Israel, West Bank and Trump
Trump lifted sanctions against Israeli settlers in the West Bank. Within hours, Netanyahu launched a new invasion.
Shortly after suspected Jewish settlers stormed Palestinian villages in the occupied West Bank, U.S. President Donald Trump canceled sanctions against Israelis accused of violence in the territory
Annexation of the West Bank is "on the table...but it will take time," Yesha Council chairman Israel Ganz told the Post.
On his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed a flurry of executive orders from withdrawing from the World Health Organization to reversing one that sanctioned violent Israeli settlers in the West Bank.
Israel has escalated its invasion and assault of the occupied West Bank this week, as the Gaza ceasefire deal has begun.
While the ceasefire in Gaza holds, violence has flared in the occupied West Bank, where Israeli settlers separately rampaged through Palestinian villages.
The fragile peace in West Asia faces its first major challenge as a ceasefire in Gaza offers temporary respite but fails to ease mounting tensions across the region. While humanitarian aid trickles into Gaza,
President Donald Trump started his second administration with a blitz of policy actions to reorient the U.S. government.
Israel's defence minister said on Tuesday forces were applying lessons learned in Gaza as a major operation continued in Jenin which the military said was aimed at countering Iranian-backed militant groups in the volatile West Bank city.
Parched Southern California could get some badly needed rain this weekend to dampen the prospects of another round of deadly wildfires.
Israel’s military is using lessons from the Gaza war in its new West Bank operation to ensure “terrorism does not return,” according to Defense Minister Israel Katz.