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The West Bank brewery battling Israeli blocks to export rare Palestinian beer to the UK

IN FOCUS: Taybeh Brewery, which exports to the UK and beyond, has seen sales plummet by 70 per cent since 7 October. Its staff tell The Independent about how Israeli export controls, settler attacks and a struggling local economy have made business difficult, Alex Croft writes

The Independent UK

Israel approves proposal for 19 new Jewish settlements in West Bank

The decision is a harsh blow to the Palestinian state and brings the total number of new settlements over the past few years to 69.

Euronews

Israel condemned after approving 19 new settlements in West Bank in latest blow to Palestinian state hopes

The U.S.-brokered peace plan calls for a possible ‘pathway’ to a Palestinian state — something the settlements are aimed at preventing

The Independent UK

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Israel blocks six Canadian members of Parliament from entering the occupied West Bank

The Israeli Embassy in Canada confirmed the group was denied entry

The Independent UK

West Bank violence is soaring, fueled by a capitulation of Israeli institutions to settlers’ interests

Owais Hammam was walking near his home in Khirbet Bani Harith in the West Bank on Dec. 3, 2025, when, according to media reports, he was kidnapped by Jewish settlers. Over several hours at a nearby settlement, the 18-year-old Palestinian is alleged to have endured repeated beatings, humiliation and harassment.

The Conversation

I used to report from the West Bank. Twenty years after my last visit, I was shocked by how much worse it is today

The long read: Among the many people I met, there was a pervasive feeling of hopelessness and a sense that resistance is slowly becoming a memory

The Guardian - UK

Christmas celebrations return to Bethlehem after 2 years of war in Gaza

Christmas celebrations are returning to Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank after two years of war in Gaza

The Independent UK

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Israeli troops kill a man in Gaza and 2 suspected Palestinian attackers in West Bank

Israeli forces have shot and killed a man near a refugee camp in Gaza and two suspected Palestinian assailants in the West Bank

The Independent UK

Settler outposts spread among West Bank villages and fuel fear of more attacks

Palestinians in the West Bank are living in fear of more attacks by armed Israeli settlers

The Independent UK

Israeli settlers attack and rob Italian and Canadian volunteers in West Bank

Group beaten in early hours of morning in village where they volunteered to help protect Palestinians from settler violence

The Guardian - UK

Prince William ‘moved by courage’ of Gazan children brought to UK for treatment

The prince previously met Palestinian children during a 2018 visit to a West Bank refugee camp

The Independent UK

Stark footage of Israeli soldiers shooting dead two Palestinians shows peace is further away than ever

ANALYSIS: After footage of the shooting emerged, the UK, France, Germany and Italy released a joint statement sounding the alarm about a deadly surge in settler violence against Palestinians. This latest killing appears to be no mistake, writes chief international correspondent Bel Trew

The Independent UK

Israeli forces caught on camera killing Palestinians who had appeared to surrender

Israeli troops were caught on camera killing two Palestinian men who appeared to be unarmed and were surrendering in the occupied West Bank on Thursday (27 November).

The Independent UK

Hundreds of Israeli soldiers raid Palestinian town in West Bank

Israeli military and security service say ‘broad counter-terrorism operation’ in Tubas to continue for several days

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The Independent UK

Netanyahu convenes cabinet on settler violence in the West Bank that continues unabated

Israel’s prime minister has met with top security officials to assess a rising tide of Israeli settler violence in the West Bank

The Independent UK

Singapore to impose sanctions on four Israeli settlers and deny them entry

Southeast Asian nation says the four men have committed ‘egregious acts of extreme violence’ against Palestinians in occupied West Bank

Euronews

Israel plans to seize major archaeological site in the West Bank

The move coincided with the establishment of a new illegal outpost by Israeli settlers near Bethlehem and comes as the Israeli government faces growing pressure to crackdown on settler violence.

The Independent UK

Israel accused of war crimes over expulsion of 32,000 refugees from West Bank camps

A report by Human Rights Watch claims the IDF carried out war crimes, crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing

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The Independent UK

Israel may have committed war crimes in expelling West Bank refugees, human rights group alleges

A human rights group says Israel may have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity after forcibly expelling 32,000 Palestinians from three West Bank refugee camps earlier this year

Euronews

Denial of return by Israel to Palestinians in West Bank a war crime, HRW says

A new report by Human Rights Watch finds that Israel committed war crimes in its ground offensive in the West Bank earlier this year, after tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians were denied return after hostilities ended.

Evening Standard

Yvette Cooper: Israeli efforts to tackle West Bank violence ‘insufficient’

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper told the Commons that ‘stability in the West Bank is essential to any sustainable peace’ in the Middle East.

The Independent UK

1 Israeli killed and 3 wounded in West Bank attack

Israel's rescue service reports an Israeli has been killed and three wounded in a ramming and stabbing attack at a busy West Bank intersection

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: ‘They have total impunity’ – West Bank settler violence rises after Gaza ceasefire

UN logs 260 attacks in October alone, its highest monthly tally. Plus, protests in North Carolina’s Charlotte after aggressive immigration arrests

The Guardian - UK

‘They have total impunity’: West Bank settler violence surges after Gaza ceasefire

UN logs 260 attacks in October alone, its highest monthly tally, as settlers attack farmers and burn olive trees

The Independent UK

Israeli settlers torch a mosque and scrawl hateful messages after condemnation from military leaders

Israeli settlers have torched and defaced a mosque in a Palestinian village in the central West Bank

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