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Israeli forces on West Bank raid kill two Palestinians during clashes - health ministry

Israeli forces killed at least two Palestinians on Thursday, the Palestinian health ministry said, in clashes that erupted during a raid in the occupied West Bank that followed deadly Arab attacks in Israel.

Reuters

Several Dead as West Bank Violence Escalates

Israeli security forces on Thursday raided a West Bank town after three deadly attacks rocked the Jewish state in a week, with two Palestinians shot dead and a third killed after he launched a knife attack on a bus. The violence comes after a Palestinian armed with an M-16 assault…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Analysis: Palestinian ‘individual attacks’ expected to rise

In an surge not witnessed in years, Palestinians carry out three attacks killing 11 Israelis in just more than a week.

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Israeli Forces Arrest 5 in Connection with Deadly Shooting

Israeli forces operating in the West Bank on Wednesday arrested five Palestinians allegedly involved in a deadly shooting attack in central Israel, where a Palestinian gunman on a motorcycle used an assault rifle to kill five people. Police identified the shooter as Diaa Hamarsheh, 27, from the Israeli-occupied West Bank…

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Israeli forces on high alert after deadly Palestinian shooting attack

Israeli security forces were on high alert on Wednesday after a Palestinian gunman killed five people in a Tel Aviv suburb, the latest in a string of fatal attacks that has stoked fears of wider escalation ahead of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan.

Reuters

Israelis say gunman who killed 5 was West Bank Palestinian

Israeli police say the attacker who used an assault rifle to methodically gun down victims from a motorcycle in a central Israeli city was a Palestinian

The Independent UK

Israel mass shooting: Palestinian gunman kills five near Tel Aviv amid spree of attacks

Local reports said the attacker, who was shot dead by police, was a Palestinian from the West Bank

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Israeli President to Visit Jordan on Wednesday

Israeli President Isaac Herzog will make the first official visit by an Israeli head of state to Jordan on Wednesday, officials said. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict, including Israel’s nearly 55-year-old occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem, has long weighed on relations between Israel and Jordan, many of whose 10…

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Israel: at least five dead in Tel Aviv shooting

Reports say suspected Arab gunman killed at least four people in Bnei Brak, east of Tel Aviv, before he was fatally shot

The Guardian - UK

Israeli Defense Minister Meets Jordan’s King Abdullah in Amman

Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz met Jordan's King Abdullah in Amman on Tuesday in an apparent joint effort to lower Israeli-Palestinian tensions as the Muslim holy month of Ramadan approaches. Their talks focused on "regional and security challenges", an Israeli statement said. The meeting followed a two-day summit in Israel…

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Israeli defence minister meets Jordan's King Abdullah in Amman

Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz met Jordan's King Abdullah in Amman on Tuesday in an apparent joint effort to lower Israeli-Palestinian tensions as the Muslim holy month of Ramadan approaches.

Reuters

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.

AFP

Palestine Holds Municipal Elections in West Bank, Gaza Abstains

Palestinians in the West Bank elected their municipal councils in the second and final phase of the local elections after Hamas refused to hold them in the Gaza Strip, in a move that sparked widespread criticism. Palestinians elected 50 local bodies in all governorates of the West Bank, including the…

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Blinken in Israel for 'Landmark' Arab Talks

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Israel Sunday for a "historic" meeting with Arab countries which have normalized relations with the Jewish state in the US-brokered Abraham Accords. Blinken, who arrived in Tel Aviv Saturday evening, will meet with his counterparts from Israel, Morocco, Egypt, Bahrain and the…

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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.

The Independent UK

Palestinians hold local elections in occupied West Bank

Palestinians are voting in local elections in the occupied West Bank

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Blinken Visits Mideast, North Africa to Tackle Ukrainian War, Iran, Peace Deals

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel next week to the Middle East and North Africa where he will discuss a range of regional and global priorities, including Ukraine, Iran, the Abraham Accords and normalization agreements with Israel, preserving the prospects for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,…

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Palestinians Vote in Second Phase of Municipal Elections

Polls opened Saturday in towns and cities in the Israeli-occupied West Bank in a rare democratic exercise following a decade and a half of delays to Palestinian elections. It is the second phase of municipal elections after a first round of voting in December in 154 West Bank villages. Saturday's…

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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.

Al Jazeera

Blinken to visit Israel, West Bank, Morocco and Algeria

Ukraine war, Arab-Israeli normalisation and two-state solution on agenda during secretary of state’s visit, US says.

AFP

Blinken to travel to Israel, West Bank, Morocco, Algeria

Washington (AFP) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Israel, the West Bank, Morocco and Algeria over March 26-30 to discuss the Ukraine war, Israeli-Palestinian relations and Iran, the State Department announced Thursday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Palestinian PM Warns Against Turning Ukrainian Refugees Into New Settlers

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh warned against promoting Israeli settlements in the West Bank with Ukrainian Jews. Speaking at the weekly cabinet meeting, Shtayyeh said Israel exploited the Ukraine crisis to transfer Ukrainian refugees into new settlers in Palestine. Shtayyeh was commenting on reports about the arrival of Ukrainians to…

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s not a problem any more’: Israel’s increasingly porous West Bank fence

Questions raised over point of barrier as Israel turns blind eye to many crossings for economic reasons

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israeli Commander: Palestinians Will Lose in Another Intifada

Israeli army battalion commander Eliav Elbaz said on Saturday that Palestinians will lose a lot if they decide to go back and fight another intifada, as happened in 2000. Elbaz’ warning came in statements to the Israeli Walla website, which reported that these assessments are based on a secret tour…

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US Ambassador Says Settlements are a ‘Stupid Thing’

The US ambassador to Tel Aviv, Tom Nides, announced Wednesday that the West Bank settlement growth is “infuriating,” warning that it is a “stupid thing” that impedes a two-state solution. Speaking at a virtual event of the Americans for Peace Now organization, Nides said that he couldn’t stop the settlements,…

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