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West Bank: "In recent weeks, we've seen a striking escalation in violent acts"
Israeli forces on Thursday moved against rogue settlers laying siege to Palestinians amid unusually strong US criticism, even as Israel inaugurated an emblematic settlement elsewhere in the West Bank. Our correspondent Noga Tarnopolsky tells us more.
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Israeli forces on Thursday moved against rogue settlers laying siege to Palestinians amid unusually strong US criticism, even as Israel inaugurated an emblematic settlement elsewhere in the West Bank. Our correspondent Noga Tarnopolsky tells us more.
Israeli drone strikes killed at least 2 people and wounded several others in Gaza on Thursday.
Israeli strikes in Gaza kill two, including police chief
Palestine’s vice-president calls plan ‘flagrant violation of international law’ and a step towards full Israeli annexation Israel’s defence minister wants to transfer law enforcement powers for Israelis in the occupied West Bank over to the police, a plan that Palestine’s vice-president described as a “flagrant violati...
Israel's transfer of West Bank policing to civilian forces cements de facto annexation and empowers settler militias.
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