By Ali Minabi

Operation al-Khalil exposes limits of Israeli aggression

TEHRAN – The resistance operation in al-Khalil (Hebron), which took place just days before the Israeli elections, was far more than an isolated security incident.

Palestinian fighters kill 2 Israeli soldiers in fierce Al-Khalil confrontation

TEHRAN — Two Palestinian fighters from Al-Khalil (Hebron) held off Israeli troops for more than 20 minutes on Friday morning, killing two occupying soldiers before they were martyred at the Farsh al-Hawa checkpoint on the city’s northern edge.

By staff writer

Israelis beat Washington Post journalist in military-backed West Bank raids 

TEHRAN — The men came down from a hilltop settlement shortly after 8 a.m. on Friday, dressed in black, carrying slingshots and batons. At least one had a gun. By the time they finished, olive groves around Abu Falah, northeast of Ramallah, were burning, villagers were bleeding, and an American photographer for The Washington Post lay on the ground being kicked.

German silence on Gaza and the West Bank ‘has been loud’: Philippe Sands

Winner of German Book Trade's Peace Prize insists on ‘excavating matters that some wish to hide’ 

TEHRAN — Philippe Sands, a professor of law at University College London and human rights lawyer at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, has criticized Germany’s “silence on crimes committed on the territory of Palestine, in Gaza and in the West Bank.”

Ben Gvir says entire West Bank belongs to Israel

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir claimed that the entire occupied West Bank “belongs to Israel” and has vowed to dismantle the Palestinian Authority and pursue the displacement of Palestinians if he becomes defense minister, Israeli media have reported.

Israeli settler arson and military sieges devastate West Bank towns

TEHRAN — A coordinated campaign of arson, land seizures, and military raids is accelerating across the occupied West Bank. Documentation from Palestinian human rights organizations shows that Israel and its armed settler militias are systematically clearing Palestinian communities from their ancestral territory.

By staff writer

Settler rampages, military raids accelerate across West Bank

TEHRAN — Armed Israeli settlers backed by armed forces launched a series of violent rampages across the West Bank over the weekend, unleashing systematic terror against Palestinian civilians, foreign journalists, and human rights defenders.

By staff writer

Stabbing near al-Auja follows deepening Israeli violence across West Bank

TEHRAN — An Israeli settler sustained moderate injuries Sunday in a stabbing operation near the Palestinian village of al-Auja in the occupied Jordan Valley.

By staff writer

Israeli troops kill father of martyrs in Jenin; settlers murder teenager near Hebron

TEHRAN — Israeli forces and armed settler groups launched a synchronized wave of violence across the occupied West Bank on August 21 and 22. The raids stretched from Jenin to Hebron. Palestinian communities face an accelerating campaign of territorial conquest and lethal force.

By staff writer

Israeli troops shoot children and abduct medical workers in West Bank

TEHRAN — Israeli forces and settler militias are executing an aggressive campaign of violence across the West Bank.

By staff writer

Katz’s covert plan for full annexation of West Bank

TEHRAN - Israel Katz, the so-called Israeli defense minister, announced on Friday that he had instructed the military to draft a plan to transfer enforcement powers for civilian matters in the occupied West Bank from the army to the police, a move that is viewed as a full annexation of the West Bank.

Israeli soldiers raid 20 towns and villages in the West Bank

Israeli soldiers have intensified their offensive in the occupied West Bank and East Quds, raiding at least 20 towns and villages as well as a United Nations facility, demolishing homes and arresting dozens of Palestinians, as Arab states condemned escalating settler attacks against Palestinians and their property.

By Wesam Bahrani

West Bank escalation raises concerns within Israel

TEHRAN – The West Bank is witnessing a sharp escalation in Israeli aggression, settlement expansion, and a high level of military battalions placing mounting pressure on the regime.

Four Palestinians killed in occupied West Bank

Israeli settlers and troops killed four Palestinians during an attack on a village in the occupied West Bank on Friday, during which a soldier and a settler were also shot dead.

By Garsha Vazirian

The architecture of a new Nakba in the West Bank

How settlements, demolitions, and daily terror are erasing Palestinian life

TEHRAN — Fakhri Abu Diab stands in the jagged graveyard of rebar and gray dust that used to be his living room in al-Bustan, a neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem (al-Quds). For decades, this was where he shared tea with his mother and watched his children grow.

The law of the jungle is dominant in the West Bank

TEHRAN - Settlers in the occupied Palestinian territories in the West Bank, who enjoy the protection of Israeli rulers and security forces, act with maximum impunity. They burn Palestinians’ cars, homes, and other properties with the tacit approval of the Israeli regime.

By Wesam Bahrani 

Israel intensifies mass arrests in the West Bank

TEHRAN – Israeli regime forces have arrested more than 100 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank since the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan. 

By Shahab Sarmadi

Is Israel’s land registration in the West Bank the first step toward full annexation?

TEHRAN – The recent approval by Israel’s government to register large swaths of Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank as "state land" represents a bold step in Israel's ongoing effort to consolidate its control over Palestinian territories. This decision, seen as a further escalation in the occupation, is condemned by Palestinians and international legal experts alike as a direct violation of international law and United Nations resolutions.