A state senator is taking aim at a small South Louisiana levee board in his district over claims it has been used for political purposes by the town's father-and-son former

Israel approved a massive expansion of Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank this week in a move described as a continuation of de facto annexation of the territory.

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel said Thursday it would establish 22 more Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, including the legalization of outposts already built without government authorization. In the Gaza Strip, Israeli strikes killed at least 34 people, local health officials said.

Bezalel Smotrich announced the establishment of 22 settlements in the West Bank. Some are existing outposts that the Israeli government considered illegal but will now authorize. Others will be

Israeli soldiers on Monday blocked an international media tour organized by “No Other Land” directors Basel Adra and Yuval Abraham in the occupied West Bank, preventing journalists from entering the village featured in their Oscar-winning doc.

Israeli soldiers have barred journalists from entering villages in the West Bank on a planned tour organized by the directors of Oscar-winning movie “No Other Land."

The Palestinian town of Bruqin, just off Route 446 in the northern West Bank, was founded in the Roman era as a rest stop for passing traders and their camels. Today, this community of fewer than 5,000 residents has – like much of the West Bank – become a site of competition: a case study

Faculty have criticized the agreement with Ariel University, located in a settlement on Palestinian territory. An Israeli consul general called it “a new chapter in academic cooperation between Israel and the United States.