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Israel Announces Creation of 22 Settlements in West Bank

This is Beirut, 29/05 11:54 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Israel announced on Thursday the creation of 22 new settlements in the occupied West Bank, risking further strain on relations with the international community already taxed by the war in Gaza. Israeli settlements in the West Bank are regularly condemned by the United Nations as illegal under international law, and are seen as one of the main ...

Israel Reconfigures Northern Border Defenses

This is Beirut, 26/05 15:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Six months after the November 2024 ceasefire with Lebanon, Israel is adjusting its military deployment along the northern frontier, signaling a shift toward a more routine defensive posture. According to Israeli military radio, the Israeli Army Northern Command has reassigned control of the Lebanese border to the 91st Division, also known as the ...

Israeli 'Warning' Fire at Diplomats Sparks Outcry amid Gaza Pressure

This is Beirut, 21/05 23:32 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

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Israeli troops fired warning shots during a visit by foreign diplomats to the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, the military said, drawing condemnation as pressure mounted on Israel to allow aid into war-battered Gaza. Israel's firing of what it has called "warning shots" during a visit by diplomats to the occupied West Bank was ...

Israel's West Bank Land Registration Serves 'Annexation'

This is Beirut, 12/05 22:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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An Israeli rights group denounced Monday a government decision to launch extensive land registration for parts of the occupied West Bank, saying it could help advance annexation of the Palestinian territory. "It is a tool for annexation," said Yonatan Mizrachi of the Settlement Watch project at Israeli nongovernmental organization Peace Now. The ...

EU Announces 1.6 bn Euros in New Aid for Palestinians

This is Beirut, 14/04 21:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The European Union on Monday announced a new three-year financial support package for the Palestinians worth up to 1.6 billion euros ($1.8 billion). The fresh aid pledge came just ahead of a meeting between Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Mustafa and EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg. "We are stepping up our support to the Palestinian ...

Palestinians in East Jerusalem, West Bank Strike to Demand End to Gaza War

This is Beirut, 07/04 14:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Shuttered storefronts lined empty streets in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank on Monday, as Palestinians held a general strike demanding an end to the Gaza war. "I walked through the city today and couldn't find a single place that was open," Fadi Saadi, a shopkeeper in Bethlehem, told AFP. Shops, schools, and most ...

Minister Says Israel 'Here to Stay' in Occupied West Bank

This is Beirut, 01/04 17:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said Israel was "here to stay" during a tour of the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, defending Israeli settlements in the territory despite their illegality under international law. Both Smotrich and Defense Minister Israel Katz, who accompanied him, denounced what they called "illegal" construction by ...

Israel Approves New Bypass Road in Occupied West Bank

This is Beirut, 30/03 19:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office on Sunday announced the approval of a road project in the occupied West Bank that would separate traffic for Palestinians and Israelis near the Maale Adumim settlement. "The security cabinet approved last night Defense Minister Israel Katz's proposal for the construction... of a new road network ...

Oscar-Winning Palestinian Filmmaker Hamdan Ballal Released by Israel

This is Beirut, 26/03 04:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Israeli police released Oscar-winning Palestinian filmmaker Hamdan Ballal on Tuesday, after detaining him a day earlier for "hurling rocks" following what activists described as an attack by settlers in the occupied West Bank. Basel Adra, who worked with Ballal on the Oscar-winning documentary "No Other Land", posted a photo ...

Palestinians Denounce Israeli Recognition of New West Bank Settlements

This is Beirut, 23/03 18:08 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The Palestinian foreign ministry condemned on Sunday an Israeli decision to recognize more than a dozen new settlements in the occupied West Bank, upgrading existing neighborhoods to independent settlement status. The decision by Israel's security cabinet was a show of "disregard for international legitimacy and its resolutions," ...

Israeli Fire Kills Palestinian Man Near Nablus

This is Beirut, 14/03 22:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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A 21-year-old man was reportedly killed by Israeli fire near Nablus in the north of the occupied West Bank, as Israel's military said stone-throwers were targeted. "Omar Abdelhakim Daoud, 21, was martyred by fire from occupation forces in the village of Salem east of Nablus," a Palestinian health ministry statement said. An Israeli military ...

Israel says Three Palestinian Militants Killed in West Bank

This is Beirut, 11/03 14:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The Israeli military said its forces shot dead three Palestinian militants during an operation in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, while Palestinian sources reported a woman killed. During a raid in the areas of Qabatiya and Jenin, Israeli forces "encountered several armed terrorists who had barricaded themselves inside a structure in Jenin," ...

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