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View of a newly constructed Jewish residential area in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Pisgat Zeev, with the West Bank security barrier in the background, on November 19, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90 )
May 13, 2026, 5:54 am
Belgium refuses to renew passport of Israeli citizen living in Jerusalem area beyond Green Line
Annabelle Herciger-Tenzer, a Pisgat Zeev resident who immigrated to Israel in 1980, says Belgian consulate’s rejection of her request ‘was simply like being slapped in the face’
By Nava Freiberg
A Palestinian man faces the direction of a concrete block (back) marking the "Yellow Line" drawn by the Israeli military in Bureij, central Gaza Strip, November 4, 2025. (Bashar Taleb / AFP)
February 9, 2026, 12:09 am
As IDF and Hamas dig in, interim Gaza armistice line risks hardening into lasting border
Yellow Line was meant to be temporary, pending Hamas disarming; but with the terror group clinging to its weapons, the army is unlikely to withdraw, keeping the precarious stalemate in place
By Stav Levaton
A fire lit to burn waste in the West Bank, as seen from the northern Israeli town of Harish, October 2025. (Dolev Hilell)
December 17, 2025, 3:23 pm
‘Stay indoors’: Health Ministry tells central town to shelter due to toxic waste fires
In rare move, ministry instructs some Shoham residents to close windows, turn off air conditioning to protect themselves from pollution from illegal West Bank fires
By Sue Surkes
View of the Jordan Valley from a military post near the West Bank settlement of Hemdat. The Jordanian villages of al-Balawinah and Kuraymah are seen in the distance, November 28. 2022. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)
March 22, 2024, 4:17 pm
Israel appropriates 1,976 acres of land in Jordan Valley, declaring it state land
Announcement follows West Bank settlement expansion earlier in March; new status will allow for hundreds of housing units to be constructed in addition to commerce zones
By ToI Staff and AFP
Heritage Minister Amichay Eliyahu attends a ceremony at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on June 19, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 2, 2023, 5:11 pm
Far-right minister says Green Line ‘fictitious,’ urges annexation of West Bank
Amichai Eliyahu says two-state concept ‘a mistake’; settler group calls on Netanyahu to refrain from using territorial concessions as bargaining chip for deal with Saudis
By ToI Staff
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 13, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
July 12, 2023, 8:49 pm
GOP senators threaten to block Biden nominees over ‘antisemitic’ settlement policy
Letter slams decision to restore longstanding policy that refrained from funding research projects beyond Green Line, as White House weighs whether to tap new envoy to Israel
By Jacob Magid
Students walk at the Ariel University campus in the West Bank settlement of Ariel on January 25, 2017. (Sebi Berens/Flash90)
June 27, 2023, 5:32 am
US cuts science, tech cooperation with Israeli institutions in the West Bank
Decision brings back longstanding policy that had been reversed by the Trump administration; will mostly affect Ariel University, also applies to East Jerusalem, Golan Heights
By ToI Staff, AFP and Jacob Magid
Illustrative: An Israeli policeman walks near cement cubes placed as a roadblock by Israeli security forces on a road linking the East Jerusalem Arab neighborhood of Beit Hanina with West Jerusalem on September 15, 2021 (Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP)
June 25, 2023, 7:15 pm
US set to cease scientific, tech cooperation with Israeli entities over Green Line
Move said to be resumption of policy that was reversed under Trump administration; Foreign Minister Eli Cohen tells reporters that the decision ‘is wrong’
By ToI Staff
Part of a map produced by the Tel Aviv-Jaffa Municipality that shows the Green Line between Israel and the West Bank. The Green Line is depicted as a red dotted line. (Tel Aviv -Jaffa Municipality)
August 25, 2022, 11:29 am
Tel Aviv marks Green Line on classroom maps, bucking Education Ministry
City says line showing West Bank as separate teaches ‘complex reality’ on the ground; ministry dismisses illustration as ‘amateur,’ notes it’s not approved ‘even as a poster’
By ToI Staff
A person walks on the ruins of a Palestinian house demolished by Israeli authorities in Jerusalem's Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood on January 19, 2022 (Ahmed Gharabli/AFP)
January 20, 2022, 1:12 pm
EU, European powers pan Israel over East Jerusalem eviction and construction
France, Germany, Italy and Spain say proposed Jewish neighborhood near Har Homa threatens viability of future Palestinian state
By Lazar Berman
A general view of the Givat Hamatos neighborhood in east Jerusalem, on November 15, 2020. (AP Photo/ Mahmoud Illean)
January 17, 2022, 9:09 pm
Committee advances plans for new Jerusalem homes beyond Green Line
Proposed neighborhood of Lower Aqueduct would include 1,465 units, with around half of the area in East Jerusalem
By Aaron Boxerman
An Israeli teen wrapped in an LGBT Pride flag near the settlement of Efrat, June 3, 2018. (Jacob Magid/Times of Israel)
June 8, 2018, 6:40 am
Gently breaking taboos, a settlement bloc moves gingerly toward LGBT acceptance
In first gathering of its kind in a religious community on either side of Green Line, Efrat event takes unambiguous stance against notion that homosexuality is a matter of choice
By Jacob Magid
A road sign indicating the direction of the US Embassy and the US Consulate in Jerusalem, on May 7, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
From the WebMay 13, 2018, 2:19 pm
US set to inaugurate new Jerusalem embassy on territorial anomaly
VOA delves into complex series of events that created ‘no man’s land’ enclave between capital’s west and east
View of the US Consulate in Jerusalem's Arnona neighborhood, February 24, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 8, 2018, 6:22 pm
Part of new US embassy site in Jerusalem may be in disputed territory — report
New York Times quotes UN, Palestinian officials saying some of the property is in ‘No Man’s Land’ between East and West Jerusalem
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and then-defense minister Ehud Barak attend a press conference at the PM's office in Jerusalem, November 21, 2012. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
December 2, 2017, 1:40 pm
Barak: Netanyahu government’s ‘whims and illusions’ threaten Israel’s future
In fiery NYT piece, former PM castigates current premier, says coalition has ‘declared war’ on the Supreme Court, the free press, civil society, IDF ethics
By ToI Staff
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