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Israel approves more than 4,000 settlement homes: Rights group

Peace Now says Israel advances plans for construction in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.

Al Jazeera · May 12, 2022

Israel Approves 4,427 New Settler Homes

Israel on Thursday approved the construction of more than 4,000 settler homes in the occupied West Bank, an Israeli rights group said. It's the biggest advancement of settlement projects since the Biden administration took office. The US opposes settlement construction and views it as an obstacle to any eventual peace…

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 12, 2022

Shireen Abu Aqleh: thousands attend state memorial in West Bank

Palestinians line streets in Ramallah as journalist’s coffin travels through, after shooting in Jenin on Wednesday

The Guardian - UK · May 12, 2022

Timeline: Israeli attacks in the occupied West Bank

Over the past year, Israeli forces have killed at least 380 Palestinians, including 90 children, according to the UN.

Al Jazeera · May 12, 2022

Israeli Security Agency Prepares Two Plans For ‘The Day After’ Abu Mazen

The Israel Security Agency, known in Hebrew as Shabak, has since 2018 been preparing two military plans for the day Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will no longer preside over Palestinian politics, the Israeli Yedioth Ahronoth said on Wednesday. The first plan is code-named "Sunset", and lays out the course of…

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 12, 2022

Arab Nations at UN Seek Probe Into Abu Akleh’s Killing

Arab countries at the United Nations called Wednesday for an independent, international probe into what they called the assassination of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was shot dead as she covered an Israeli army raid in the occupied West Bank. "The Arab group in New York adopted a…

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 12, 2022

U.S. presses Israel and Palestinians to launch joint investigation into journalist's death

Palestinian American reporter Shireen Abu Akleh was killed while covering an Israeli military raid in the occupied West Bank.

Axios · May 11, 2022

Slain Al Jazeera Journalist Was Icon of Palestinian Coverage

A veteran Al Jazeera correspondent who was shot dead on Wednesday during an Israeli raid in the West Bank was a highly respected journalist in the Middle East whose unflinching coverage was known to millions of viewers. News of Shireen Abu Akleh's death reverberated across the region.

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 11, 2022

Slain Al Jazeera journalist was icon of Palestinian coverage

A veteran Al Jazeera correspondent who was shot dead while reporting on an Israeli raid in the West Bank was a highly respected and familiar face in the Middle East

The Independent UK · May 11, 2022

White House Condemns Killing of Al Jazeera Reporter

The White House on Wednesday strongly condemned the killing of Al Jazeera reporter and Palestinian American Shireen Abu Akleh and called for an investigation into her death. The reporter was shot to death during an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday. White House deputy press secretary Karine…

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 11, 2022