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Composite of screen captures from video of clashes between Palestinian students and Israeli forces at Birzeit University in the West Bank, January 6, 2026. (X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 6, 2026, 11:04 pm
IDF raids West Bank’s Birzeit University, says it aimed to disrupt ‘pro-terror’ gathering
Palestinians report 11 injured, including five from live fire; military says hundreds violently clashed with troops, who shot at key instigators posing immediate threat
By Stav Levaton, Noam Lehmann and Agencies
Students applaud next to a Palestinian flag, as the 13 students who have been barred from graduating due to protest activities are recognized by a student address speaker, during commencement in Harvard Yard, at Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on May 23, 2024. (AP/Ben Curtis)
March 31, 2025, 6:40 pm
Harvard puts research partnership with Palestinian university in West Bank on pause
Ex-head of US school and Rep. Elise Stefanik had called on it to sever ties with Birzeit, members of whose Hamas-dominated student council were arrested for terror plot last year
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Birzeit University students Mahmoud Anjatz, Baraa Romana, Amar Toil, Amer Hanoun, and Abdallah Abu Kiatz who were arrested by the Shin Bet for allegedly planning a terror attack, July 21, 2024. (Shin Bet)
July 21, 2024, 4:53 pm
Hamas university students in West Bank arrested for planning ‘significant terror attack’
Security forces confiscate rifles and cash while arresting suspects, who are on the student council at Birzeit University
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Omar Abedin, a Palestinian resident of East Jerusalem, suspected of planning a terror attack against Israeli forces in Jerusalem. (Shin Bet)
April 2, 2023, 4:03 pm
Palestinian accused of planning to shoot police in Jerusalem
Shin Bet links Omar Abedin to Hamas terror group and operatives in Lebanon, alleges he sought to attack officers near Temple Mount
By Ash Obel
A protest at Bir Zeit University, October 2022 (video screenshot)
November 4, 2022, 6:32 pm
PA’s arrest of journalist covering protest is latest in ongoing crackdown on dissent
Hamas-linked students and a reporter were arrested this week during a rally at Birzeit University
By Jack Mukand
[Illustrative] Palestinian students supporting the Islamic Hamas movement wave national and movement flags as they attend a debate ahead of student council elections at Birzeit University on the outskirts of Ramallah in the West Bank, on May 17, 2022. (ABBAS MOMANI / AFP)
May 19, 2022, 2:05 pm
Hamas supporters celebrate student election win at top West Bank university
Terror group wins 28 of the 51 seats on Birzeit student council, ending longstanding Fatah domination of West Bank student bodies
By AFP and ToI Staff
Palestinian students supporting the Hamas terror group wave flags as they attend a debate ahead of student council elections at Birzeit University on the outskirts of Ramallah in the West Bank, on May 17, 2022. (Abbas Momani/AFP)
May 18, 2022, 11:42 pm
Hamas wins landslide victory in student elections at flagship Birzeit University
Islamist terror group activists take 28 seats to Fatah’s 18, as PA’s ruling party sees its West Bank support and legitimacy dwindle
By Aaron Boxerman
Birzeit University students visit the demolished home of Muntasir Shalabi in Turmus Ayya on July 14, 2021. (Courtesy)
July 15, 2021, 3:17 am
IDF nabs dozens of Hamas activists after solidarity visit to terrorist’s village
Army says roughly 30 detained outside Turmus Aya are members of Hamas student faction at Birzeit University and include individuals directly involved in terrorist activity
By ToI Staff
Nasser al-Qudwa, a member of Fatah's Central Committee and the nephew of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, addresses a news conference in the West Bank city of Ramallah on January 23, 2019, against a backdrop showing Jerusalem's Dome of the Rock mosque, to comment on a decision by an Israeli court to issue a temporary lien for a plot of land belonging to Arafat in East Jerusalem. (ABBAS MOMANI / AFP)
March 4, 2021, 3:56 pm
In blow to Abbas, senior Fatah official to form separate bloc to run in election
Nasser al-Qidwa, a member of Fatah’s powerful central committee and Yasser Arafat’s nephew, has long been an Abbas critic; says he hopes the imprisoned Barghouti will head his bloc
By Aaron Boxerman
Illustrative photo of Jerusalem's Teddy Stadium during an international soccer match, on October 10, 2015. (Flash90)
April 22, 2020, 2:54 pm
Shin Bet nabs 3 Palestinian men in Hamas plot to bomb Jerusalem soccer arena
Security service says the trio’s plans to blow up Teddy Stadium fell through, so they instead tried to carry out attacks on IDF soldiers in West Bank
By Judah Ari Gross
Britain's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab arrives at Downing Street in central London to chair the government's Covid-19 daily briefing on April 7, 2020. (Tolga Akmen/AFP)
April 9, 2020, 9:08 pm
UK’s stand-in PM lost his great-grandparents in Holocaust, studied in West Bank
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has criticized Israel’s ‘disproportionate use of force’ but defended Gaza blockade; distant family said to have come to pre-state Israel
By ToI Staff
Fatah Central Committee member Muhammad Al-Madani (Elhanan Miller/Times of Israel)
February 25, 2020, 1:51 pm
Abbas rejects resignation of senior official tasked with outreach to Israelis
Mohammed al-Madani sought to quit on Saturday after the committee he leads came under fire for meetings it organized between Israelis and Palestinians
By Adam Rasgon
Illustrative: Israeli soldiers seen loading Hamas flags during a patrol at Birzeit University, on the outskirts of the city of Ramallah in the West Bank during an operation on June 19, 2014. (Issam Rimawi/Flash90)
October 3, 2018, 1:16 pm
Shin Bet says it arrested 3 members of Hamas terror network in West Bank
Cell run by operatives in Gaza Strip alleged to have recruited engineering students at Birzeit University through Facebook to carry out attacks beyond Green Line
By Jacob Magid
A screen shot from a reported raid by undercover Israeli commandos at Birzeit University in the West Bank on March 7, 2018. (Screen capture: YouTube)
May 3, 2018, 2:03 pm
Shin Bet: Palestinian student leader received €150k for Hamas through Turkey
Omar al-Kiswani, whose on-campus arrest in March by undercover forces was filmed and went viral, said to have funneled funds with aid from Gaza-based operative
By Michael Bachner
A screen shot from a reported raid by undercover Israeli commandos at Birzeit University in the West Bank on March 7, 2018. (Screen capture: YouTube)
March 7, 2018, 8:29 pm
In daylight campus raid, undercover commandos nab West Bank student leader
Footage of incident shows armed men at Birzeit University snatching Omar al-Kiswani, a member of Hamas’s student faction
By Alexander Fulbright
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