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Palestinian youths take cover amidst tear gas smoke during clashes with Israeli forces in a village south of Nablus in the West Bank on March 11, 2020. (JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP)
April 1, 2020, 11:04 pm
Palestinian man dies of wounds month after West Bank clash with IDF
PA says Islam Dweikat had been in intensive care since he was shot at a confrontation last month during which a Palestinian teenager was killed
By AP and TOI staff
Palestinians bringing meals to quarantined people in Bethlehem on March 15, 2020. (Adam Rasgon/Times of Israel)
March 19, 2020, 6:30 pm
PA says it may become stricter, after some broke quarantine then tested positive
Government spokesman says moves could ‘go much further than what you are imagining’; Hamas run-Health Ministry says Gaza still free of infection but some 3,500 are in isolation
By Adam Rasgon
Palestinian youths take cover amidst tear gas smoke during clashes with Israeli forces in a village south of Nablus in the West Bank on March 11, 2020. (JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP)
March 11, 2020, 3:50 pm
Palestinian teen shot dead in clashes with troops near Nablus
IDF says 500 Palestinians carried out violent riot; PA official says it was a sit-in to stop settlers taking over hilltop; 16 others said wounded, 2 critical; military opens probe
By Adam Rasgon
Example of Samaria ostraca: No. 14: 'In the year ni[ne] from Az[…]t Par'an to Shemaryau jar of aged wine'(Courtesy Tel Aviv University)
January 22, 2020, 10:30 pm
Illiterate Israelites? Hi-tech review of ancient sherds suggests few scribes
Multi-disciplinary Tel Aviv University study uses new image processing and computer learning techniques to reexamine large cache of paleo-Hebrew ostraca from 8th century BCE
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
A group of Palestinian nurses from the West Bank and Gaza Strip taking part in a special four-day medical simulation course at the Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer in Ramat Gan on January 1, 2020. (Oren Ziv/Activestills)
January 2, 2020, 5:51 pm
Palestinian nurses from West Bank and Gaza hone their skills at Israeli hospital
Health care professionals train on high-tech mannequins; nurse from Nablus says medicine transcends national divisions
By Adam Rasgon
Illustrative: Israeli forces during a security raid in the West Bank, September 25, 2019. (Flash90)
September 29, 2019, 9:45 am
IDF said to crack down on terror group suspected in deadly bombing
Senior figures in PFLP, whose cell allegedly killed Rina Shnerb in August, reportedly among 27 Palestinians arrested over weekend on suspicion of terror offenses
By TOI staff
Illustrative. Israeli soldiers take part in operations in the West Bank. (Israel Defense Forces)
September 24, 2019, 11:54 am
IDF arrests 19 Palestinian suspects in overnight West Bank raids
Residents of Halhul throw rocks at military jeeps, causing a crash but no injuries; security forces escort 1,200 worshipers to Joseph’s Tomb holy site
By Judah Ari Gross
This Monday, June 29, 2015 photo provided by Palestinian artist Khaled Jarrar shows his painting of a rainbow flag on six slabs of the West Bank security barrier in the West Bank city of Ramallah. (Khaled Jarrar via AP)
August 19, 2019, 1:52 am
PA police ban Palestinian LGBT group from holding activities in West Bank
Police threaten to arrest members of al-Qaws and calls on public to inform on them; human rights watchdog accuses PA of inciting violence against community
By Adam Rasgon
Israeli soldiers secure Jewish pilgrims at Joseph's Tomb near the West Bank city of Nablus, July 29, 2019 (IDF)
July 30, 2019, 10:01 am
12 Palestinians said injured in riots as Jewish worshipers visit Joseph’s Tomb
Around 1,200 people enter the shrine near Nablus in West Bank under heavy military security, as protesters pelt soldiers with rocks
By TOI staff
Former Nablus mayor Bassam Shakaa (Screenshot: YouTube)
July 23, 2019, 2:01 pm
Ex-Nablus mayor Bassam Shakaa, who was injured by Jewish terrorists, dies at 89
A fierce critic of Israel and the Palestinian Authority, he said there was ‘nothing to discuss’ in two-state idea; he lost both legs in bombing by Israeli extremists in 1980
By Adam Rasgon
Illustrative -- Palestinian protesters throw back a tear gas canister fired by Israeli troops during a protest near the West Bank city of Nablus, June 28, 2019 (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
July 12, 2019, 5:01 pm
10-year-old Palestinian said seriously wounded in West Bank clash with IDF
Boy reportedly hit in head by rubber bullet during demonstration in Kafr Qaddum; IDF says riot control methods used against protesters who threw stones, burned tires
By TOI staff
A Palestinian vendor displays food, including pickled vegetables and olives, in preparation for Ramadan at a market in the West Bank city of Hebron,, June 28, 2014. (AP/Majdi Mohammed)
July 8, 2019, 8:53 am
PA tax dispute with Israel leaves its employees struggling with slashed salaries
Palestinian finance minister says Ramallah has found itself in ‘a dangerous financial position,’ but partial solution may be on the horizon
By Adam Rasgon
Bullet holes at the Palestinian Authority security apparatus headquarters in Nablus, a result of an accidental firefight between IDF troops and PA security personnel, June 11, 2019. (JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP)
June 11, 2019, 6:43 am
Accidental firefight breaks out between IDF and PA security personnel in Nablus
Israeli troops open fire at Palestinian security forces in overnight operation, apparently mistaking them for suspects, injuring one
By Judah Ari Gross and TOI staff
A fire apparently started by an Israeli settler outside the Palestinian village of Burin in the northern West Bank on May 17, 2019. (B'tselem)
May 23, 2019, 12:27 am
B’Tselem: Settlers set fire to Palestinians’ fields, threw rocks at them
Rights group accuses military of standing to the side while Israelis attack Palestinian village in northern West Bank
By Judah Ari Gross
A view of Nablus in the northern West Bank. (Adam Rasgon/The Times of Israel)
April 30, 2019, 7:10 pm
PA court sentences Palestinian to prison for trying to sell land to Israeli Jews
While death is among the possible punishments in PA penal code for such offenses, Abbas has not signed off on any executions since 2006
By Adam Rasgon
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