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Israeli settlers seize Palestinian water source in occupied West Bank to create recreational pool

Israeli settlers have taken control of a freshwater spring that Palestinian farmers in the occupied West Bank have relied on for generations, diverting its water to create a pool at an archaeological site advertised as a tourist attraction and leaving crops to wither. It is estimated that Israeli settlers have…

France 24

Israeli Settlements Close In On West Bank Herding Community

In the occupied West Bank's Jordan Valley, Naef Jahaleen fears for the future as Israeli settlers come for the land home to one of the area's last Bedouin herding communities.

International Business Times

Israel’s largest land seizure since Oslo Accords deals fresh blow to Palestinian statehood

Israel declared 800 hectares of land in the West Bank as property of the state on Friday, a move that will facilitate use of the ground for settlement construction. The area covers large swaths of the Jordan Valley, a vital region for a future Palestinian state, and is the largest…

France 24

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Palestinians fire on bus with Israeli troops in West Bank, 6 hurt

Palestinians fired on an Israeli bus on a desert highway in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, Israeli military authorities and medics said, wounding five soldiers and the driver in an attack that suggested violence may be spiralling anew.

Reuters

Jordan Doubles Power Supplies to West Bank City of Jericho

Jordan said on Wednesday it had doubled the electricity supply sold to the occupied West Bank city of Jericho to 80 megawatts, helping reduce its reliance on power supplied by Israel. They said the extra supplies came from a power station in the Jordan Valley linked to an existing Palestinian…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Jerusalem Post: Kushner's Promise to UAE Confused Israeli Plans to Annex Parts of West Bank

New reports in Tel Aviv, including a secret letter sent by former US President Donald Trump to then-Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, revealed that everything was ready in Washington to authorize the annexation of about a third of Palestinian land in the West Bank to Israel. The third of Palestinian…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Growing Israeli West Bank Settlements Test US Position Ahead of Biden Visit

Steps away from a cluster of Palestinian tents and shacks in the northern Jordan Valley in the occupied West Bank, trucks were working in full force to prepare for the construction of a school for Israeli settlers. The settlement of Mehola is trying to expand, as demand has become very…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Growing Israeli West Bank settlements test US position ahead of Biden visit

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OIC Condemns Israeli Efforts to Build New Settlements in Jordan Valley

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Sunday condemned the Israeli occupation authorities’ approval of new plans to build 730 new housing units in the town of Beit Hanina, north of occupied Jerusalem. “This decision is a continuation of Israel’s blatant violations of international law and relevant United Nations resolutions,…

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