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Israel’s new govt puts West Bank settlement top priority
Jerusalem: Israel’s incoming government led by comeback leader Benjamin Netanyahu released its policy guidelines, putting settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank as its top priority. The policy document, a copy of…
- Middle East
Israeli PM-designate Netanyahu agrees to annex West Bank in coalition deal
Jerusalem: Israel’s Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to annex the occupied West Bank in a coalition deal that was made public. Netanyahu, who signed a series of coalition deals on Wednesday…
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17-yr-old Palestinian boy killed by Israeli soldiers in Ramallah
Ramallah: A 17-year-old Palestinian was killed and another seriously injured by Israeli soldiers near the West Bank city of Ramallah, said the Palestinian Health MInistry. In a press statement, the Ministry on…
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3 Palestinians shot dead by Israeli soldiers in West Bank raid
Jerusalem: Israeli soldiers shot dead three Palestinian men in the occupied West Bank during a raid, official Palestinian and Israeli sources said, as the violence in the region has been escalating this…
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205 Palestinians killed since beginning of 2022 by Israeli forces
The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced that the death toll of Palestinians, majority of whom were in the West Bank, since the beginning of 2022 has risen to 205. The ministry, in…
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UN envoy says Israeli-Palestinian conflict nearing ‘boiling point’
The United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, warned that the conflict in the occupied Palestine has once again reached a “boiling point”, “after decades of continuous…
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5 Palestinians killed in West Bank amid rising violence
Ramallah: Five Palestinians were killed in clashes with Israeli soldiers in four separate incidents in the West Bank, prompting condemnation and calls for stopping the rising violence. Earlier on Tuesday, the Palestinian…
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Palestinian Prez calls for backing soft resistance against Israel in West Bank
Ramallah: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has called for backing the soft, peaceful, and popular resistance against Israel in the West Bank until Palestine achieves its goals. During a meeting held here with…
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Israel to allocate 4G, 5G services in West Bank
Ramallah: Israel has agreed to allocate 4G and 5G services for mobile phones in the West Bank, said a Palestinian officia. Muhammad Mustafa, head of the Palestinian Investment Fund, told reporters of…
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16-year-old Palestinian boy killed by Israeli gunfire in Nablus
A 16-year-old Palestinian boy was killed and dozens of others were injured on Wednesday overnight by Israeli gunfire, during a military raid in the vicinity of Joseph’s Tomb, east of Nablus in…
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19-year-old Palestinian woman shot dead by Israeli forces fire
Jerusalem: A 19-year-old Palestinian woman succumbed to her critical wounds at dawn on Monday, after the occupation forces opened fire on a vehicle near the Ofer camp, west of the town of…
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FBI launches probe into killing of Palestinian journalist in West Bank: Report
Washington: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has launched an investigation into the death of Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in the West Bank, Axios reported on Monday, citing five sources,…
- Middle East
29-year-old Palestinian killed by Israeli forces in West Bank
Ramallah: The Palestinian Health Ministry said a Palestinian was killed by Israeli forces in the northern West Bank city of Jenin. The Health Ministry on Wednesday added in a statement that 29-year-old…
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Israeli soldiers kill Palestinian carrying car-ramming attack at West Bank checkpoint
Jerusalem: Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian after he carried out a car-ramming attack at a checkpoint near the West Bank city of Ramallah, the Israeli army and Palestinian Health Ministry said.…
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UN Mideast envoy worried about increased violence in West Bank
United Nations: UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland has expressed grave concern over increased violence in the West Bank. “I brief you today as the security situation…