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Israeli troops kill 11 Palestinians in West Bank clash, medics say

Israeli troops killed 11 Palestinians, including at least four gunmen and four civilians, and wounded more than 100 people during a Wednesday raid on a city in the occupied West Bank, witnesses, militant groups and medical officials said.

Reuters

Israeli forces kill 11 Palestinians in Nablus raid

Dozens of Palestinians also wounded by live fire after the violent Israeli incursion into the occupied West Bank city.

Al Jazeera

Nicholas Goldberg: Why Israel is losing me

For many years I believed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was fixable, that a final resolution could — and ultimately would — be found in the creation of two independent, sovereign states. I thought it was, all in all, the fairest but also the most pragmatic solution, and that both sides would…

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Palestinian teen succumbs to Israeli gunshot wounds

Muntaser al-Shawwa was severely wounded two weeks ago, with his family accusing the Israeli army of ‘shooting to kill’.

Al Jazeera

Palestinian Teen Shot by Israeli Forces Dies

A 16-year-old Palestinian died Monday from his wounds almost two weeks after being shot in the head by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said. The ministry announced the death of "Montaser Mohammad Theeb Shawa, 16, of his wounds, which he sustained two weeks ago…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Council OKs Watered-down Statement on Israel Settlements

The UN Security Council unanimously approved a watered-down statement strongly opposing Israel’s continued construction and expansion of settlements Monday. The vote came after high-stakes negotiations by the Biden administration succeeded in derailing a legally binding resolution that would have demanded a halt to Israeli settlement activity. The Palestinian-backed draft resolution…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israelis and Palestinians have been holding secret talks for weeks

The talks are an effort to de-escalate rising tensions in the occupied West Bank, three sources told Axios.

Axios

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UN Security Council denounces Israel in statement after US showdown averted

The U.N. Security Council issued a formal statement on Monday denouncing Israel's plan to expand settlements on occupied Palestinian territory, the first action the United States has allowed the body to take against its ally Israel in six years.

Reuters

Israel promises not to approve additional West Bank outposts

Israel has told the Biden administration it will rein in the approval of new West Bank settlement outposts

The Independent UK

PA ‘backtracks’ on UN resolution against Israel amid US pressure

The UAE, which had drafted the resolution, has dropped the vote apparently amid US pressure, reports say.

Al Jazeera

Israel Tells US it Won’t Authorize New Settlements in Coming Months

Israel will not authorize new settlements in the occupied West Bank in the coming months, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said on Monday, after behind-the-scenes talks to head off a planned UN Security Council vote on the contested issue. Netanyahu's religious-nationalist coalition on Feb. 12 granted retroactive authorization to nine…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israel tells U.S. it won't authorise new settlements in coming months

Israel will not authorise new settlements in the occupied West Bank in the coming months, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said on Monday, after behind-the-scenes talks to head off a planned U.N. Security Council vote on the contested issue.

Reuters

Palestinians to suspend U.N. Security Council vote on Israel settlements after U.S. pressure

The U.N. Security Council will instead put out a presidential statement denouncing Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.

Axios

Ukraine in mind, US frantic to avert Mideast showdown at UN

The Biden administration is scrambling to avert a diplomatic crisis this week at the United Nations over Israeli settlement activity

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Al Jazeera

US criticism of Israeli settlements is ‘meaningless’: Analysts

Washington says it is ‘deeply troubled’ by settlement expansion but rejects UN efforts to denounce Israeli policies.

Asharq Al-Awsat

US ‘Veto’ Haunts Draft Resolution Delegitimizing West Bank Settlements

The US had expressed its clear objection to a draft resolution calling on Israel to stop steps it is taking to legalize nine settlement outposts in the occupied West Bank, UN diplomats told Asharq Al-Awsat on Friday. The resolution, still in draft form, calls for respecting the current historical status…

The Independent UK

UN draft resolution demands halt to Israeli settlements

A Palestinian-backed U_N_ resolution that could be put to a vote in the Security Council early next week would demand an immediate halt to all Israeli settlement activities, condemn Israeli attempts to annex settlements and outposts, “and call for their immediate reversal.”

Reuters

White House: U.S. 'deeply dismayed' by Israeli settlement expansion

The United States is "deeply dismayed" at an Israeli Cabinet decision to expand Jewish settlement activity in the occupied West Bank, the White House said on Thursday, suggesting President Joe Biden was prepared to take a harder line in dealing with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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Israel votes to strip citizenship from Arabs convicted of terrorism

New law is aimed at Israeli citizens who have received financial aid from the Palestinian Authority

ABC News

Australia joins to condemn Israel for illegal settlement in occupied Palestinian territory

Foreign Minister Penny Wong has added Australia's voice to international condemnation over the Israeli government's decision to build thousands of settlement units in the occupied West Bank in violation of international law.

The Independent UK

Israel demolishes West Bank home of Palestinian attacker

Israeli forces have demolished the home of a Palestinian behind a deadly shooting in the occupied West Bank

France 24

Israel approves law to revoke Arab attackers' citizenship

Israel’s parliament on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a law to strip Arabs convicted in nationalistic attacks of their Israeli citizenship or residency and deport them if they have accepted stipends from the Palestinian Authority.

The Independent UK

Israel approves law to strip Arab attackers of citizenship

Israel’s parliament has overwhelmingly approved a law to strip Arabs convicted in nationalistic attacks of their Israeli citizenship or residency if they have accepted stipends from the Palestinian Authority

Axios

Scoop: U.S. weighs further steps against West Bank settlements after Israeli announcement

Israel's decision to expand settlements in the occupied West Bank came despite strong objections from the Biden adminstration.

Reuters

At remote desert outpost, Israeli settlers triumphant despite Western anger

Between Jericho and the Dead Sea, Israeli settlers rejoice after the government granted their outpost retroactive approval. An hour's drive north, others are beaten by officers evicting an unsanctioned settler vineyard.

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