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Ali Harb

Steady US support gives Israel ‘cover’ to attack Jenin: Analysts

At least nine Palestinians have been killed in the recent Israeli attack on the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank [Majdi Mohammed/AP Photo]

The United States’ unwavering support for Israel has enabled and emboldened the right-wing Israeli government’s escalating violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, analysts say.

As Israeli forces targeted the densely populated Jenin refugee camp with air attacks and ground raids involving hundreds of troops on Monday, the White House again underscored what it called Israel’s “right to defend” itself.

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