Israel’s decision to formalise 19 so-called settlement outposts raises further fears for future of occupied territory.

Dozens of residents from the West Bank’s emptied Nur Shams refugee camp returned on Wednesday to retrieve belongings ahead of the Israeli military’s demolition of 25 residential buildings there.

Military escalation may be the opening move in a broader effort to reinstate settlement activity in the Jenin area.

Israel's cabinet has decided to give legal status to 19 settlements in the occupied West Bank, including two that were vacated 20 years ago under a pullout aimed at boosting the country's security and the economy,

A group of five Liberal MPs and a lone NDP parliamentarian are planning to spend three days in Israel and the Occupied West Bank, at a time of heightened tensions between Ottawa and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government.

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Republicans claimed Trump’s comments that he ‘will not allow’ annexation only applied to territory not currently controlled by Israel