Violations of journalists' freedom in Palestine have increased in 2023, according to the Palestinian Journalists Union, mainly by Israeli forces but also by the Palestinian Authority.
A destructive settler attack on the village of Huwara showcased the immediate effects of a further tilt toward legal Israeli annexation of the West Bank.
In a second letter in a week, fifteen members of the US Congress urge the Secretary of State to take immediate action to stop the Israeli regime's "war crime", appropriation of Palestinian land and forcibly expelling its more than 1,000 residents from their homes in the occupied West Bank territory.
The Islamist movement's stunning victory in Birzeit University’s student union vote reflects growing discontent with the West Bank's ruling Fatah party.