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Mapping Israel’s 300 checkpoints: Where they are and how they work
Israel has shut occupied West Bank crossings for a week, further restricting Palestinian movement and holy site access.
![Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich speaks during the inauguration of new illegal Israeli outpost settlement Maale Arugot near the Palestinian city of Bethlehem, September 2, 2026 [Abir Sultan/EPA]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/14256892-1790508781.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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Israel’s policies threaten ‘very existence’ of Palestinians, Abbas tells UN
Mahmoud Abbas says saving two-state solution begins with preserving Palestinian land, protecting those who live on it.
From: NewsFeed
Mahmoud Abbas: What will it take to ‘protect’ Palestine?
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas questioned how long the world would “remain silent” on Israel’s actions.
Published On 24 Sep 2026
Israel offers cash to firms hit by trade ban; Europe dithers on new rules
Israel hopes to redirect goods from illegal Israeli settlements towards markets in Asia and South America.
‘They uprooted it all’: Israel bulldozes Palestinian-owned olive groves
Israeli bulldozers uprooted olive groves near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank weeks before the annual harvest.
![Palestinian man Abd Alfattah Tamimi gestures after Israeli military machinery uprooted his olive trees near the Palestinian village of Deir Nizam near Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, September 23, 2026 [Mohammed Torokman/Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/2026-09-23T082909Z_1627711264_RC2VONA8IMW1_RTRMADP_3_ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-WEST-BANK-OLIVE-TREES-1790215211.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Israel’s ambassador to the US says son injured in West Bank car-ramming
Palestinian shot dead as Israel’s ambassador to the US identifies injured soldier as his son.
![Screengrab from video shared on social media shows the aftermath of the car ramming incident in the occupied West Bank on September 23, 2026 [x.com/paldf]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Screenshot-2026-09-23-104310-1790185424.jpg?resize=375%2C250&quality=80)
What Palestinian children endure in Israeli detention
Every day, Fidaa Zalbani checks the room of her son, Mohammed, 17, tidying his bed and arranging untouched clothes.
![Fidaa is hoping that her son is released from Israeli prisons. [Ahmed Jalajel/Al Jazeera]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Fidaa-is-hoping-that-her-son-is-released-from-Israeli-prisons.-Photo-by-Ahmed-Jalajel-1790067490.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
From: NewsFeed
‘War crime’: Jordan’s king slams Israeli West Bank expansion
Jordan’s King Abdullah II decried Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank as a strategy of ‘forced displacement.’
Published On 22 Sep 2026
The return of Palestinian football: ‘We are a people who must live’
The Martyrs’ World Cup brings Palestinian football back after nearly three years, despite military restrictions.
From: NewsFeed
Jerusalem Daily: Israel besieges Palestinian town
Israeli forces have effectively turned the Palestinian town of Biddu into military barracks.
Published On 22 Sep 2026
Israeli forces arrest dozens of Palestinians in occupied West Bank raid
At least 53 young men are being held in Biddu after raids left the town in lockdown, with schools and businesses shut.
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