A future state is complicated by the sheer number of Israeli settlers in the occupied territories and the barriers Israel has constructed to separate Palestinians.
Articles on West Bank
Displaying 21 - 40 of 131 articles
From a strategy standpoint, Netanyahu’s decision to take over Gaza City makes little sense – nor does there appear to be a longer-term plan in place.
Violence in the West Bank has intensified since the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel and the ensuing war in Gaza.
The two extremist members of the Netanyahu government have consistently opposed any efforts to bring peace to the region.
Australia has imposed country-wide sanctions on Russia, Myanmar and Iran. Calls are growing for stronger action on Israel, including an arms embargo.
Several nations are contemplating recognising a Palestinian state to revamp the two-state solution. However, major obstacles remain.
Intimidation of diplomats is unacceptable and threatens the basis of international relations.
There’s growing evidence that the Netanyahu government has designs over all territory occupied by Palestinians.
A ceasefire may bring a temporary halt to fighting, but as the current conflict in Gaza shows, it doesn’t solve every issue.
For almost 80 years, Palestinians in Gaza have resisted proposals to resettle elsewhere.
At present in global affairs, all roads lead to Donald Trump.
Donald Trump’s first foreign policy appointments appear to be bad news for supporters of Palestinian statehood.
Gaza’s GDP dropped by 81% in the first few months of the war – the situation now is almost certainly worse.
Millions of Palestinian refugees are set to suffer as a result of banning the UN agency, piling pressure on the US, which has warned of ‘consequences.’
The settler movement has unprecedented power in Israel today − the result of a decades-long push to mainstream its views and leaders.
A selection of our coverage of the conflict in Gaza from the past fortnight.
Israel’s war in Gaza, which is fast approaching its first anniversary, is taking a heavy economic toll.
The latest Israeli incursions into the West Bank will only encourage more resistance and militant defiance among Palestinians.
A World Bank report from May suggested the Palestinian Authority was close to collapse – it is by no means out of the woods.
Israel has approved its largest seizure of land in the West Bank in over three decades.
Top contributors
-
Senior Lecturer in International Politics, City St George's, University of London
-
Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Professor of Israel Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
-
Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Race, Gender and Postcolonial Studies, UCL
-
Director of Security Studies and Professor of Criminology and Justice Studies, UMass Lowell
-
Research Scholar, Middle East Studies, Australian National University
-
Tony Walker AM is a Friend of The Conversation.
Director, La Trobe University
-
Lecturer in Peace and Reconciliation, University of Aberdeen
-
Lecturer, Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney
-
Associate Professor in the School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies, University of Arizona
-
Associate Professor of Architecture and Urban Studies, University of Cambridge
-
PhD Candidate, Sociology, York University, Canada
-
Lecturer in Accounting and Finance, UCL
-
Lecturer, Royal Holloway, University of London
-
Director, Centre for Accountability and Global Development, University of Essex
-
Assistant Professor in International Peace Studies, Trinity College Dublin