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Netanyahu pledges to annex West Bank settlements within months
Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to annex Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank within “a couple of months”. In his remark during an online address to evangelical Christian…
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In warning to Netanyahu, US House endorses two-state solution
Washington:The US House of Representatives on Friday threw its weight behind a two-state solution between Israelis and Palestinians, in a warning to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he mulls annexing…
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Israel thanks US for decision on West Bank settlements
Jerusalem:Israel has thanked US President Donald Trump’s administration for its decision that the American government would no longer consider the West Bank Jewish settlements “inconsistent” with the international law. “Israel…
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Palestinian shot dead in West Bank clashes: medics
HEBRON: A Palestinian man was shot and killed on Monday during clashes with Israeli forces in the south of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry and medics said.…
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Netanyahu’s West Bank annexation pledge: Muslim countries react
Egypt :Arab and Muslim countries Wednesday led a wave of outcry after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to annex a key part of the occupied West Bank if re-elected. Netanyahu’s controversial pledge involves extending Israel’s sovereignty over…
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Israel to build 300 new settler homes in West Bank
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that he has instructed his staff to prepare plans for building a new neighbourhood in the Israel-occupied West Bank. According to a…
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Homemade bomb kills Israeli teen, wounds two others in West Bank
Jerusalem: A rare homemade bomb attack in the occupied West Bank killed an Israeli teen and seriously wounded her father and brother Friday as they visited a spring near a…
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Israeli PM lays cornerstone for new homes in West Bank
Tel Aviv [Israel]: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday laid the cornerstone for hundreds of new homes for Jewish settlers in the West Bank and pledged to build more.…
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Israel okays 700 Palestinian homes, 6000 settler homes
JERUSALEM: Israeli ministers have given rare approval to 700 Palestinian homes in the part of the occupied West Bank under the country’s full control while also approving 6,000 homes for…
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Palestinian given life sentence over Israeli soldier death
JERUSALEM: An Israeli military court on Monday sentenced a Palestinian to life in prison for murdering an Israeli soldier in the occupied West Bank last year, the army said. “The…
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Dozens of Palestinians got injured by Israeli Soldiers
Israeli soldiers attacked, on Thursday afternoon, the Solidarity y tent in Wad al-Hummus area, in Sur Baher town, south of occupied Jerusalem, and forcibly demolished and removed it, in addition…
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10-year-old Palestinian child shot in head in West Bank
WEST BANK: A Palestinian child was seriously wounded Friday during clashes between Israeli forces and protesters in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry and official media said. In…
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Iran trying to set up espionage system: Israel
Jerusalem: Israel’s Shin Bet security service said on Thursday that it had uncovered an attempt by Iran to establish “espionage” cells in Israel. The Shin Bet said in a statement…
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Israel can annex parts of West Bank, says US envoy
New York [USA]: US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman on Saturday opined that Israel has the right to annex “at least some” parts of the West Bank, a move that…
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Israel destroys family apartments of accused Palestinian killer
Hebron: Israeli forces destroyed two apartments in the occupied West Bank on Friday that housed the family of a Palestinian accused of killing an Israeli woman in February, the army…
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Merkel told Netanyahu to consider two-state solution to solve Israel-Palestine conflict
Berlin: There is a need for a two-state solution to resolve the Israel- Palestinian conflict, German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday. According to The…
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Palestinian attempts West Bank stabbing, shot dead by Israeli: officials
Nablus:A Palestinian attempted to stab an Israeli in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday before being shot dead, Israeli and Palestinian officials said. The Israeli army said a Palestinian tried…
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West Bank: 2 Palestinians killed by IDF troops
West Bank: Israeli forces on Wednesday killed two Palestinians after they hurled explosive devices at the forces near West Bank’s Joseph’s Tomb holy site, reported Times of Israel. The incident…
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Two Palestinians killed by Israeli army in West Bank clashes: health ministry
Nablus:Two Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces in clashes near a flashpoint religious site in the occupied West Bank overnight Wednesday, the Palestinian health ministry said. The health ministry said…
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Palestinian attack kills Israeli soldier in West Bank: army
Jerusalem: An Israeli soldier was killed and two other people were wounded on Sunday when a Palestinian carried out a stabbing and shooting attack near a settlement in the occupied…
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Palestinian who attempted knife attack shot dead by Israeli soldiers: army
Ramallah: A Palestinian who ran at Israeli troops with a knife in the flashpoint city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday was shot dead by soldiers, Israel’s…
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Car ramming wounds 2 Israelis, Palestinian attackers killed: police
Ramallah: Israeli forces on Monday shot and killed two young Palestinians who carried out a car-ramming attack in the occupied West Bank, injuring a soldier and a policeman, police and…
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Israel charges Jewish teen over Palestinian’s killing
Jerusalem:Israeli prosecutors on Thursday charged a Jewish 16-year-old with manslaughter after he allegedly threw a stone at a car in the occupied West Bank and killed a Palestinian woman. Prosecutors…
