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(MENAFN) Amnesty International UK has called on the British government to impose wider sanctions on senior officials in Israel, arguing that recently announced measures do not go far enough to hold those it describes as the “architects” of...

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(MENAFN) The United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, France, New Zealand, and Norway announced on Tuesday coordinated sanctions targeting networks accused of financing and enabling attacks by settlers against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank,...

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(MENAFN) Israeli settlers burned a Palestinian-owned vehicle Tuesday in a pre-dawn assault on the village of Beit Imrin, northwest of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank, drawing fresh condemnation from a local rights group.

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(MENAFN) Israeli forces have demolished six Palestinian-owned structures, including homes and a carpentry workshop, across the occupied West Bank, leaving dozens of residents displaced.

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(MENAFN) Israeli army bulldozers demolished six Palestinian homes and a carpentry workshop across the West Bank on Monday, in the latest wave of demolitions to sweep the occupied territory.

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(MENAFN) Amnesty International UK has urged the British government to stop a real estate event scheduled to take place in London, arguing that it promotes property sales linked to Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. According to...

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(MENAFN) Three members of a Palestinian family — among them a 7-month-old infant in critical condition — were wounded Friday after Israeli forces opened fire on their vehicle in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian officials said.

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(MENAFN) A 7-month-old Palestinian infant was shot and killed Friday after Israeli army soldiers opened fire on a family's vehicle in the Tel Rumeida area of the southern occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed.

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(MENAFN) The Israeli Knesset on Thursday granted final endorsement to a law that provides tax relief to numerous unauthorized settlements in the occupied West Bank. According to a statement, lawmakers passed the measure in its concluding reading,...

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(MENAFN) Israeli forces detained seven members of a single Palestinian family on Wednesday after they stood their ground against settlers who invaded and vandalized their agricultural land in the occupied West Bank, according to local sources....

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(MENAFN) Israel’s parliament has passed legislation providing tax benefits to residents of dozens of settlements in the occupied West Bank, following a final vote held on Thursday.

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(MENAFN) Palestinian-owned land in the occupied West Bank was set ablaze on Monday evening by individuals described as settlers, under the protection of Israeli forces, according to reports citing an official Palestinian news agency....

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(MENAFN) A Palestinian man succumbed Monday to critical wounds inflicted by Israeli army fire near a separation barrier in the West Bank, the Health Ministry confirmed.

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(MENAFN) Israeli military units swept through multiple towns and neighborhoods across the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, as settlers simultaneously torched Palestinian agricultural land in a series of separate incidents, sources and witnesses...

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(MENAFN) Two vehicles owned by Palestinian residents were set ablaze by Israeli settlers in the early hours of Tuesday during an incursion into the village of Umm Safa, located northwest of Ramallah in the central occupied West Bank. According to...

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(MENAFN) New Zealand has introduced travel restrictions against three Israeli individuals accused of using violence to support the expansion of illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, joining similar measures already taken by Australia and...

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(MENAFN) Israeli settlers stormed the Palestinian village of Umm Safa, northwest of Ramallah in the central occupied West Bank, early Tuesday — torching two vehicles belonging to local residents and scrawling racist slogans in Hebrew across the...

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(MENAFN) New Zealand has joined Australia and the European Union in imposing travel bans on three Israeli nationals accused of deploying violence to accelerate illegal settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank, adding fresh momentum to...

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(MENAFN) Israel is moving forward with proposals for more than 2,700 additional settlement housing units throughout the occupied West Bank, according to Palestinian officials.

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(MENAFN) A Palestinian government body said Sunday that Israel is advancing plans to construct more than 2,700 new settlement units across the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Commission Against the Wall and Settlements stated that Israel’s...