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Netanyahu says Israel to expand West Bank settlements amid deadly clashes between settlers and Palestinians

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday his government would establish new settler outposts in the occupied West Bank and legalize more existing ones, after a deadly clash left two Israelis and four Palestinians dead. Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz announced “a series of steps” including “powerful action” and raids in Palestinian villages suspected … Read more

Gaza aid worker behind World Cup screenings for Palestinians killed in Israeli strike, hospital boss says

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A Palestinian aid worker who organized World Cup watch parties across the Gaza Strip was killed in an Israeli missile strike shortly before soccer fans gathered to watch the Egypt-Argentina game on Tuesday evening, according to a local hospital director. Mohamed Al-Wahidi was the public relations director of the Egyptian Relief Committee in Gaza, which … Read more

Michigan Senate hopeful courting progressives entertains Iron Dome for Palestinians

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A progressive state legislator vying to be Michigan’s next U.S. senator voiced openness to supporting an Iron Dome for Palestinians. State Sen. Mallory McMorrow, D-Mich., made the eyebrow-raising remark, first reported by Jewish Insider, during a recent interview with pro-Palestinian podcasters Matt Bernstein and Emma Vigeland. “I … Read more

Extremist Jewish settlers eye Gaza, seek to expel Palestinians from enclave

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GAZA BORDER, Israel — A river of Israeli flags winds through a desert path as hundreds of people, young and old, march toward the border in a display of their determination to build new Jewish settlements atop the rubble of northern Gaza. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and … Read more

Israeli death penalty law targeting Palestinians sparks global outcry as far right celebrates

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TEL AVIV — Far-right supporters of a controversial Israeli death penalty law were popping champagne corks as it cleared the Knesset on Monday night, but its passage has sparked a global chorus of condemnation from allies and international human rights groups. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive … Read more

UN rights report raises concerns of ‘ethnic cleansing’ in displacement of Palestinians in West Bank

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GENEVA — The U.N. human rights chief’s office expressed concerns about possible “ethnic cleansing” in a new report on Tuesday, saying that Israel has accelerated the expansion of settlements in large parts of the occupied West Bank and the forced displacement of more than 36,000 Palestinians. The report from the office of Volker Türk, the … Read more

In Gaza, Palestinians feel forgotten as Iran war captures attention and ceasefire progress slows

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Burning scraps of plastic and cardboard in a large tin can outside his family’s tent in a southern Gaza graveyard, Raed Abu Ouda prepares a meal for his children, remembering a time when they didn’t have to live this way. “We used to live in palaces, but now we live in graves,” Abu Ouda, 42, … Read more