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Why the violence between Israel and the Palestinians may be entering a devastating new phase

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken rushed to the Middle East this week to make yet another push for a negotiated settlement between Israel and the Palestinians following yet another dramatic escalation in violence between the two sides.

The Conversation

Blinken visits the Palestinian West Bank, where residents are disillusioned and leaders are angry

DEIR DIBWAN, West Bank — Maisoon Ali, a Palestinian banker, has a message for visiting U.S Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken.

Los Angeles Times

Blinken criticises settlements but stresses US support for Israel

After meeting Palestinian President Abbas, top US diplomat says Washington’s immediate priority is to defuse tensions.

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Antony Blinken warns of ‘shrinking horizon of hope’ for Palestinians during visit to West Bank

‘Restoring calm is our immediate task,’ says US secretary of state

The Independent UK

The Palestinian president and his unfulfilled quest for a state

Mahmoud Abbas spent much of his life before becoming Palestinian president in the shadow of Yasser Arafat, long the figurehead of the Palestinian cause, but he has never secured the same status in the role and has not brought his people closer to statehood.

Reuters

Blinken expresses 'sorrow' over deaths of innocent Palestinians on Ramallah trip

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is wrapping up a two-day visit to Israel and the occupied West Bank on Tuesday with renewed appeals for Israeli-Palestinian calm amid an alarming spike of violence.

France 24

Palestinian President Abbas blames Israel for violence

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas blamed Israel on Tuesday for a sharp escalation of violence in the West Bank as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged calm on both sides and reaffirmed Washington's commitment to a two state solution.

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Blinken in Mideast renews appeal for Israel-Palestinian calm

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is wrapping up a two-day visit to Israel and the occupied West Bank with renewed appeals for Israeli-Palestinian calm amid an alarming spike of violence

The Independent UK

Antony Blinken ends Middle East tour with no breakthrough

US secretary of state says it is up to Israelis and Palestinians to find way to end recent violence

The Guardian - UK

Blinken Reaffirms Need for Two-State Solution after Talks with Netanyahu

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Israelis and Palestinians to ease tensions on Monday during a visit to Jerusalem, reaffirming a long-stalled peace vision of two states side by side as the "only path" forward. Arriving amid the bloodiest violence in years, Blinken focused censure on a Palestinian gun…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israeli-Palestinian cauldron tests US as Blinken visits

An alarming spike in Israeli-Palestinian violence and sharp responses by both sides are testing the Biden administration as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken plunges into a cauldron of deepening mistrust and anger on visits to Israel and the West Bank this week

The Independent UK

Israel’s Netanyahu vows ‘swift response’ to Jerusalem attack

Israel’s security cabinet meeting in the wake of escalation of deadly violence in the occupied Palestinian territories.

Al Jazeera

Here's what is driving the latest spiral of Israeli-Palestinian violence

A 10-month military crackdown, a half-century occupation, increasing Palestinian militancy and a far-right Israeli government could impact the chances for more violence.

WEKU

Palestinians cut security ties with Israel after deadly raid

The Palestinian Authority said it’s ending security ties with Israel after eight militants and one civilian were killed in a West Bank gunfight, in an escalation in violence that was later followed by a rocket attack from the Gaza Strip.

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The Independent UK

Fears of escalating Israeli-Palestinian violence after deadly West Bank raid

Israeli jets strike Gaza after Palestinian militants fire rockets across border in the wake of the worst single-day death toll in the occupied West Bank for years

Axios

Israeli forces kill 9 during West Bank raid, Palestinian health officials say

A gun battle broke out in the Jenin refugee camp during an Israeli operation Palestinians described as a "massacre."

Al Jazeera

Jake Sullivan meets Netanyahu amid rise of Israeli far right

The US official’s visit comes a month after Israel inaugurated the most far-right government in its history.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Egyptian-Jordanian-Palestinian Summit Rejects ‘Israeli Unilateralism’

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi hosted on Tuesday Jordanian King Abdullah II and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at a tripartite summit in Cairo to discuss the Palestinian issue. The summit was held in wake of recent developments in the occupied Palestinian territories and the regional and international situations related to…

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The Guardian - UK

Abbas allies fear new Israeli government intends to destroy Palestinian Authority

Palestinian minister says ultranationalists in coalition want to create ‘new reality in the West Bank’

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israel Revokes Entry Permits of 3 Palestinian Officials

Israel said Saturday it had revoked entry permits for three senior officials from Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah party after they visited an Israeli Arab recently released from prison. Mahmud al-Alul, Azzam al-Ahmad and Rawhi Fattouh had visited Karim Yunis in his home village of Ara in northern Israel following…

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Israel Releases Longest-serving Palestinian Prisoner

Israel released the longest-serving Palestinian prisoner Karim Younis, who spent 40 years in Israeli prisons. Younis was released on the roadside of a Jewish town without any means of communication, but he finally arrived in his hometown, where a grand reception and celebration were held for him. “I got out…

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Arabs and Palestinians Welcome UN Resolution, Israelis Upset

Political sources in Tel Aviv have unveiled a plan to respond to the United Nations General Assembly resolution to ask for a legal opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the legal consequences of Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories. The resolution was highly welcomed by the Arab…

The Independent UK

Huge crowds of Palestinians mark Fatah anniversary in Gaza

Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have thronged a Gaza City park to mark the 58th anniversary of the founding of the Fatah party

Al Jazeera

Benjamin Netanyahu returns as PM of Israel’s most far-right gov’t

The new government seeks to expand illegal settlements in occupied West Bank and pursue other anti-Palestinian policies.

The Independent UK

Close aide curses Palestinian leader in leaked audio

A top aide to President Mahmoud Abbas is heard in newly released recordings cursing the Palestinian leader and insulting other members of the Palestinian leadership

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