8 September 2026
Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband confirms the UK will ban the import of goods from Israeli settlements in the illegally occupied West Bank. The move by the UK comes as Israel plans to develop 1,200 new homes in the occupied territory. But what is it? The BBC's Jeremy Bowen answers questions on its history and its future. #WestBank #Israel #UK #BBCNews
UK declares Israeli occupation unlawful and bans imports from illegal settlements
22 January 2025
Israeli security forces backed by helicopters raided the volatile West Bank city of Jenin on Tuesday, killing at least nine Palestinians in what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called a "large-scale and significant military operation". It comes only two days after the start of a ceasefire in Gaza.
27 August 2024
Violence has flared in the Occupied West Bank. At least five Palestinians, including two children, have been killed in an Israeli air strike on a refugee camp, and one Palestinian man was shot dead in an attack by Israeli settlers near Bethlehem. The West Bank has seen a surge in violence since the October 7 attacks. 607 Palestinians have been killed, largely in Israeli military raids, while attacks by settlers have displaced more than 1,500. In the same period, 25 Israelis have been killed by Palestinians. There's also been an acceleration of Israeli settlement expansion in the West Bank – illegal under international law, but a key aim of the current Israeli government. Since the start of last year, it has approved more than 20,000 new homes in the West Bank, despite the UN branding it a war crime and making a 'two state solution' next to impossible.
3 September 2024
Since Hamas militants killed around 1,200 people in Israel on 7 October 2023, extremist Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank are increasingly using violence to seize land and property which is forcing many Palestinians from their homes.
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