA LEONE DECLARED FREE OF EBOLA TRANSMISSIONS

WHO commends the government and people of Sierra Leone for the significant achievement of ending this Ebola outbreak, he said... READ MORE›

GNTER SCHABOWSKI WHOSE GAFFE HELPED BURST THE BERLIN WALL DIES AT 86

Within hours, thousands of East Germans were thronging the checkpoints to West Berlin, demanding to be allowed to cross... READ MORE›

GUENTER SCHABOWSKI, E. GERMAN WHO ANNOUNCED BERLIN WALL OPENING, DIES

Guenter Schabowski, who announced the opening of the Berlin Wall, in 1989... READ MORE›

GUENTER SCHABOWSKI, MAN WHO ACCIDENTALLY OPENED BERLIN WALL, DIES

Berlin Guenther Schabowski, the former senior East German Communist official who accidentally announced the opening of the Berlin Wall before it was official, has died aged 86... READ MORE›

GERMANS HAVE BEEN REFUGEES BEFORE - THEY SEE THEMSELVES IN THESE SYRIANS

It opened the border to Austria and let them through on their way to West Germany... READ MORE›

EGON BAHR WHO LAID GROUNDWORK FOR GERMAN REUNIFICATION DIES AT 93

Two years later, in a controversial speech, Mr. Bahr articulated his concept of change through contact in dealing with East Germany and the Soviet Union... READ MORE›