West Bank
15 Jul 2020
Beit Iksa is a Palestinian enclave in the West Bank. It is surrounded by an Israeli settlement. Separated by a fence, it still takes an hour to get from the enclave to the settlement a stone's throw away, and only Palestinians with a permit can cross.
1 Dec 2019
Another gift from Trump? Washington to recognise Isreal's West Bank settlements
17 Aug 2019
Israel says Rashida Tlaib, who is of Palestinian origin, can now visit her family in the West Bank. She and fellow Democrat Ilhan Omar faced entry bans over their criticism of the Jewish-majority state.
11 Aug 2019
A young Israeli soldier reported missing overnight has been found dead in the West Bank. Security forces said the body had several stab wounds.
8 Aug 2019
A new navigation app designed by Palestinians aims to help drivers in the Israeli-occupied West Bank weave past military checkpoints and avoid Jewish settlements. Launched in June, Doroob crowdsources road closures and traffic from users and aims to substitute other apps, which rarely account for Israeli restrictions and struggle to navigate between Palestinian cities.
31 May 2019
'Mafak': Former inmate navigates 'normal' life in the West Bank.
17 Mar 2019
Breaking the menstruation taboo in the West Bank.
9 Feb 2019
The 'apartheid road': West Bank highway sparks controversy.
23 Oct 2018
Israel has ordered the people in the West Bank Bedouin village of Khan al Ahmar to leave their homes. Because they didn't have building permits, which are nearly impossible to obtain, they have been told to tear the structures down themselves.
13 May 2018
What does life in the West Bank look like under Israeli occupation? Our reporters travelled to Area C, to meet the women and men who live on lands coveted by Israeli settlers. The message of politicians and intellectuals on both sides has been honed over 70 years of conflict. This documentary, without voiceover commentary, plunges the viewer into the lives of those who face daily restrictions imposed by the occupation.
11 Feb 2018
Israeli forces killed a Palestinian gunman in the occupied West Bank, saying he was the head of a militant cell responsible for an ambush in which a Jewish settler was shot dead.
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