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Aqaba Meeting: Israelis, Palestinians Pledge to Curb Violence

Israel committed to stop authorization of any settler outposts in the occupied West Bank for six months during a meeting on Sunday with Palestinian officials in Jordan when the sides pledged to prevent more violence. In a joint statement at the end of a meeting in the Red Sea resort…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Far-right Israeli minister says 'no' to West Bank settlement freeze

Israel's far-right finance minister said on Sunday he would not agree to any freeze in settlement activity in the occupied West Bank, after Israeli officials committed during a summit in Jordan to hold off on such construction in the coming months.

Reuters

Israelis and Palestinians meet for talks on how to de-escalate recent wave of attacks

Sunday's meeting followed the killing of two Israelis in the occupied West Bank, the latest violence in a wave of fighting that has has left dozens dead on both sides of the conflict in recent months.

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Two Israelis killed in occupied West Bank attack

Israel’s military says a gunman ‘opened fire towards an Israeli vehicle’ at a junction near the city of Nablus.

Al Jazeera

Two Israelis killed in West Bank as Israeli, Palestinian officials meet in Jordan

A Palestinian gunman on Sunday opened fire at an Israeli car in the occupied West Bank, killing two Israelis, senior politicians and Israeli settler leaders said. The shooting cast a shadow over a high-level meeting between Palestinian and Israeli delegations in neighbouring Jordan meant to reduce surging violence ahead of…

France 24

Palestinian gunman kills 2 West Bank settlers, Israeli officials say

A Palestinian gunman killed two Jewish settlers in their car in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, Israeli officials said.

Reuters

Palestinians: Officials will meet with Israel over violence

The Palestinian president’s office says a high-level Palestinian delegation will meet with top Israeli officials in Jordan

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EU Denounces Israeli Settlement Expansion Plans

The European Union (EU) has condemned Thursday the advancing of more than 7,000 housing units in illegal settlements across the occupied West Bank. "This exceeds the total number advanced during all of 2022, which was a record year in terms of illegal settlement expansion," said the EU spokesperson for foreign…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Jordan hosts Israel-Palestine talks as violence escalates

Jordan says the talks in Aqaba is part of an effort to halt ‘a security breakdown that could fuel more violence’.

Al Jazeera

Thousands of Palestinians March against Nablus Massacre

Thousands of Palestinians furious over deadly Israeli raids in Nablus this week held midnight marches on Friday throughout the West Bank. Protesters took to the streets in response to a call for demonstrations by the Lion’s Den group. Clashes ensued between the protesters and Israeli forces that tried to disperse…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Palestinian Nurse Spots Own Father Among Casualties from Israel Raid

When Israel conducted its deadliest raid in the occupied West Bank in almost two decades this week, a young Palestinian nurse rushed to help. As critical case after critical case succumbed to their wounds, Elias al-Ashqar, 25, let out a blood-curdling roar. "My father! My father," he screamed, as he…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israeli settlers shoot, wound 2 Palestinians in West Bank

Palestinian health officials say Israeli settlers have shot and seriously wounded two Palestinians in the northern occupied West Bank, in what officials describe as the latest incident in a wave of settler violence

The Independent UK

Former US ambassador accuses Israel of ‘creeping annexation’ of the West Bank

Daniel Kurtzer says legalised settlements are ‘a significant violation of a commitment the Israeli government made to the American government’

The Guardian - US

Israeli Settlers Shoot, Wound 2 Palestinians in West Bank

Israeli settlers shot and seriously wounded two Palestinians in the northern occupied West Bank early Friday, Palestinian health officials said, in what authorities describe as the latest incident in a wave of settler violence. The Palestinian Health Ministry said the two wounded Palestinians were being treated at a hospital in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Israeli West Bank settlers 'sing and dance' after outpost recognised

Drama therapist Yael Drori left bustling Jerusalem 16 years ago to live in an unrecognised outpost in the Israeli occupied West Bank. As a youth, she was active in the Israeli settler movement supporting new communities in the West Bank and protesting against Israeli disengagement from Jewish communities in Gaza.

Al Jazeera

Israeli forces kill Palestinian, thousands protest violent raids

Israeli forces have killed 65 Palestinians, 13 of them children, so far this year, the bloodiest such period since 2000.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Palestinian Authority Stops Contacts with Tel Aviv After Nablus Operation

The Palestinian Authority (PA) stopped all contact with Tel Aviv in response to the Israeli military operation in the West Bank city of Nablus, which killed 11 Palestinians. Palestinian sources told Asharq Al-Awsat that the Authority was dealt a treacherous blow two days after it withdrew the Security Council draft…

The Independent UK

Israel's outpost approvals boost settlers, deepen conflict

Israel’s new ultranationalist government has declared that it will legalize 10 unauthorized outposts in the occupied West Bank

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Top White House Aide in Mideast Amid Israel, West Bank Violence

US President Joe Biden's top adviser on the Middle East is in the region for meetings with Egypt, Jordan, Oman and the United Arab Emirates, the White House said on Thursday. The official, Brett McGurk, is traveling as part of a multiple-agency trip to the region as Washington has expressed…

The Independent UK

Israel approves over 7,000 settlement homes, groups say

Israeli settlement supporters and opponents say Israel’s far-right government has granted approval for the building of over 7,000 new homes in Jewish settlements in the West Bank

Reuters

Top White House aide in Middle East amid concern over Israel, West Bank violence

U.S. President Joe Biden's top adviser on the Middle East is in the region for meetings with Egypt, Jordan, Oman and the United Arab Emirates, the White House said on Thursday.

Al Jazeera

Gaza ‘waiting for war every moment’ as Israel tension surges

Embattled residents in the Gaza Strip live in a perpetual state of fear of yet another war launched by Israel.

The Guardian - UK

Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza after militants fire rockets in wake of West Bank raid

Region braced for escalation in violence as attacks from both sides follow deadliest Israeli army raid in decades in Nablus

Al Jazeera

‘Catastrophic’: Palestinians recount fatal Israeli raid on Nablus

Israeli forces have killed 11 Palestinians in Nablus in one of the deadliest raids since the 2000-05 uprising.

Al Jazeera

Middle East round-up: Panic, fear as new quakes hit Turkey, Syria

Here’s a round-up of Al Jazeera’s Middle East coverage this week.

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