In a major speech on Wednesday at the State Department, Secretary of State John Kerry issued a strong rebuke to Israel for its ongoing support of settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank.

This escalation of settler violence could, as Vox’s Zack Beauchamp ... Thrall spoke with Today, Explained host Noel King about the history of Israeli settlements in the West Bank, and why ...

In Part 1, I have extensively described Israel’s governmental structure and the proposed reform. In Part 2, I will delve into the events that have taken place since the night of March 26, 2023: ...

Some settlement construction has continued under every Israeli government over the past decades. More than 400,000 Israeli settlers now live in the West Bank alongside more than 2.6 million ...

A controversial U.N. Security Council resolution condemning Israel for building Jewish settlements on disputed ... At least 570,000 Israelis and more than 2.6 million Palestinians are estimated ...

She favors peace talks with the Palestinians, and rose to prominence by investigating the finances of Israeli settlements ... This is part of the reason that 3 1/2 years ago we went to the streets ...

The West Bank is a territory sandwiched between Israel and Jordan named for its location: the western bank of the Jordan River. About 2.5 million ... of the settlements officially part of Israel.

This means that the West Bank is not legally considered a full part of the country under Israeli law, though many Israelis believe it to be so. Israelis began establishing civilian settlements in ...

Israel has continued to build in areas along the West Bank and East Jerusalem that it annexed during the Six Day War in 1967. At least 125 such settlements are authorized by the Israeli government ...