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Abbas says Hamas must ‘surrender their weapons’ – as it happened

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The Guardian - UK

UK, Canada and Australia announce formal recognition of Palestine, with wave of Israel’s allies to follow

Partly symbolic move by up to 10 states comes amid fears Israel could respond by annexing parts of West Bank

The Guardian - UK

‘Not enough in itself’: wary welcome in West Bank over recognition of Palestine

People in territory call for symbolism of imminent move by UK and others to be translated into practical measures

The Guardian - UK

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Voices: I’m an MP and doctor invited to the West Bank to look at health provisions. Instead, Israel sent us packing

COMMENT: The MP and GP Simon Opher was invited on a fact-finding mission to Israel and the West Bank. When he arrived, Israel called him a threat to ‘public safety, security and order’ and turned him away

The Independent UK

UN Chief Says World Should Not Be Intimidated By Israel

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told AFP Friday the world should not be "intimidated" by Israel and its creeping annexation of the occupied West Bank.

International Business Times

France's Macron welcomes the arrest in the West Bank of Palestinian suspect in the 1982 Paris attack

French President Emmanuel Macron says he welcomes the arrest this week in the occupied West Bank of a key Palestinian suspect in a 1982 terror attack in Paris, citing it as an example of “excellent cooperation” with the territory’s Palestinian Authority

The Independent UK

Six Israeli soldiers killed in separate attacks in Gaza and West Bank

A roadside bomb in Gaza's Rafah killed four IDF soldiers and wounded three. Investigations are ongoing. A separate attack at a West Bank checkpoint killed two more soldiers.

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What international law says about Israel’s collective punishments against Palestinian civilians

A recent episode on the West Bank when hundreds of Palestinian men were detained by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has highlighted the IDF’s tactic of “collective punishment”. This is defined as “a form of sanction imposed on persons or a group of persons in response to a crime committed…

The Conversation

Shooting at Israeli-run border crossing with Jordan kills 2, medics say

Two people were shot and killed on Thursday at an Israeli-run border crossing between the occupied West Bank and neighboring Jordan, Israeli medics said

The Independent UK

Jerry of Ben & Jerry fame has resigned from his role with the ice cream giant

Jerry Greenfield, co-founder of Ben & Jerry's, has resigned from his role as brand ambassador following a public dispute with parent company Unilever over the conflict in Gaza. Greenfield stated he could no longer remain an employee after 47 years, claiming Ben & Jerry's had been 'silenced' by Unilever regarding…

The Independent UK

Two Labour MPs denied entry to Israel on visit to occupied West Bank

Two Labour MPs travelling to the occupied West Bank as part of a UK parliamentary delegation said they were denied entry to Israel ...

The National (Scotland)

Two British MPs ‘denied entry’ into Israel during official West Bank visit

Labour politicians Simon Opher and Peter Prinsley were due to meet UK diplomats in Jerusalem this week

The Guardian - UK

Mapping the 21 illegal settlements Israel had in Gaza 20 years ago

Israel pulled its settlers and soldiers from Gaza in 2005 but maintained control of its borders, coasts, and airspace.

Al Jazeera

Israel’s ‘financial stranglehold’ on Palestinian land must end: UN experts

Israel’s attacks in Gaza and the West Bank are not only killing people, but destroying economy and means of living.

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The National (Scotland)

Oscar-winning Palestinian director Basel Adra's home raided by Israeli soldiers

Palestinian Oscar-winning director Basel Adra has said Israeli soldiers conducted a raid at his home in the occupied West Bank

Euronews

Oscar-winning Palestinian director Basel Adra says Israeli soldiers raided his home in West Bank

Basel Adra co-directed the film No Other Land, a joint Palestinian-Israeli production that chronicles the struggle by residents to stop the Israeli military from demolishing the occupied West Bank's Masafer Yatta.

The Independent UK

Oscar-winning Palestinian director Basel Adra says his home in West Bank raided by Israeli soldiers

Palestinian Oscar-winning director Basel Adra has told The Associated Press that Israeli soldiers have conducted a raid at his home in the West Bank

Axios

Rubio to discuss with Netanyahu Israeli plan for possible West Bank annexation

The prime minister wants to learn in his meeting with Rubio if President Trump would support annexation, an Israeli official said.

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The Independent UK

As Israel carried out strikes far beyond its borders, violence surged in the occupied West Bank

As Israeli strikes in far-off Qatar and Yemen sparked regional tensions this week, violence surged in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem

Euronews

Scottish brewer helps Palestine beer make its way from West Bank to UK

Since the war began, the Israeli crackdown has hit the West Bank industry and economy hard, forcing bars, restaurants and hotels to close.

Al Jazeera

‘Show of humiliation’ as Israeli army lays siege to West Bank’s Tulkarem

Palestinians face mass arrests, displacement in the occupied territory as Netanyahu pushes settlement expansion.

The National (Scotland)

IDF 'dragging away every man they can capture' in West Bank city

THE Israeli army has been accused of “storming” a city in the West Bank and “dragging away every Palestinian man they could capture”, the…

Al Jazeera

Israeli forces arrest over 100 Palestinians, impose curfew in West Bank

Israeli action in Tulkarem city comes as Palestinians subjected to ‘collective punishment’ in the occupied West Bank.

Al Jazeera

Israel’s Netanyahu says ‘there will be no Palestinian state’

Israeli prime minister signs agreement to move ahead with expanded settlement plan that would bisect occupied West Bank.

Euronews

'There will be no Palestinian state,' Israel's PM says as he signs West Bank settlement plan

The plan, on an open tract of land east of Jerusalem, has been under consideration for more than two decades but was frozen due to US pressure during previous administrations.

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