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Israeli settlers swim in the Ein Samiyah spring near the village of Kafr Malik, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on July 15. The spring, which feeds the pumping station, is the main or backup water source for some 110,000 people, according to the Palestinian company that manages it — making it one of the most vital in the West Bank, where water is in chronic short supply.
WORLD
Jul 21, 2025
'No life without water': settler attacks threaten West Bank communities
Israeli settlers have been accused in several recent incidents of damaging, diverting or seizing control of vital Palestinian water sources.
The Palestinian Embroidery Obi Project brings together a traditional Japanese garment and age-old designs from the Middle Eastern region.
LIFE / Style & Design
Jul 19, 2025
In Gaza-made obi, Palestinian embroidery meets Japanese kimono
Kimono sashes from the Palestinian Embroidery Obi Project combine Japanese materials with Middle Eastern designs.
Palestinians remove belongings from their homes threatened with demolition, during the ongoing Israeli military operation in Tulkarm camp, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on July 2.
WORLD
Jul 9, 2025
'Ghost camp': Israeli operations in West Bank push wave of Palestinians from their homes
"They kicked us out six months ago and we are still out. When you go back you try to bring anything you can, but in two hours with only our hands, you cannot bring many things."
A drone view shows part of a fence, put in place by Israeli authorities, in Sinjil, near Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on May 5.
WORLD
Jul 7, 2025
West Bank town becomes 'big prison' as Israel fences it in
The fence around Sinjil, a Palestinian town in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, is a stark example of barriers that have become an overwhelming feature of daily life.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said Japan has strongly urged Israel to provide a full explanation of the incident.
JAPAN
May 22, 2025
Tokyo lodges protest after Israel fires shots at diplomats in West Bank
The diplomats were inspecting a refugee camp in the West Bank city of Jenin.
Hamdan Ballal (center right) with colleagues after winning the Oscar for best documentary feature for "No Other Land" on March 2
WORLD
Mar 26, 2025
Oscar-winning Palestinian director injured in attack by Israeli settlers released after arrest
Hamdan Ballal, co-director of the award-winning "No Other Land," was released from detention on Tuesday.
A Palestinian boy rides a bicycle in an abandoned and partially constructed house, which his family inhabited after being displaced from the Jenin Camp in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on Thursday.
WORLD
Mar 23, 2025
Israel's Security Cabinet approves independence for 13 West Bank settlements
The Palestinian Foreign Ministry criticized the approval of the separation of the neighborhoods and their recognition as independent settlements.
Jewish settlers pray in the Evyatar settler outpost in the northern West Bank last July
WORLD / Politics
Mar 10, 2025
Christians press Trump to clear path for Israel to annex West Bank
Some 80% of white, evangelical Christians voted for President Trump. Now, some want a policy change that could undermine a future Palestinian state.
People gather in front of an Israeli military vehicle in the Nur Shams camp for Palestinian refugees, where troops allowed residents to retrieve belongings after issuing reported demolition notifications for several houses, in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday.
WORLD
Mar 6, 2025
Israel's settler pressure on West Bank villages stirs annexation fears
Most countries consider Israel's settlements in the occupied West Bank to be illegal.
Israeli tanks and bulldozers take positions in the Jenin camp for Palestinian refugees, in the occupied West Bank, on Sunday.
WORLD
Feb 25, 2025
West Bank Palestinians fear Gaza-style tactics as Israel clears Jenin camp
Israel says the move is to take on militants implanted in refugee camps but Palestinians accuse troops of permanently displacing the population.
Israeli tanks operate during an Israeli operation in Jenin, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on Sunday.
WORLD
Feb 24, 2025
Israel sends tanks into West Bank, telling troops to ready for 'extended' stay
The move came as a fragile ceasefire in Gaza hit new hurdles, with a pause in the release of Palestinian prisoners and detainees due to be freed.
Forensic personnel inspect a bus following its explosion in Bat Yam, south of Tel Aviv, Israel, on Friday.
WORLD
Feb 21, 2025
Multiple bus explosions in Israel put country on terrorism alert
The series of explosions in central Israel came on what was already a difficult day for Israelis and for the country’s tenuous truce with Hamas.
Smoke billows from the site of several explosions during an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin on Sunday.
WORLD
Feb 3, 2025
Israeli military blows up buildings in West Bank refugee camp
Israeli forces began the assault on Jenin on Jan. 21, two days after a ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and the militant group Hamas took effect.
An Israeli military vehicle uses a laser, on the day of an Israeli raid in Jenin, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Tuesday.
WORLD
Jan 22, 2025
Israel launches 'significant' military operation in West Bank
The move into Jenin, where the Israeli army has carried out multiple raids and large-scale incursions in recent years, comes two days after the start of a ceasefire in Gaza.
Yisrael Medad, an activist and writer on Israel's political right, looks at a book in his home in the Israeli settlement Shilo, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Nov. 13.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 24, 2024
Israeli settlers set sights on Trump support for full control of West Bank
Settlers have celebrated Trump's nomination of a clutch of officials known for pro-Israel views.
A closure order on the door to the Ramallah Al Jazeera office in the West Bank after the Israeli raid on Sunday
WORLD / Politics
Sep 22, 2024
Israel forces raid Al Jazeera TV in West Bank and order 45-day closure
The Israeli parliament passed a law in early April allowing the banning of foreign media broadcasts deemed harmful to state security.
Palestinians search for survivors of an Israeli strike in the Shejaiya suburb east of Gaza City on Thursday. A report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development described the economy of the Gaza Strip as being "in ruins" more than 11 months after the start of the Israel-Hamas war.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 13, 2024
Gaza economy shrinks to less than a sixth of its pre-war size, U.N. says
A document from the U.N.'s trade agency also describes "a rapid and alarming economic decline" in the occupied West Bank.
A person holds an image of Turkish-American activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, who was shot dead by Israeli forces, as Palestinians march to honor her in Nablus, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 11, 2024
Death prompts U.S. to demand overhaul of Israeli conduct in West Bank
Israel's military said the American protester's death was unintentional, and it voiced deep regret.
Medics rush a U.S. citizen who received a gunshot wound to the head to the emergency ward of a hospital in Nablus, in the occupied West Bank, on Friday.
WORLD
Sep 7, 2024
Israeli troops shoot Turkish American woman dead at West Bank protest
The White House said it was deeply disturbed by the death of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi and called on Israel to investigate.
A Palestinian woman reacts as she walks along a street damaged during a raid in the Nur Shams camp near the city of Tulkarem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Wednesday.
WORLD
Aug 29, 2024
Israeli conducts deadly raids in West Bank as Gaza war rages
Israel launched coordinated raids across four northern West Bank cities where the military has focused much of its recent operations.
Japan and U.S. reach tariff deal with ‘reciprocal’ rate at 15%
U.S. President Donald Trump announced a trade deal with Japan on Tuesday, saying the agreement would create "hundreds of thousands of jobs."
Ishiba denies reports he will resign next month, leaving his fate unclear
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba looks on after meeting with the Liberal Democratic Party executives at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Japan and U.S. both claim win in surprise 11th-hour tariff deal
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Ryosei Akazawa, Japan chief tariff negotiator, in Tokyo
The rise of AI companionship in a lonely Japan
In 2020, 38% of all households were single-person. That figure is projected to rise to 44.3% by 2050.
Rice grain-sized earphone may have been used to cheat on TOEIC English test
A pendant-shaped relay device suspected to have been used to cheat on the TOEIC English proficiency test, in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Tuesday
Japan leans into homegrown AI amid rising competition
McKinsey’s 2025 Technology Trends Outlook, published Wednesday, says that the use of “sovereign AI” is a trend gaining significant global traction, including in Japan.
Induction of Ichiro has Cooperstown fretfully preparing
Ichiro Suzuki will soon become the first Japanese player to be enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
JT picks: What not to miss at Fuji Rock 2025
Fuji Rock Festival turns the green slopes of Niigata Prefecture’s Naeba Ski Resort into a summer escape that offers soundtracks for every mood.
Japan’s top brands get tied up in the great sunscreen debate
A coral reef in Okinawa in July 2022. Some jurisdictions around the world have moved to ban certain sunscreens in a bid to protect coral reefs, but some say the impact on reefs is far from clear.
Pentagon looks to unleash ‘military drone dominance’
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth hosts a drone demonstration at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on July 10.

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