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After the ceasefire in Gaza, West Bank Palestinians face more Israeli barriers, traffic and misery

To spend a rush hour these days at any of the traffic-snarled checkpoints outside Palestinian cities in the West Bank is to hear of the endless problems they have brought — families divided, money lost, trade disrupted, sick people kept from doctors

The Independent UK

Map wars in the Middle East: How cartographers charted and helped shape a regional conflict

Maps are ubiquitous – on phones, in-flight and car displays, and in textbooks the world over. While some maps delineate and name territories and boundaries, others show different voting blocs in elections, and GPS devices help drivers navigate to their destination.

The Conversation

Trump’s Gaza plan suggests his pro-settler advisers are in the ascendant

Idea of US occupying Gaza and pushing out the Palestinians delights Israel’s pro-settler movement and its US allies

The Guardian - UK

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Trump’s Gaza power-trip tells us this: he is just another coward denying the need for a Palestinian state

Benjamin Netanyahu called it ‘groundbreaking’ thinking but it isn’t. It is idiocy that will make a bad situation worse, says Simon Tisdall, the Observer’s foreign affairs commentator

The Guardian - UK

Jordan's King Abdullah Rejects Plans To Displace Palestinians

King Abdullah II opposes displacing Palestinians from Gaza or the West Bank amid Trump's relocation proposal. Arab allies support a two-state solution and ...

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Four examples of Trump’s neverending support for Israel

Trump’s pronouncement on Gaza isn’t the first time he has voiced his wholehearted support of Israel.

Al Jazeera

West Bank Jewish Settlements Experience Rapid Population Growth

Learn about the rapid growth of the Jewish population in the West Bank and its implications for Israeli-Palestinian relations.

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US Proposal For West Bank Announcement Expected Within Four Weeks

President Trump hints at US proposal for West Bank, sparking debate on Israeli sovereignty and settlements. Recent military operation in West Bank raises c...

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Jewish population in West Bank keeps rising. Settlers hope Trump will accelerate growth

The Jewish population in the West Bank grew at twice the rate of the general Israeli population last year

The Independent UK

Israeli forces killed 70 in West Bank this year, Health Ministry says

PA accuses Israel of waging an ‘all-out war’ on the Palestinian people to carry out ‘ethnic cleansing’ plans.

Al Jazeera

Israeli Prime Minister In Washington For Gaza Ceasefire Talks

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to begin talks Monday on brokering a second phase of the ceasefire with Hamas, his office said, as he visits the new Trump administration in Washington.

International Business Times

Who are the Palestinian prisoners released in exchange for Israeli hostages?

Israel has released a total of 183 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for three Israeli hostages held in Gaza as part of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas

The Independent UK

Israeli Soldiers Recorded Themselves Watching TV in West Bank Home After Reportedly Removing the Palestinian Owners: 'Shame'

More than a dozen Israeli soldiers were recorded watching television in a Palestinian family's home with toys strewn about the living room.

Latin Times

Israel’s ban on Unrwa in Gaza and the West Bank is inhumane

Letters: Stephen McCloskey condemns the ban, while Bernie Evans condemns western leaders for not standing up to protect Palestinians

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The growing influence of Israel’s ultranationalist settler movement

Days after taking office, as he issued executive order after executive order to change the political face of America, Donald Trump also turned his attention to the war in Gaza.

The Guardian - UK

International Unrwa staff leave as Israel’s ban on activity takes effect

UN aid agency says work in West Bank and Gaza will continue as long as possible despite ban covering East Jerusalem HQ

The Independent UK

Fear hits east Jerusalem as Israel moves to close UN Palestinian refugee agency

On Thursday, laws passed by Israel in October come into effect banning the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency, known as UNRWA, from Israeli territory and prohibiting Israeli officials from any contact with the agency

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Israeli Forces Kill Two Palestinians In West Bank Clashes

Recent violence in the West Bank and East Jerusalem following Gaza attack. Arrests made for celebrating Hamas release.

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Al Jazeera

What Israel’s UNRWA ban means for millions of Palestinians: By the numbers

Israel orders UN Relief and Works Agency, the backbone of Palestinian humanitarian aid, to cease operations by Thursday.

The Guardian - UK

‘It will devastate people’: Palestinians despair at looming Unrwa closure

Nobody knows what will happen when Israel’s ban on UN agency that provides vital services across Gaza, East Jerusalem and the West Bank comes into force on 1 February

The Guardian - UK

The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates review – a politically-charged meditation on the power of stories

Travels to Senegal and the West Bank shed light on how we think about race, censorship and oppression

The Guardian - UK

Wednesday briefing: The problems, perils and precedent of ‘cleaning out’ Gaza

In today’s newsletter: After Donald Trump’s remarks, renewed alarm about what will follow the first phase of the ceasefire

The Conversation

Donald Trump’s suggestion of ‘clearing out’ Gaza adds another risk to an already fragile ceasefire

Donald Trump’s recent statement describing Gaza as a “demolition site” – and his suggestion to “evacuate” Palestinians in Gaza to Egypt and Jordan to “clean out that whole thing” – has sent shockwaves across the region.

The Guardian - UK

Who will lead the Palestinians? This is a question they must be allowed to debate and answer themselves

The current leadership is seen as either absent or illegitimate. A postwar plan must not simply repackage it, says researcher of Palestinian and Arab politics Dana El Kurd

The National (Scotland)

Two-year-old Palestinian killed by Israeli military in West Bank raid

A TWO-YEAR-OLD Palestinian has been killed by the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) in a raid in the West Bank.

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