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A member of the Israeli force stands guard as the Israeli forces block Palestinians and foreign activists from accessing olive trees during the olive harvest, near Hebron, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on Thursday.
WORLD
Oct 24, 2025
U.S. pressures Israel on West Bank as Rubio voices confidence in Gaza truce
Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned before his arrival in Israel that the annexation moves were "threatening" to the fragile ceasefire in Gaza.
An Israeli flag flutters near apartments in the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim in the West Bank on Aug. 16, 2020.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 23, 2025
Israel's parliament gives initial nod to occupied West Bank annexation
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party did not support the bill put forth by lawmakers outside his ruling coalition.
Palestinians stand near a burning car reportedly set alight by Israeli settlers attempting to disrupt them harvesting olives near the occupied West Bank village of Turmos Ayya near Ramallah on Sunday.
WORLD
Oct 22, 2025
Israeli settler violence skyrockets in West Bank amid olive harvest, U.N. says
While the nearby Gaza Strip has been engulfed by war over the last two years, the West Bank has seen a steady rise in violence.
Displaced Palestinians move southward along a road in the Nuseirat refugee camp area in the central Gaza Strip on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 24, 2025
Israel seeks permanent Gaza control and Jewish majority in West Bank: U.N. inquiry
Israel maintains that its war is not against the population of Gaza but against the Hamas militant group whose fighters led the attack on Israel that precipitated the war.
Israeli troops stand guard during a weekly settlers' tour in Hebron, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 1, 2025
Israel mulls West Bank annexation in response Palestine recognition moves
It is unclear where precisely any such measure would be applied and when.
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich speaks at a news conference regarding the E1 settlement scheme, near the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 15, 2025
Far-right Israeli minister announces plan to 'bury' idea of Palestinian state
The Palestinian government, allies and campaign groups have condemned the plan to divide the West Bank and cut it off from East Jerusalem, calling it illegal.
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.
The second life of Japan's net cafes
Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
More Japanese universities pushing toward teaching in English
Waseda University in Tokyo
Takaichi leads first ministerial meeting on policies regarding foreign residents
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a ministerial meeting on policies regarding foreign nationals and immigration on Tuesday at the Prime Minister's Office.
Japan’s Nikkei 225 slumps 4%, led by losses in tech sector
Japan’s benchmark Nikkei stock average index briefly tumbled more than 2,000 points on Wednesday morning following a downbeat session on Wall Street fueled by fears of a bubble in the artificial intelligence sector.
A narrow Pacific waterway at heart of U.S. plans to choke China’s vast navy
Philippine and Australian troops fire an M777 howitzer during live fire exercises as part of joint military drills in Laur, Nueva Ecija, the Philippines, in August.
Takaichi’s balancing act: Supporting Taiwan and stabilizing China ties
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi shakes hands with Lin Hsin-i, Taiwan’s presidential adviser, on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Saturday in this image posted to Takaichi's official X account.
From 1973 to 2025: A Japanese American skater’s long ride to recognition
Judi Oyama at Winchester Skatepark in San Jose, California, in January 1979. The Skateboarding Hall of Fame inductee and Guinness World Record holder still skates and hopes to inspire older women.
More Japanese universities pushing toward teaching in English
Waseda University in Tokyo
Young Indonesians in Japan find their political voice
Indonesian students at Hiroshima University hold posters of the 17+8 Demands, demanding transparency and action from their homeland’s government.
The unstoppable rise of konbini tourism
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Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
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