Israeli troops briefly advanced into rural areas of Syria’s Quneitra province on Friday, setting up a temporary checkpoint ...

RAMALLAH, West Bank — Abdullah Fauzi, a banker from the northern West Bank city of Nablus, leaves home at 4 a.m. to reach his job by 8 a.m., and he's often late. His commute used to take an hour — ...

Volker Turk’s description of West Bank situation as ‘apartheid’ marks first time a UN human rights chief has used term.

JERUSALEM -- A senior U.N. official said Israel has dismantled 20 percent of its West Bank checkpoints in the past year. Philippe Lazzarini, head of the U.N. humanitarian affairs office in Jerusalem, ...

The UN report condemns Israel’s systematic discrimination in the occupied West Bank, highlighting segregation, illegal settlements, restrictions and violations of Palestinian rights, calling it an ...

Viral video shows the moment activists said they breached an Israel-Gaza border checkpoint on Friday, October 3, in protest of Israel’s interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla. Footage posted by ...

HAWARA CHECKPOINT, West Bank - The 24-mile journey from Nablus to Ramallah, two of the West Bank's most important urban centers, used to take 35 minutes. Today, a network of Israeli military ...