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Photos show Israelis celebrating at a West Bank spring despite heightened tensions

Israeli settlers and other Israelis gathered at a spring in the occupied West Bank to celebrate their country’s Independence Day with hours of swimming and picnicking. The afternoon of leisure in the community of Auja contrasted sharply with recent violence and displacement of Palestinians in the Jordan Valley. Parts of…

The Independent UK

EU foreign ministers reject proposal to suspend association agreement with Israel

A part suspension was tabled by Ireland, Spain and Slovenia but did not receive enough backing from other member states

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the EU and Israel: moving beyond mere exhortation

Editorial: Benjamin Netanyahu has brushed aside European concerns over Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon. A tougher approach from Brussels is overdue

The Guardian - UK

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EU hosts Palestinian leader in conference about security and peace in Gaza and the West Bank

More than 60 nations are sending representatives to Brussels to discuss stability, security and long-term peace in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza with Palestinian Prime Minister Mohamed Mustafa

The Independent UK

Fact check: Does a video show Israeli soldiers pushing bodies from a rooftop?

Footage appearing to show Israeli soldiers handling bodies on a rooftop in the West Bank has gone viral, amassing millions of views. However, the video is old and dates back to September 2024.

Euronews

Britain’s complicity with Israel in Lebanon and the West Bank

Letters: Alexandra Lucas asks what has to happen for our government to act, rather than simply condemn Benjamin Netanyahu, while John Deards notes Alan Bennett’s prescience on Donald Trump

The Guardian - UK

Israel needs to stop encouraging settler violence, Palestinian FM says

Palestinian foreign minister told Euronews Israel should protect Palestinians in the West Bank as the occupier, and that instead the government supports settler violence. She also said the Iran war had further marginalised Palestinian aspirations to statehood.

Euronews

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‘Jewish terrorism’ in West Bank is a moral failure that puts Israel’s security at risk, ex-IDF chiefs warn

Security chiefs in Israel warn that attacks against Palestinians threaten the very existence of the state

The Independent UK

UK government urged to act over proposed illegal Israeli settlement

Former diplomats say ministers must threaten action against any companies bidding to build E1 settlement of 3,400 houses in West Bank

The Guardian - UK

Britain must lead efforts to stop Israel’s annexation of the West Bank

Letter: Former ambassadors and high commissioners call on Keir Starmer to stand with European and Commonwealth partners against the unlawful occupation of Palestinian territory

The Guardian - UK

Israel’s death penalty law has little to do with criminal justice and everything to do with ethno-nationalism

In its nearly 80-year history, the state of Israel has carried out only one court-sanctioned execution: Adolf Eichmann, a principal architect of the Nazi holocaust.

The Conversation

A strategy ‘to make life intolerable’: Israeli settlers are driving Christians out of West Bank

The Taybeh community has survived crusaders and the Ottoman and British empires, but the latest attacks leave its future in question

The Guardian - UK

Inside The Manosphere exposes online hate and the dying voice of traditional media

British-American journalist and filmmaker Louis Theroux has a long history of documenting outlandish and extremist communities, from the Westboro Baptist Church in The Most Hated Family In America to The Settlers in the West Bank.

The Conversation

Jewish diaspora leaders urge Israeli president to stop West Bank settler violence

Former UK foreign secretary among 3,000 signatories of open letter to Isaac Herzog after spate of killings

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Euronews

Israel’s military stretched thin by regional wars and settler violence

Amid reports of troop deployment to the West Bank to contain settler violence and warnings of manpower shortage by Israel's top general, Euronews spoke to two Israeli experts to gauge the pressure on the country's security and internal stability.

The Guardian - UK

‘Weak and pathetic’: why is the EU not using its leverage to stop Israel?

Deep divisions on Israel mean the union has failed to act over Lebanon, Gaza, or settler violence in the West Bank

The Times of India

'US respects Israel's right': Netanyahu govt approves death penalty for Palestinian attackers

Israel's parliament has approved a controversial law allowing the execution of Palestinians convicted of deadly terror attacks, alongside a crucial national budget. Prime Minister Netanyahu backed the bill, which critics argue creates unequal legal tracks. This dual move comes amid ongoing regional conflict and rising violence in the West Bank.

Euronews

Israel approves death penalty for Palestinians convicted of deadly attacks

The bill would make the death penalty the default punishment for Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank found guilty of intentionally carrying out deadly attacks deemed "acts of terrorism" by an Israeli military court.

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The Independent UK

In rare ruling Israel decides to punish military unit after assaulting CNN crew in West Bank

United Nations data indicates at least nine Palestinians have been killed by Israeli settlers this year

Euronews

Newsletter: G7 ministers to hold crunch talks as war’s economic fallout deepens

Also in this newsletter: Outrage after Israeli police stopped the heads of the Catholic Church in Jerusalem from entering the Holy Sepulchre on Palm Sunday.

Euronews

Exclusive: Israel to crack down on settler violence in the West Bank

A document from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office seen by Euronews outlines unprecedented measures against settler violence as the army is set to pull some troops away from Lebanon to the West Bank to rein in Jewish extremists.

The Guardian - US

Pro-Israel Democrats decry settler violence in West Bank amid attacks on Palestinians

Aipac-backed lawmakers denounce ‘extremist’ violence in West Bank as support for Israel becomes a political liability

The Mary Sue

Gavin Newsom’s take on Israel’s future just got a wilder twist as his latest apology comes with a chilling warning about Netanyahu’s next move

California Governor Gavin Newsom has expressed regret over his previous description of Israel as an “apartheid state,” clarifying his comments were tied to a specific warning about the future direction of the region rather than its current situation. According to Fox News, Newsom made the initial controversial suggestion during a…

Radio France Internationale

European nations condemn 'increasing settler terror' in West Bank

Diplomats from 13 European countries and Canada have condemned what they described as growing "settler terror" against Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, after a surge in deadly attacks.

Radio France Internationale

UN raises concerns of 'ethnic cleansing' amid record displacement in West Bank

A fresh report from the United Nations human rights office has warned that Israel's accelerating expansion of unlawful settlements and annexation of large parts of the West Bank is driving "unprecedented" displacement.

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