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Israeli forces kill Palestinian in W.Bank as violence heats up

Hebron (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian on Friday during clashes in the flashpoint occupied West Bank city of Hebron, the latest in a surge of violence, the Palestinian health ministry said.

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Israeli forces kill Palestinian in W.Bank: Palestinian ministry

Ramallah (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian on Friday during clashes in the flashpoint occupied West Bank city of Hebron, the latest in a surge of violence, the Palestinian health ministry said.

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Jordan's king lands in West Bank on rare trip to meet Abbas: official

Ramallah (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Jordan's King Abdullah II landed in Ramallah on Monday to meet Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, in his first trip to the Israeli-occupied West Bank since 2017, Abbas's office said.

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Abbas slams West's 'double standards' on Ukraine, Palestinians

Ramallah (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas criticised Sunday the West's "double standards" that he said penalised Russia over its invasion of Ukraine while ignoring Israel's "crimes" against the Palestinians.

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'Independents' dominate in Palestinian local elections

Ramallah (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Independent candidates dominated the Palestinian local elections, winning 64 percent of seats, up from just 37 percent five years ago, according to official results released on Sunday.

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Palestinians elect West Bank councils in rare democratic exercise

Ramallah (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Voters cast ballots Saturday for municipal councils in the Israeli-occupied West Bank in a rare democratic exercise following a decade and a half of delays to Palestinian elections.

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Israeli and Palestinian mothers gather for peace by Dead Sea

Jericho (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Israelis and Palestinians braved wind and rain to hold a "peace conference" Friday by the Dead Sea bringing together two major women's movements from both sides for the first time.

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Fleeing Russian invasion, Ukrainian woman reaches Gaza

Bureij (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - After Russia invaded Ukraine, Viktoria Saidam knew she needed to find a "safer place" than Kyiv and ultimately chose her husband's homeland -- a Palestinian territory not typically associated with security: Gaza.

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Palestinians in Gaza give up studies for Israeli wages

Gaza City (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - The moment Hussein got permission to work in Israel, the Palestinian resident of Gaza City said he was ready to quit university to seek the attractive wages offered for menial Israeli jobs.

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Hamas faces risk, opportunity from warming Israel-Turkey ties

Gaza City (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - A diplomatic thaw between Israel and Turkey has created challenges for Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, which counts on Ankara's support, but could also offer it a more "trustworthy" middleman to deal with the Jewish state, experts say.

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Israel troops kill two Palestinians in West Bank clashes

Nablus (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Israeli troops killed two Palestinians in separate shootings in the occupied West Bank Tuesday, the latest in a flurry of deadly clashes as a US envoy tours the region seeking to ease tensions.

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Palestinian shot last week by Israeli troops dies of wounds

Ramallah (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - A Palestinian man shot by Israeli forces in clashes last week died from his wounds early on Wednesday, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.

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Mounds of old batteries threaten Gaza health

Gaza City (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - At a landfill in southern Gaza, mounds of discarded batteries pile up, rusting cells that pose a growing health risk to Palestinians in the enclave.

AFP

Israeli forces kill 3 Palestinians in West Bank: ministry

Ramallah (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Israeli forces killed three Palestinians Tuesday in two separate incidents in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said.

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Gaza construction workers find 31 Roman-era tombs

Gaza City (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Construction workers at a building site in northern Gaza have uncovered 31 Roman-era tombs dating from the first century AD, the Palestinian territory's Islamist rulers Hamas said Monday.

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Abbas, US speaker Pelosi hold rare West Bank meeting

Ramallah (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas met with US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in the Israeli-occupied West Bank Thursday for talks on reviving a two-state solution to the conflict, Abbas's office said.

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Gaza bookshop destroyed in Israeli air strike reopens

Gaza City (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - A renowned bookshop in Gaza reopened Thursday, nine months after it was flattened in an Israeli air strike during last year's conflict between the Palestinian enclave's rulers Hamas and the Jewish state.

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Israeli forces kill Palestinian in W. Bank

Nabi Saleh (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - A Palestinian was killed by Israeli fire in the occupied West Bank Tuesday, both sides said, during what witnesses described as a confrontation between protesters and Israeli troops.

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Israeli forces kill Palestinian teen in West Bank clashes

Silat al-Harithiya (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian teenager in West Bank clashes, during what the army on Monday described as an operation to demolish the home of a suspected "terrorist".

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Anger mounts in West Bank at increasingly under-fire Palestinian Authority

On June 24, 2021, Palestinian political activist Nizar Banat died after being violently beaten by Palestinian security forces. Banat was a fierce critic of corruption in the Palestinian Authority. His killing had an immediate effect: Thousands took to the streets in the Palestinian Territories to protest against the ruling Fatah…

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Pollution clean-up aims to create Gaza's first nature reserve

Gaza City (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - The road meandering towards Gaza Valley is notorious for the stench of pollution choking the plant and animal life that once flourished in the Palestinian enclave's biggest wetland.

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Israel troops kill three Palestinians in West Bank raid

Nablus (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Israeli forces killed three Palestinians Tuesday during a daytime raid against what Israel described as a "terrorist cell", leaving a vehicle in the West Bank city of Nablus riddled with bullet holes.

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Abbas pledges reform as embattled PLO holds rare meeting

Ramallah (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas pledged commitment to reform on Sunday as the embattled Palestine Liberation Organization, where he serves as chairman, held a rare meeting to name new key leaders.

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Embattled PLO meets to choose top Palestinian negotiator

Ramallah (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - The embattled leaders of the Palestine Liberation Organization held a rare meeting Sunday to fill key roles that could hint at a favoured successor for 86-year-old Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas.

France 24

Israel wants to maintain an ‘unsustainable’ status quo, Palestinian PM Shtayyeh says

In an interview with FRANCE 24, Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh said that African countries have said "loud and clear" that Israel won’t be an observer state at the African Union. He added that Arab-Israeli normalization is “a violation of Arab League decisions and resolutions”, and said that US President…

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