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Israeli forces fire at Al Jazeera crew covering settler attack in West Bank
Jerusalem: Israeli forces opened fire at an Al Jazeera news crew on Friday, February 13, while it was covering a illegal settler attack in the occupied West Bank, as violence in the…
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Netanyahu’s 1990 letter sparks Palestinians’ organ harvesting debate
Jerusalem: A letter from December 1990 linked to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has recently resurfaced online, reigniting allegations related to organ harvesting and the treatment of Palestinian bodies. The document appears…
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Israel apartheid law: Death penalty for Palestinians, life for citizens
Jerusalem: Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, has advanced a draft law that would impose mandatory death sentences on Palestinians convicted of certain attacks, while allowing Israeli citizens found guilty of similar offences to…
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West Bank Palestinians struggle as Israel restricts work permits
Tulkarem: Hanadi Abu Zant hasn’t been able to pay rent on her apartment in the occupied West Bank for nearly a year after losing her permit to work inside Israel. When her…
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Israel security cabinet approves steps to tighten control over West Bank
Jerusalem: Israel’s security cabinet on Sunday, February 8, approved measures that aim to deepen Israeli control over the occupied West Bank and weaken the already limited powers of the Palestinian Authority. The…
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Shackled, deported: US sends Palestinians to West Bank on secret flights
Palestinians arrested by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the United States are being deported to the occupied West Bank by private jets in coordination with Israeli authorities, according to a…
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Palestinian killed in Israeli raid in Hebron
A Palestinian man was shot dead during an Israeli raid in Hebron in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, January 10. According to the Palestinian Health Ministry, the deceased was identified as…
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Masked men beat up 67-year-old deaf Palestinian in West Bank
Tel Aviv: Dozens of masked men armed with sticks attacked a plant nursery and beat and injured a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank, according to people who saw the attack and…
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Israel attacks Palestinian university in West Bank, 11 students injured
Ramallah: Eleven Palestinian students were injured, including five suffered from gunshot wounds, when Israeli military raided the Birzeit University in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, January 6. The military men stormed…
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Israel clears hurdle to start settlements in West Bank that will split it in two
Israel has cleared the final hurdle before starting construction on a contentious settlement project near Jerusalem that would effectively cut the West Bank in two, according to a government tender. The tender,…
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Israel: New rules barring aid groups from Palestinian territories take effect
Jerusalem: Israel said Thursday that new regulations banning access of dozens of aid organizations to Gaza and the West Bank had come into force, despite calls by UN agencies and international humanitarian…
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Palestinian attacker kills 2 in Israel with car; IDF raids his hometown
Jerusalem: A Palestinian attacker rammed his car into a man and then stabbed a young woman in northern Israel on Friday afternoon, killing both, police said. The Israeli military swiftly launched an…
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3 Palestinians held on suspicion of torching Christmas tree in West Bank
West Bank: Three Palestinians have been arrested on suspicion of setting fire to a Christmas tree and damaging part of a Nativity scene at a Catholic Church in the Israeli-occupied West Bank…
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Israeli cabinet approves 19 new Jewish settlements in occupied West Bank
Tel Aviv: Israel’s Cabinet on Sunday approved a proposal for 19 new settlements in the occupied West Bank, the far-right finance minister said. The settlements include two that were previously evacuated during…
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Video: Two Palestinians shot dead by Israeli forces after surrender in West Bank
Jenin: Israeli forces shot and killed two Palestinian men during a military raid in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin on Thursday, November 27. The incident has drawn renewed scrutiny of…
