Israeli settlements
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Hezbollah attacks Israeli settlements, sites
Beirut: Hezbollah has said that it had attacked several settlements and sites in northern Israel with Katyusha rockets and artillery shells in response to Israel’s attacks in southern Lebanon. The Lebanese armed…
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Booking.com accused of laundering money from Israeli settlement holiday homes
Online travel giant Booking.com is facing a criminal complaint filed by a group of human rights organisations in the Netherlands, accusing it of “laundering money from war crimes” related to Israel’s occupation…
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India votes against Israeli settlements in Palestine at the UN
At the United Nations resolution on November 9, India voted against the forced Israeli settlements in “Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan”. Seven countries, including the…
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Israel fast-tracks approval process for construction in West Bank settlements
Jerusalem: Israel has fast-tracked the government procedure needed for building new settlement homes in the occupied West Bank, state media reported. The resolution by Israel’s nationalist-religious coalition government revised the approval process…
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Jordan condemns Israel’s decision to expand settlements
Amman: Jordan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has condemned the Israeli government’s decision to expedite construction and expansion of settlements by granting a “hardline minister control over settlement planning”. Describing the settlement expansion…
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Palestine condemns Israeli decision to allow settlers’ return to evacuated settlement
Ramallah: Palestine has condemned an Israeli decision that allows Jewish settlers to return to an Israeli settlement evacuated 18 years ago. The Palestinian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday in a press statement…
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Israeli cabinet ministers reject US criticism on West bank settlements
Jerusalem: Israel’s finance minister on Tuesday dismissed Washington’s criticism of new settlement construction in the West Bank, promising to double down and legalise dozens of wildcat outposts in the occupied territory. Bezalel…
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Palestine slams US pressure over updating companies operating in Israeli settlements
Ramallah: Palestine has slammed the US move to pressure the UN not to update its list of companies operating in Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Maliki…
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Israel plans to build ten new settlements in Naqab region
Jerusalem: The Israeli government has decided to vote, next Sunday, March 27, on a plan to establish ten new settlements in the occupied Naqab (Negev) region, local media reported on Thursday. Israeli…
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Israel approves construction of new settlement in the Gaza Strip
Jerusalem: Israel’s Planning and Building Council on Tuesday approved the establishment of a new settlement in the Gaza Strip under the name Hanoun, comprising 500 settler families, Anadolu Agency reported. A discussion…
