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Amid ongoing Israeli strikes in Gaza and resulting casualties, including children, attempts at a ceasefire remain elusive. Meanwhile, West Bank violence continues with reports of Israeli settlers attacking Palestinians.
The Israeli plan includes the construction of 1,352 settlement units in Qalqilya in the northern West Bank, and 430 units in two existing settlements northeast of Ramallah and northwest of Jerusalem, said the report by the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)’s National Bureau for Defending Land.
Even the prospect of civil war cannot be ruled out,' an expert tracking growing violence in the West Bank told Newsweek.
In a shocking escalation of violence in the West Bank, an Israeli security guard was killed in cold blood during a sudden and brutal attack that has left the IDF reeling. The incident occurred at a sensitive checkpoint,
Francesca Albanese, a lawyer and independent U.N. official for human rights in Gaza and the West Bank, has described the war in Gaza as “genocide.”
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The Times of Israel on MSNTaybeh church leaders condemn rising settler harassment, arson in West Bank townHeads of Greek Orthodox, Latin and Melkite churches in Christian Palestinian bastion say settlers increasingly encroaching on agricultural lands, burned field near historic site
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The Christian Post on MSNFor Israel, a two-state solution is a launchpad for terrorThe October 7, 2023, Hamas-led massacre shattered any illusions that territorial concessions lead to peace. Gaza, the laboratory of the two-state solution, proved instead to be a launchpad for terror. Today, only 21% of Israelis support the creation of a Palestinian state — reflecting a dramatic erosion of trust in the two-state paradigm.
Radio presenter Hiba Eriqat broadcasts an unusual kind of traffic reports to her Palestinian listeners grappling with