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West Bank

Arcs in the news about West Bank from the outlets we track, each followed from its first story to its last, with who covered it.

Organization · 409 stories · 2,698 articles · earliest story we hold Oct 5, 2023

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All arcs3 named arcs in 2026

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The West Bank during the Gaza war: settler attacks, raids and new settlements

25 of 99 stories this year

Israeli move to designate large parts of West Bank as state land condemned as ‘de facto annexation’ · 22 articles, Feb 15Israeli settlers kill 19-year-old Palestinian-American, officials and witnesses say · 9 articles, Feb 20Israeli forces shoot and kill 4 members of Palestinian family, officials say, after opening fire on car in West Bank · 10 articles, Mar 15Israeli settlers smash cars and set fires in attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank · 8 articles, Mar 22Israeli military suspends battalion involved in assaulting, detaining CNN crew in West Bank · 11 articles, Mar 30Palestinian schoolboy among two killed by Israeli settlers, amid spate of attacks on education in the West Bank · 12 articles, Apr 21Israeli troops kill 7-month-old baby in West Bank, Palestinian officials say · 19 articles, Jun 6Aide to Rep. Ro Khanna on moment he says he was detained by Israeli settlers in West Bank · 63 articles, Jul 11Israeli settlers attack journalists, including CNN, on the anniversary of deadly West Bank beating · 12 articles, Jul 11Israel detains over 70 suspects following deadly violence in the West Bank · 42 articles, Jul 232 mosques in West Bank set on fire during deadly surge in settler violence · 28 articles, Jul 26Israel charges settler over killing of Palestinian activist in West Bank in rare prosecution · 25 articles, Aug 6Israeli troops force families from homes amid settler terror campaign in West Bank · 10 articles, Aug 9Settler siege of Palestinian homes in West Bank a ‘horrific act of terror,’ US ambassador says · 16 articles, Aug 12Israel sends troops to settler siege as US ambassador slams 'act of terror' · 6 articles, Aug 13Israeli settlers’ siege of Palestinian homes draws a sharp US rebuke · 15 articles, Aug 13West Bank village of Qusra under siege by extremist Israeli settlers · 17 articles, Aug 13Palestinians besieged in West Bank village fear Israeli settlers will seize their homes · 13 articles, Aug 14Palestinian American returns to West Bank to defend his home under siege by Israeli settlers · 20 articles, Aug 17Countries condemn Israel's E1 settlement tender in West Bank · 18 articles, Aug 19U.S. ambassador calls ongoing West Bank settler violence an "act of terror" · 17 articles, Sep 5UK bans trade with Israeli settlements in West Bank · 102 articles, Sep 7Jerusalem Daily: Israel retaliates over sanctions on illegal settlements · 10 articles, Sep 7Israeli fatally shot in occupied West Bank · 15 articles, Sep 20Son of Israel's ambassador to U.S. critically injured in attack in occupied West Bank · 30 articles, Sep 23
The Israel-Hamas war: hunger, famine and the fight over aid to Gaza · Oct 9, 2023 – Jul 24, 2026The Israel-Hamas war: Trump's peace plan, the 2025 cease-fire and what followed · Sep 25, 2025 – Sep 27, 2026

Coverage over timeindependent sources per week, by side, every year we hold

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Sep 28, 202638012

Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.

Everything else42 stories in 2026 not part of any arc, newest first

Stories about West Bank that are not part of any arc yet

  1. Sep 29Settler attack on West Bank village injures Israeli forces, drawing rare rebuke7 articles · 6 independent sources
    0 left, 4 center, 0 right
  2. Sep 27– 28Israel revokes Dutch officials' credentials over settlement goods ban5 articles · 5 independent sources
    0 left, 2 center, 0 right
  3. Sep 26– 28Far-right settlers divert West Bank spring water as Israel backs heritage site takeovers6 articles · 6 independent sources
    1 left, 1 center, 0 right
  4. Sep 14– 16Rights group accuses Israel of dismantling 'Palestinian existence' in West Bank7 articles · 6 independent sources
    2 left, 1 center, 0 right
  5. Sep 2– 4Two Palestinian teens killed in West Bank raid by Israeli settlers and army5 articles · 5 independent sources
    0 left, 2 center, 0 right
  6. Sep 1– 2UN food agency halves West Bank aid because of funding shortages, warns new cuts may be needed7 articles · 6 independent sources
    2 left, 1 center, 2 right
  7. Aug 30– 31Iran's leader calls for Muslim unity, NBC crew attacked in West Bank and other Mideast news10 articles · 7 independent sources
    2 left, 2 center, 2 right
  8. Aug 29– 30Netanyahu condemns rioters after weeks of West Bank settler violence7 articles · 6 independent sources
    0 left, 2 center, 1 right
  9. Aug 29– 31Israeli settlers attack NBC News crew, Palestinian woman in West Bank9 articles · 6 independent sources
    1 left, 2 center, 1 right
  10. Aug 26– 30Israeli settlers attack Palestinian homes in West Bank7 articles · 5 independent sources
    1 left, 1 center, 0 right

Stories that name West Bank

  1. Sep 25– 26UN adds 61 companies to settlements blacklist over alleged Palestinian rights violations9 articles · 9 independent sources
    0 left, 2 center, 2 right
  2. Sep 22– 26Netanyahu slams critics, Mamdani, in defiant speech as UN delegates walk out127 articles · 63 independent sources
    13 left, 24 center, 18 right
  3. Sep 19– 20Israeli president overrules military to pardon soldier who killed incapacitated Palestinian attacker13 articles · 13 independent sources
    0 left, 2 center, 0 right
  4. Sep 17– 23At UN General Assembly, Iran's president responds to Trump's 'annihilation'306 articles · 105 independent sources
    20 left, 48 center, 26 right
  5. Sep 15– 17Trump administration preparing a $2.8 billion munitions sale to Israel including tens of thousands of 2,000-pound bombs67 articles · 43 independent sources
    10 left, 11 center, 9 right
  6. Sep 14– 19Ed Sheeran tour kicks off in Philadelphia with openers unknown230 articles · 85 independent sources
    17 left, 33 center, 13 right
  7. Sep 7– 10Israel tells Britain to close East Jerusalem consulate within 30 days, officials say14 articles · 9 independent sources
    2 left, 3 center, 2 right
  8. Sep 6– 8Macklemore defends ‘Free Palestine’ call after Ed Sheeran concert backlash11 articles · 8 independent sources
    1 left, 1 center, 2 right
  9. Sep 5– 10U.S. and Iran escalate strikes: Oil tankers destroyed, base attacked281 articles · 90 independent sources
    14 left, 37 center, 21 right
  10. Aug 15– 16There’s a reason why Israel has done little to rein in settler violence. It’s not just Netanyahu7 articles · 6 independent sources
    0 left, 2 center, 0 right

Local coverage

  1. Sep 23Israel blasts ‘grotesque absurdity’ of Macron’s UN remarks on West Bank3 articles · 2 independent sources
    0 left, 2 center, 0 right
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