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Saudi Arabia Condemns Israel’s Bid to Build Settlements in Occupied West Bank

Saudi Arabia on Saturday condemned a decision by the Israeli authorities to publish bids to build settlement units inside the occupied Palestinian lands. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in this regard that it expresses the Kingdom's condemnation of the decision by the Israeli occupation authorities to float bids to…

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Israel: 2 soldiers wounded in West Bank drive-by shooting

The Israeli military says two soldiers were wounded, one severely, in a drive-by shooting in the occupied West Bank, the latest in months-long violence between Israel and the Palestinians

The Independent UK

Two Wounded in West Bank Drive-by Shooting

A suspected Palestinian gunman wounded two people in a drive-by shooting in the flashpoint town of Huwara in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, the Israeli military said. Israeli media said the two casualties were Israeli. There was no immediate comment from Palestinian officials. The military said it was in…

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Two Israeli soldiers wounded in Palestinian shooting in flashpoint town

Two Israeli soldiers were wounded on Saturday, the military said, in a drive-by shooting claimed by a Palestinian armed group in the flashpoint town of Huwara in the occupied West Bank.

Reuters

The Bristol-Palestine exchange programme aiming to give a voice to women in the West Bank

'I saw myself passing through checkpoints easily but the Arab and Palestinian women were hassled'

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Watchdog: Israel Promotes Bids for 1,000 Settlement Homes

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's far-right government authorized construction bids for over a thousand new homes in Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem, a watchdog group reported Friday, despite an Israeli pledge to halt settlement construction as part of efforts to curb a deadly wave of…

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Tens of thousands visit Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa for first Friday prayers of Ramadan

Tens of thousands of Muslim worshippers flocked to Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque on the first Friday of Ramadan for noon prayers, which passed peacefully amid tight security imposed after months of escalating tension and violence.

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Watchdog: Israel promotes bids for 1,000 settlement homes

An Israeli watchdog group says that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government has authorized construction bids for over a thousand new homes in Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem

The Independent UK

Israeli forces kill Palestinian in West Bank as Ramadan begins

Amir Abu Khadijeh, 25, was shot in the head in the city of Tulkarem, says the Palestinian health ministry.

Al Jazeera

Palestinian Killed in Israeli Military Raid in West Bank

Israeli security forces killed a Palestinian fighter during a raid in the northern West Bank on Thursday, Palestinian health officials said, the latest escalation of violence in what has been the deadliest start of a year for Palestinians in the occupied territory in more than two decades. Israeli forces stormed…

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Israeli forces kill Palestinian fighter in West Bank raid on first day of Ramadan

Israeli forces killed a Palestinian man during a raid in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, Palestinian officials said, amid attempts to curb surging violence from spiralling further.

Reuters

Saudi Arabia Strongly Condemns Israel’s Decision to Allow Re-settlement in Northern West Bank

Saudi Arabia on Wednesday strongly condemned a decision taken by the occupying Israeli authorities to allow re-settlement in the areas of the northern West Bank in Palestine. “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed the Kingdom’s strong condemnation of this decision, which is a flagrant violation of all international laws, contributes…

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As tensions reach breaking point, Israelis are arming themselves and Palestinians are seeking revenge

With both Israeli settlers and Palestinian assailants involved in rising violence, critics fear a new 'wild west' mentality is taking hold in the region.

ABC News

Netanyahu seeks to soothe US concerns over settlement repeal

Israel's prime minister says his government has ''no intention" to return to four settlements in the occupied West Bank dismantled in 2005 under a law that was repealed by the Israeli parliament this week

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Israel will not revive settlements evacuated in 2005: PM

Jerusalem (AFP) - Israel has "no intention" of reviving West Bank settlements evacuated nearly two decades ago, the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday, after a parliamentary vote sparked US ire.

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Israel Says No Plan for New Settlements in West Bank Area Evacuated in 2005

Israel sought on Wednesday to calm international concern over its amending of a law that had ordered the 2005 evacuation of settlers from an area of the occupied West Bank, saying it had no intention of building new settlements there. Tuesday's repeal in parliament of elements of the "disengagement law"…

Reuters

Israel says no plan for new settlements in West Bank area evacuated in 2005

Israel tried on Wednesday to calm international concern over its amending of a law that had ordered the 2005 evacuation of settlers from an area of the occupied West Bank, saying it had no intention of building new settlements there.

Reuters

U.S. 'extremely troubled' by Israeli move to lift ban on return to West Bank settlements

Washington is "extremely troubled" by a move by the Israeli parliament that paves the way for Jewish settlers to return to four West Bank settlements, State Department deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel said on Tuesday.

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West Bank settlers win Israel parliament vote

Jerusalem (AFP) - Israel's settler movement celebrated Tuesday after parliament annulled part of a law banning them from living in areas of the occupied West Bank the government evacuated in 2005.

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Israeli government lifts ban on return to West Bank settlements

The Israeli parliament on Tuesday paved the way for Jewish settlers' return to four settlements in the occupied West Bank by amending a 2005 law that ordered their evacuation, a move condemned by the Palestinian Authority and the European Union.

Al Jazeera

Knesset votes to allow Israelis to resettle evacuated outposts

The amendment could see Israelis resettle four outposts in the northern occupied West Bank evacuated in 2005.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israel Repeals Law that Banned Four West Bank Settlements

Israeli parliament on Tuesday repealed legislation that ordered the evacuation of four settlements in the occupied West Bank, one of the first major moves by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's hard-right coalition. The original law, passed in 2005, mandated the evacuation of four Jewish settlements in the northern West Bank along…

The Independent UK

Israel repeals 2005 act on West Bank settlement pullout

Israeli lawmakers have repealed a 2005 act that saw four Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank dismantled at the same time as Israeli forces withdraw from the Gaza Strip

Reuters

Israeli minister says 'no such thing' as Palestinian people

An Israeli minister with responsibility for administrating the occupied West Bank drew condemnation on Monday after he said there was no Palestinian history or culture and no such thing as a Palestinian people.

AFP

Israeli injured in West Bank shooting as talks seek 'calm'

Huwara (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - A shooting in the northern West Bank town of Huwara on Sunday seriously wounded an Israeli, the army and rescuers said, as Israeli and Palestinian officials in Egypt agreed to "restore calm".

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