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The War Has Killed Bethlehem Tourism

There were just 100K visitors to the town this year, compared to 2M in 2019

(Newser) - Bethlehem was marking another somber Christmas on Wednesday in the traditional birthplace of Jesus under the shadow of war in Gaza. The excitement and cheer that typically descends on the Palestinian town in the occupied West Bank on Christmas were nowhere to be found, per the AP : The festive lights...

CBS Addresses Controversial Interview With Ta-Nehisi Coates

Network says sit-down did not meet its standards

(Newser) - Ta-Nehisi Coates' interview during an appearance on CBS Mornings last week got contentious, and now the network is addressing the issue. At an editorial meeting, CBS News executives told staffers the interview did not meet the network's editorial standards, CNN reports. The network says the issue has been addressed...

Israeli Bulldozers Level Parts of West Bank

Residents see destruction as a message about what's ahead

(Newser) - Israel is bulldozing sections of West Bank towns, destroying infrastructure and businesses in operations that the government says are intended to root out terrorists and residents say appear designed to send an ominous message. Video shows Israeli soldiers impeding emergency responders, the New York Times reports. "We watched their...

Report: US Activist Was Killed by IDF After Retreating

Washington Post investigation indicates Aysenur Eygi 'posed no apparent threat'

(Newser) - In admitting one of its soldiers likely killed Aysenur Eygi , a US-Turkish citizen, Israel's military said the activist was "hit indirectly and unintentionally by fire which was not aimed at her," but at the "key instigator" of a "violent riot" in the West Bank. Yet...

Israel Accused of Fatally Shooting American Activist

Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, of Turkish descent, was reportedly killed by troops in West Bank

(Newser) - An American woman was shot and killed in the West Bank on Friday, two doctors told the AP . Dr. Ward Basalat, an ER doctor, said that the 26-year-old woman was shot in the head and died after arriving at his hospital. Dr. Fouad Nafaa, the head of the hospital, also...

Israel Leaves Trail of Destruction in West Bank

Military appeared to withdraw from Jenin refugee camp on Friday

(Newser) - Israeli forces appear to have withdrawn from the Jenin refugee camp and two others in the occupied West Bank after a more-than weeklong military operation that left dozens dead and a trail of destruction, per the AP . In the quiet morning Friday, Jenin residents took advantage of the lull to...

Israel Rolls Into the West Bank
Israel Rolls Into the West Bank
Aug 28, 2024 6:29 AM CDT

Israel Rolls Into the West Bank

9 dead in large-scale military operation

(Newser) - Israel launched a large-scale military operation in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, where its forces killed at least nine Palestinians and sealed off the volatile city of Jenin. Israel has carried out near-daily raids across the West Bank since Hamas' Oct. 7 attack out of Gaza triggered the ongoing...

Israeli Troops Strapped Wounded Palestinian to Vehicle

UN official calls conduct in West Bank operation 'human shielding'

(Newser) - The Israel Defense Forces confirmed that its troops strapped a wounded Palestinian man to the front of their vehicle and drove off during a raid Saturday in the occupied West Bank, saying the conduct violated protocol and "does not conform to the values of the IDF." Video of...

After Raiding Palestinian Village, Israel Finds Body of Missing Boy

Binyamin Achimair, 14, killed in 'terrorist attack,' says Israeli army; Palestinian man, 26, killed in settler attacks

(Newser) - Israel's army said Saturday the body of a missing Israeli teen was found in the West Bank after he was killed in a "terrorist attack," as violence escalated across the Israeli-occupied territory where tensions have simmered for months. The disappearance of 14-year-old Binyamin Achimair sparked a large...

Palestinian Town Honors US Airman Who 'Sacrificed Everything'

Jericho names a street after Aaron Bushnell, who set himself on fire outside Israeli embassy

(Newser) - An American airman who shouted "Free Palestine" as he set himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington, DC, last month has had a street named after him in a Palestinian town. Abdul Karim Sidr, the mayor of Jericho, said Aaron Bushnell "sacrificed everything" to support Palestinians,...

Biden Targets Israelis Who Attack West Bank Palestinians

Executive order will look to crack down on settlers carrying out attacks

(Newser) - President Biden is expected to issue an executive order targeting Israeli settlers in the West Bank who've been attacking Palestinians in the occupied territory, according to four people familiar with the matter. The White House was expected to announce the order later Thursday, reports the AP . Biden has spoken...

Disguised Israeli Forces Storm West Bank Hospital, Kill 3

Undercover forces were dressed as women, medics in expansion of violence

(Newser) - Israeli forces disguised as civilian women and medical workers stormed a hospital Tuesday in the occupied West Bank, killing three Palestinian militants in a dramatic raid that underscored how deadly violence has spilled into the territory from the war in Gaza. The Palestinian Health Ministry said Israeli forces opened fire...

Usually Bustling Bethlehem 'Like a Desert' This Christmas

Amid the Israeli-Hamas war, festivities have been canceled

(Newser) - For many, the thought of Bethlehem at Christmastime conjures idyllic images, perhaps of a baby sleeping soundly in a manger or of a towering tree decorated in lights. But "Bethlehem is not a fairy-tale town," Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac, a pastor at the Palestinian city's Evangelical Lutheran...

The Holy Land Cans Christmas Festivities

With a war raging, church leaders in Jerusalem, Bethlehem say it's no time to celebrate

(Newser) - Each year around Christmas, a tree is set up, lights are strung, and a nativity scene is arranged in Bethlehem's Manger Square, home of the 6th-century Church of the Nativity, which is said to mark the spot where Jesus Christ was born. There will be none of that this...

Biden: Israel Will Allow Humanitarian Relief to Gaza

But only through the border with Egypt, and with inspections

(Newser) - President Biden said Wednesday that Israel had agreed to allow humanitarian assistance to begin flowing into Gaza from Egypt with the understanding it would be subject to inspections, and that such aid should go to civilians and not Hamas militants. In remarks from Tel Aviv, where the president had gone...

Israel Hits West Bank With Biggest Strikes Since 2006

At least 8 Palestinians killed in refugee camp, with 50 injured

(Newser) - Israel struck targets in a militant stronghold in the occupied West Bank with drones early Monday and deployed hundreds of troops in the area, reports the AP , in an incursion that resembled the wide-scale military operations carried out during the second Palestinian uprising two decades ago. Palestinian health officials said...

Settlers Storm West Bank Town to Avenge Deadly Shooting

'It was terrifying, we just saw mobs of people in the streets, masked, armed'

(Newser) - Hundreds of Israeli settlers stormed into a Palestinian town in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, setting fire to dozens of cars and homes to avenge the deaths of four Israelis killed by a pair of Palestinian gunmen the previous day, residents said. Palestinians said one man was killed in...

Israeli Mother Dies Days After Attack Killed Daughters

Lucy Dee had been in a coma since gunmen shot their car on Friday

(Newser) - An Israeli mother who survived an assault in the West Bank that killed her two daughters died of her own injuries on Monday, reports the BBC . Lucy Dee, 45, had been in a coma since Friday. The three had been riding in the same car that day on their way...

European Nations Weigh In on West Bank Violence

Six countries appeal to both sides to not do anything to endanger peace talks

(Newser) - European countries denounced recent deadly attacks in the occupied West Bank by Palestinian militants on Saturday, while also pressuring Israel. "We urge the Israeli government to reverse its recent decision to advance the construction of more than 7,000 settlement building units across the occupied West Bank and to...

After Rampage, Help Comes From a Surprise Source

Israeli crowdfunding campaign raises money for Palestinian town

(Newser) - An Israeli-led crowdfunding campaign has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for Palestinian residents of a West Bank town that was set ablaze by radical Jewish settlers, the organizer of the drive said Thursday. Some 12,000 Israelis have donated nearly 1.7 million shekels—$465,000—since the campaign...

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