Sufian Taha

Jerusalem

Sufian Taha is a Jerusalem-based journalist who has covered the West Bank for The Washington Post since 2002. He has reported on the most impactful events of the last two decades, including the Second Intifada, the expansion of Israeli settlements and the killing of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. He is a recipient of the Overseas Press Club award.
Latest from Sufian Taha

New video, witnesses challenge Israel’s account of U.S. activist’s killing

The IDF said Aysenur Eygi was shot “unintentionally” during a “violent riot.” A Post analysis shows clashes had subsided and protesters had retreated.

September 11, 2024

Israeli forces leave trail of destruction in Jenin after days-long raid

Israel said it killed 14 militants during the operation, which was one of its longest in the occupied territory in years.

September 6, 2024
The Israeli military withdrew from Jenin early Friday.

Israel kills Palestinian commander, traps civilians in West Bank incursion

The ongoing Israeli military operation killed at least 16 people, according to Israeli and Palestinian authorities, including a prominent commander.

August 29, 2024
Israeli soldiers in Tulkarm, in the north of the occupied West Bank, on Thursday.

Israel is redrawing the West Bank, cutting into a prospective Palestinian state

Israeli land grabs, settlement expansion and demolitions in Palestinian communities mark the most significant territorial changes in the West Bank in decades.

August 15, 2024

Ismail Haniyeh, political chief of Hamas, killed in attack in Iran

Mr. Haniyeh, who had long been based in Qatar, had once represented a more moderate wing of the militant group.

July 31, 2024
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh waves to a crowd in Gaza City on May 15, 2018.

Palestinians recount deadly abuse in Israeli prisons: ‘It is Guantánamo’

The Post spoke to former Palestinian prisoners and lawyers and reviewed autopsy reports, revealing rampant violence and deprivation in Israel’s prison system.

July 29, 2024

Residents accuse Israeli forces of executions during West Bank raid

Palestinian residents of the Nur Shams refugee camp said at least three people were summarily executed or used as human shields, claims Israel’s military denies.

May 4, 2024
Hureen Zandiq Jaber, 62, stands near a bloodstained mattress in her brother's home in the camp.

Homes burned, animals killed: Palestinians describe Israeli settler rampage

The weekend attack by Israeli settlers on al-Mughayyir and other Palestinian villages in the occupied West Bank was the worst anyone in the area could remember.

April 16, 2024

Israelis recount worry, fear after night of Iran missile interceptions

In Jerusalem, a city rarely troubled by aerial attacks, the sounds of the interceptions rolled through like thunder. Air raid sirens wailed; people gathered on balconies, or pressed their faces to the windows, as fireballs lit up the sky.

April 14, 2024
Sabrina Viener, 84, who immigrated to Israel from Romania 50 years ago, looks at graffiti showing President Biden on a building in Tel Aviv on Sunday.

Palestinian Authority announces new cabinet amid U.S. pressure

The reshuffle comes amid a push for the Palestinian Authority to present a new face, driven by hopes that it could play a role in rebuilding Gaza.

March 28, 2024
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Amman, Jordan, in October.