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No Flights Under New Rules Yet for West Bank Palestinians

A group of Palestinian passengers flew to Cyprus from an Israeli airport on Monday, but the flight was not organized under a promised arrangement easing travel restrictions for residents of the occupied West Bank, an airports authority spokesperson said. Israeli authorities agreed earlier this month, following pressure from the United…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Judge rules against Ben & Jerry's in fight over Israel sales

A federal judge has rejected a request by Vermont ice cream maker Ben & Jerry's to block a plan by its corporate parent to have an intermediary sell its products in east Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank

The Independent UK

Court denies Ben & Jerry's effort to prevent sales in Israeli settlements

New York (AFP) - Ben amp; Jerry's lost its bid Monday to block its parent company Unilever from selling its ice cream in West Bank settlements, which the US firm said would run counter to its values.

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US court rejects Ben & Jerry’s push to block sales in West Bank

Judge says company did not show sales of its ice cream in occupied Palestinian territories caused ‘irreparable harm’.

Al Jazeera

First Palestinians to fly from Israel's Negev desert airport arrive in Cyprus

Larnaca International Airport (Cyprus) (AFP) - A group of Palestinians from the occupied West Bank flew abroad from an airport in Israel's Negev desert for the first time Monday, arriving in Cyprus under a newly launched pilot scheme.

AFP

No flights under new rules yet for West Bank Palestinians

A group of Palestinian passengers flew to Cyprus from an Israeli airport on Monday, but the flight was not organised under a promised arrangement easing travel restrictions for residents of the occupied West Bank, an airports authority spokesperson said.

Reuters

Palestinians fly to Cyprus in Israeli airport pilot programme

Critics say flights do little to make it easier for Palestinians living in territories occupied by Israel to travel.

Al Jazeera

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Palestinians Fly to Cyprus in Israeli Airport Pilot Program

Several dozen Palestinians flew to Cyprus on Monday from an airport in southern Israel as part of a pilot program to allow Palestinians from the occupied West Bank to fly abroad. The move was part of a series of gestures Israel said it is making to improve living conditions of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israel launches flights for West Bank Palestinians

Jerusalem (AFP) - Israel on Monday launched a scheme allowing Palestinians from the occupied West Bank to fly abroad from an airport in the Negev desert.

AFP

Palestinian activist defies Israeli interrogation order

A leading Palestinian rights campaigner says that Israel has tried to summon him for questioning as it presses ahead with a crackdown on Palestinian rights groups

The Independent UK

Palestinians working in Israel strike over demand for bank accounts

Tens of thousands of Palestinians employed in Israel staged a one-day strike on Sunday in protest at a decision to pay their salaries into bank accounts rather than in cash.

Reuters

Palestinian flight plan shelved on eve of first scheduled departure

Controversial plan to fly people from occupied West Bank to Turkey has been paused

The Guardian - UK

Palestinian killed during Israeli raid in occupied West Bank

A 58-year-old Palestinian man was shot and killed outside a bakery during an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank

The Independent UK

Israeli forces kill Palestinian man in occupied West Bank village

Salah Tawfiq Sawafta, 58, was shot in the head during an Israeli army raid on the village of Tubas.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Palestinians: Israeli Troops Shot, Killed Man in West Bank

The Palestinian Health Ministry said Friday a man died after Israeli forces shot him during an arrest raid near Nablus in the occupied West Bank. Salah Sawafta, 58, was in critical condition after a bullet hit his head in Tubas and he died hours later, the ministry said. Sawafta was…

Reuters

Israeli forces kill Palestinian man in West Bank -health officials

A Palestinian man died of his wounds on Friday after Israeli forces shot him, the Palestinian Health Ministry said, during what Israel's military said was an early morning raid against suspected militants in the occupied West Bank.

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Says ‘Concerned’ by Israeli Raids on Palestinian Rights Groups

Washington said Thursday it was "concerned" by the Israeli government's forced closure of several Palestinian NGOs operating in the occupied West Bank. The Israeli military announced earlier in the day that it had conducted overnight raids of seven organizations in Ramallah, the West Bank city where the Palestinian Authority's headquarters…

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Israel troops raid Palestinian rights group offices

Ramallah (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Israeli security forces on Thursday raided the offices of multiple Palestinian human rights groups in the occupied West Bank, which the state has branded "terrorist organisations".

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Salon

A new holy war, on a global scale

From Jan. 6 rioters to the West Bank, the poisonous distortion of scripture is fueling conflict. We can stop it

Al Jazeera

Israel shuts down NGOs, kills Palestinian in occupied West Bank

Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian man in Nablus and shut down the offices of seven civil society organisations.

Al Jazeera

Infographic: How journalist Shireen Abu Akleh has been honoured

The veteran Al Jazeera reporter was killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank on May 11.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Youth in West Bank Clashes

Israeli forces killed a Palestinian youth in predawn clashes in the Israeli-occupied West Bank city of Nablus on Thursday, Palestinian medics said. At least 30 Palestinians were wounded, four of whom were shot with live ammunition and three of whom were in critical condition, the Palestine Red Crescent said. Palestinian…

The Independent UK

Mideast's Jordan River: Rich in holiness, poor in water

Symbolically and spiritually, the Jordan River in the Middle East is of mighty significance to many as where the Bible says Jesus got baptized

Reuters

Israeli forces raid Palestinian NGOs, UN criticises 'arbitrary' move

Israel closed seven Palestinian organisations it accuses of channelling aid to militant groups on Thursday, drawing condemnation from the United Nations, which said the closures appeared "totally arbitrary".

Asharq Al-Awsat

Jerusalem Post: Kushner's Promise to UAE Confused Israeli Plans to Annex Parts of West Bank

New reports in Tel Aviv, including a secret letter sent by former US President Donald Trump to then-Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, revealed that everything was ready in Washington to authorize the annexation of about a third of Palestinian land in the West Bank to Israel. The third of Palestinian…

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