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Israeli forces kill Palestinian youth in the West Bank -health officials

Israeli soldiers fatally shot a Palestinian 18-year-old in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, health officials said, the latest in a string of deadly incidents in the territory.

Reuters · Nov 5, 2022

Blinken warns Israeli PM, Palestinian president of West Bank escalation

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday, the official WAFA news agency reported, in a first call after Israel's veteran leader Benjamin Netanyahu led a far-right alliance to a general election victory.

Reuters · Nov 4, 2022

Netanyahu begins coalition talks to form Israeli government

Veteran leader and his far-right allies win decisive 64 seats in 120-seat Knesset

The Guardian - UK · Nov 4, 2022

For Palestinians, Netanyahu’s victory is merely a changing of the prison guards

There will always be support for the continued oppression of Palestinians, says Yara Hawari, a senior policy fellow at Al Shabaka, the Palestinian Policy Network

The Guardian - UK · Nov 3, 2022

Israel kills 4 Palestinians in occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem

One man, Daoud Rayan, was killed in Beit Duqqu a day after a man from the town was killed near a checkpoint.

Al Jazeera · Nov 3, 2022

2 Palestinians killed in flare-up as Israel counts votes

Palestinian officials say Israeli forces killed a Palestinian in the West Bank, while Israeli police say a Palestinian was shot dead after stabbing a police officer in east Jerusalem

The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2022

Israeli forces kill four Palestinians in West Bank, Jerusalem clashes, medics say

Israeli forces killed four Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem on Thursday, the Palestinian health ministry said, including an Islamic Jihad militant and a man accused by police of stabbing an officer.

Reuters · Nov 3, 2022

Israel counts last votes as Netanyahu's majority firms up

Israeli election officials are tallying the final votes from national elections, with former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looking likely to reclaim the premiership with a stable majority backed by far-right allies

The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2022

Israel Lifts Weeks-long Lockdown as Palestinian Killed in Clash

The Israeli army on Thursday lifted a weeks-long lockdown on the West Bank city of Nablus, as troops shot dead a Palestinian in clashes elsewhere in the occupied territory, officials said. "In accordance to a routine situational assessment in Judea and Samaria (the West Bank), it has been decided that…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Nov 3, 2022

As Israel's far right parties celebrate, Palestinians shrug

The apparent comeback of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the dramatic rise of his far-right and ultra-Orthodox allies in Israel’s general election this week have prompted little more than shrugs from many Palestinians

The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2022