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Al Jazeera
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Mat Nashed

How Israeli settlements are taking over the West Bank as Gaza war rages

Mourners assist a relative of Fakher Bani Jaber on March 20, 2024, during his funeral in the village of Aqraba near the West Bank city of Nablus after the 40 year-old man was shot and killed by an Israeli settler, according to the official Palestinian news agency Wafa [Majdi Mohammed/AP]

As Israel carries out a devastating war on Gaza, settlers are exploiting the lack of global attention on the occupied West Bank to expel Palestinians from their land there.

The International Court of Justice, the world’s highest court, will rule on Friday on whether Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territory is illegal – a move that could outrage Israeli settlers and the broader settlement movement.

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