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U.S. asks Israel to avoid actions that could create tensions ahead of Biden visit

The Biden administration is seeking to reassure the Palestinians official ahead of next month's visit.

Axios

HRW: Israel Has Turned Gaza into Open-Air Prison

Human Rights Watch described Gaza as an "open-air prison" 15 years after Israel imposed a siege on in wake of the Hamas takeover of the coastal enclave. "Israel’s sweeping restrictions on leaving Gaza deprive its more than two million residents of opportunities to better their lives," HRW said. "Israel should…

Asharq Al-Awsat

US officials confirm Biden to visit Saudi Arabia, meet MBS

US president will make first Middle East visit next month, with stops in Israel, occupied West Bank, and Saudi Arabia.

Al Jazeera

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Biden will visit Israel, West Bank and Saudi Arabia in bid to ‘revitalise’ US strength in region

Mr Biden is expected to meet Mohammed bin Salman during his visit to Jeddah despite a 2020 pledge to render the Saudi Crown Prince a ‘pariah’ for ordering the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Kashoggi

The Independent UK

Biden to visit Israel and 'pariah' Saudi Arabia next month

President Joe Biden will make his first trip to the Middle East next month with visits to Israel, the West Bank and Saudi Arabia

The Independent UK

Israeli Lawmaker Chided for Wishing Palestinians ‘Disappear’

An Israeli legislator came under fire on Tuesday for saying that if he could push a button to make all Palestinians disappear, he would. Deputy Religious Services Minister Matan Kahana made the remarks to high school students in a West Bank settlement. In his comments, which were caught on video,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Fatah Accuses Hamas of Seeking to Seize West Bank

Fatah accused Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, of trying to control the West Bank, after seizing weapons and explosives in tunnels running under Ramallah. The seized weapons were a part of a plot by Hamas to undermine the Palestinian Authority, security and order, charged Fatah. It made the allegations…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Palestinian reporter’s death highlights weakness of Israeli army investigations

Fatal shooting of Shireen Abu Aqleh in May raises fresh concerns over military inquiries into deaths of Palestinians

The Guardian - UK

Possible Successor to Abbas Warns Israel, but Works with It

Hussein al-Sheikh, a senior Palestinian official increasingly seen as a successor to the 86-year-old President Mahmoud Abbas, says relations with Israel have gotten so bad that Palestinian leaders cannot go on with business as usual. But even if they are serious this time around, they have few options.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Possible successor to Abbas warns Israel, but works with it

Hussein al-Sheikh is a senior Palestinian official who serves as the main liaison with Israel

The Independent UK

One year old, Israel’s government struggles to hang on

The Israeli ruling coalition has struggled to pass what would usually be a routine pro-settler bill.

Al Jazeera

Largest Palestinian Displacement in Decades Looms after Israeli Court Ruling

Some 1,200 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank region of Masafer Yatta face the risk of forced removal to make way for an army firing zone after a decades-long legal battle that ended last month in Israel's highest court. The ruling opened the way for one of the largest displacements…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Largest Palestinian displacement in decades looms after Israeli court ruling

Reuters

How Biden’s Israel approach bets on ‘short’ public attention span

One month after killing of Shireen Abu Akleh, Washington has yet to condemn Israel or back third-party investigation.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Israeli Settlers at Risk of Losing Special West Bank Status

Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank may soon get a taste of the military rule that Palestinians have been living under for 55 years. If Israel’s parliament does not act, a special legal status accorded to the settlers will expire at the end of the month, with wide-ranging consequences.…

The Independent UK

Israeli settlers at risk of losing special West Bank status

Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank may soon get a taste of the military rule that Palestinians have been living under for 55 years

Asharq Al-Awsat

Biden Administration Takes Step to Bolster Palestinians Ties

The United States is restoring a line of communication for the Palestinians that had been canceled by the Trump administration. The move, announced Thursday before a possible visit by President Joe Biden to Israel and the occupied West Bank, is bureaucratic in nature. But it means the Palestinians will deal…

Al Jazeera

Israeli forces kill Palestinian man in occupied West Bank

Mahmoud Fayez Abu Ayhour, 27, was shot and killed in the town of Halhul north of Hebron in the occupied West Bank.

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Israeli troops kill Palestinian in West Bank clash, medics say

Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian man and wounded six others in the occupied West Bank town of Halhoul on Thursday, Palestinian medical officials said.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israeli Minister Races to Salvage Flailing Coalition

Israel’s justice minister says he will give the government one final chance to approve a contentious bill extending legal protections to West Bank settlers in a last-ditch effort to keep the fractured coalition in power. Justice Minister Gideon Saar said in a series of TV interviews that he will resubmit…

The Independent UK

Israeli minister races to salvage flailing coalition

Israel’s justice minister says he will give the government one final chance to approve a contentious bill extending legal protections to West Bank settlers

Asharq Al-Awsat

Palestinian Authority to Pay ‘Partial Wages’ to Most Employees

The Palestinian Authority announced on Tuesday it would pay partial salaries to most of its employees after Israel transferred some revenues it collects on the Palestinians’ behalf, officials said. A week into June, the Palestinian Finance Ministry said employees will receive 80% of their salaries on Tuesday. It has been…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Blinken: US Will 'Follow Facts' on Abu Akleh Killing

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken promised Tuesday to pursue accountability over the killing of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh wherever facts lead, amid heated dispute between Israeli and Palestinian authorities on how she died. The well-known Al Jazeera journalist, a Palestinian-American, was killed on May 11 as she was covering…

The Guardian - UK

Israel’s coalition on brink of collapse after losing settler law vote

Nationalist party New Hope threatens to exit arrangement after vote on West Bank settlers

The Independent UK

Report: 'Perpetual' Israeli occupation at root of violence

Investigators commissioned by the U.N.’s top human rights body say tensions between Palestinians and Israelis are underpinned by Israel’s “perpetual occupation” of Palestinian areas with no apparent intention of ending it

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