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Israel approves construction of 22 new settlements in the occupied West Bank

The expansion will include the legalisation of outposts already established by Israeli settlers without official Israeli government approval.

Euronews

Britain 'condemns' Israel's decision to set up 22 new settlements in occupied West Bank

Biggest expansion in decades will include outposts already built without the permission of the Israeli government

Evening Standard

Israel announces expansion of illegal settlements in occupied West Bank

Palestinian presidential spokesperson Nabil Abu Rudeineh condemned the decision, calling it a ‘dangerous escalation’.

Al Jazeera

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Israel confirms plans to create 22 new settlements in occupied West Bank

Defence minister says move ‘prevents establishment of a Palestinian state that would endanger Israel’

The Guardian - UK

Live updates: Israel OKs more settlements in the West Bank as Gaza strikes kill at least 13

Israel says it will establish 22 Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank including the legalization of outposts already built without government authorization

The Independent UK

Israel Announces Creation Of 22 Settlements In West Bank

Israel announced on Thursday the creation of 22 new settlements in the occupied West Bank, risking further strain on relations with the international community already taxed by the war in Gaza.

International Business Times

IDF carries out forced evacuation of al-Awda hospital in northern Gaza, officials say – as it happened

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Israel authorizes more Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank

Israel says it will authorize 22 Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank

The Independent UK

Mapping Israel’s military campaign in the occupied West Bank

Research group Forensic Architecture finds that Israel is using tactics in the West Bank similar to those used in Gaza.

Al Jazeera

How common is Israel’s use of human shields in Gaza and the West Bank?

Army under pressure to provide answers amid growing evidence that orders to use Palestinians as ‘fodder’ come from top.

Al Jazeera

ICC prosecutor says Netanyahu arrest warrant should remain as Israel jurisdiction challenge is heard

Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court are urging judges to reject a request by Israel to scrap arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defense minister while the court reconsiders its jurisdiction over Gaza and the West Bank

The Independent UK

British diplomats among 25 fired on by Israeli troops during West Bank visit

Two British diplomats are understood to have been among a group of around 25 people involved in the West Bank city of Jenin

The Independent UK

Minister condemns Israeli military after British diplomats caught in shooting

Two British diplomats are understood to have been among a group of around 20 people involved in the West Bank city of Jenin.

Evening Standard

Israeli ambassador told UK will not ‘stand by’ as offensive on Gaza escalates

Foreign Secretary David Lammy hit out at the renewed military offensive in the Gaza strip and the restrictions on aid.

Evening Standard

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Pregnant Israeli woman killed on way to give birth in West Bank shooting attack

Tzeela Gez, who was nine months pregnant, was in a car driven by her husband when they were targeted by a Palestinian attacker late on Wednesday

The Independent UK

An Israeli woman on her way to give birth was killed in a West Bank attack

A woman who was nine months pregnant and on her way to the delivery room is dead after a Palestinian gunman opened fire on her car

Al Jazeera

Israel kills over 100 in Gaza as Palestinians mark 77 years since the Nakba

New attacks kill at least 115 in Gaza as Israeli far right urges occupied West Bank assault on Nakba anniversary.

The Independent UK

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’

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The Guardian - 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 Conversation

India-Pakistan: escalating conflict between two nuclear powers

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Al Jazeera

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.

The Conversation

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 Guardian - UK

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

International Business Times

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.

Euronews

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”.

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