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Louis Theroux shares sobering reflection after success of BBC Settlers documentary

Documentarian said the film is a warning about ‘where society may be going in countries across the west’

The Independent UK

If you were shocked by my film on Israeli settlers in the West Bank, you haven’t been paying attention

The response to The Settlers has been humbling. But the ongoing displacement and intimidation of Palestinians is more severe than we could capture, says documentary presenter Louis Theroux

The Guardian - UK

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Key takeaways: Documentary names alleged killer of Al Jazeera’s Abu Akleh

‘Who Killed Shireen?’ documentary from Zeteo uncovers name of Israeli soldier who is now dead.

Al Jazeera

Israeli plan to occupy all of Gaza could open the door for annexation of the West Bank

Israel’s security cabinet has announced a plan to “capture” the whole of the Gaza Strip. The prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said on May 5 the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) would remain in the territory indefinitely and take over the administration of humanitarian aid. What his government is referring to as…

The Conversation

Palestinians urgently need a leader who represents them – but they’re facing another undemocratic stitch-up

Mahmoud Abbas’s lining up of the next president is part of a long pattern of denying Palestinians political agency, says researcher of Palestinian and Arab politics Dana El Kurd

The Guardian - UK

Palestinians In Razed West Bank Hamlet Vow To Stay

Standing in the rubble of used to be his home, Palestinian farmer Haitham Dababseh cleared stones to make space for a tent after Israeli army bulldozers destroyed his village in the occupied West Bank.

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Israeli bulldozers demolish most of a West Bank Bedouin hamlet displacing dozens of Palestinians

Israel informed Palestinian officials on 1 May that it planned to carry out the demolition of 106 buildings in the West Bank’s Tulkarem and Nur Shams refugee camps, citing “military purposes”.

Euronews

Cyprus and Israel seek swift electricity link via undersea cable but Turkey objects

The shared commitment for an electricity cable link was affirmed on Sunday when Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides held talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a daylong visit to Israel and Ramallah in the West Bank.

Euronews

Israeli soldiers, settlers harass Palestinian activist featured in BBC film

The activist says settlers feel emboldened by the unchecked support given to them by US President Donald Trump.

Al Jazeera

West Bank Palestinians Losing Hope 100 Days Into Israeli Assault

On a torn-up road near the refugee camp where she once lived, Saja Bawaqneh said she struggled to find hope 100 days after an Israeli offensive in the occupied West Bank forced her to flee.

International Business Times

Israel accelerating illegal West Bank expansion 'eight times faster' – David Lammy

Israel set up more than eight times as many illegal outposts in the West Bank in 2024 than its 25-year average, the Foreign Secretary has said ...

The National (Scotland)

How to watch The Settlers online from anywhere – where to stream the Louis Theroux Gaza doc

Louis Theroux's chilling documentary from the West bank is imperative viewing. Here's how to watch The Settlers online wherever you are

TechRadar

The Settlers review – this vital film forces Louis Theroux to do something he’s never done before

The documentarian manages to stay calm and polite as guns are repeatedly pointed at him in the West Bank. Then someone shoves him …

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The Independent UK

Louis Theroux: The Settlers paints a grim picture of life in the West Bank

4/5 Fourteen years after his first trip to the illegal Israeli settlements in Palestine, Theroux returns to find entrenched hostility, tacit government endorsement and a worsening security situation

The Independent UK

International court appeals panel orders judges to reconsider Israel's jurisdiction challenge

Appeals judges at the International Criminal Court have ordered a pretrial panel to reconsider an Israeli appeal against the court’s jurisdiction over Gaza and the West Bank

Euronews

No, the ICJ hasn't declared Israel an 'illegal state'

The false claims have been shared repeatedly over the past few months.

The National (Scotland)

Israeli police officers aimed guns at two British MPs in West Bank

ISRAELI police aimed guns at two British MPs during a visit to the West Bank, it has emerged.

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International Business Times

Trump's Return Boosts Israel's Pro-settlement Right: Experts

US President Donald Trump's return to power has emboldened Israeli leaders' push to increase military presence in Gaza and reinvigorated right-wing ambitions to annex the occupied West Bank, experts say.

The Guardian - UK

‘They are trying to make it unbearable’: Jerusalem Christians face Easter under Israeli crackdown

Palestinians trying to access Christianity's holiest sites in the Old City of Jerusalem face restrictions and hostility

The Independent UK

Israeli raids displaced tens of thousands in the West Bank. Now few places to shelter remain

Israeli military raids in the occupied West Bank have driven about 40,000 Palestinians from their homes

Latin Times

WATCH: Columbia Student Throws Up Peace Signs While Being Detained at Citizenship Appointment Despite Green Card Status

Mohsen Madawi, a friend of Mahmoud Khalil, is the latest Columbia University student to be targeted by the Trump administration for expressing anti-Israel views.

The Independent UK

EU announces $1.8 billion aid package for Palestinian Authority

The European Union plans to provide financial aid worth up to $1.8 billion to support the beleaguered Palestinian Authority and fund projects in the West Bank, Jerusalem and war-ravaged Gaza

International Business Times

Macron Urges 'Reform' Of Palestinian Authority To Run Gaza Without Hamas

French President Emmanuel Macron Monday urged "reform" of the Palestinian Authority as part of a plan for the West Bank-based body to govern a post-war Gaza without the Islamist movement Hamas.

The Guardian - UK

Labour MPs push for Foreign Office to recognise Palestinian statehood

Emily Thornberry calls for UK to join France, as Emmanuel Macron says June UN conference must be decisive moment

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