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Breaking News Israel Troops Kill Palestinian Stone-Thrower
Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian who had been hurling rocks at cars on a highway in the occupied West Bank on Monday, a military spokeswoman said. She said troops shouted at a group of Palestinians throwing stones on a main road near Palestinian villages and Jewish settlements to halt and then fired warning…
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Breaking News 11-Year-Old Israeli Girl Improves After West Bank Firebomb Attack
An 11-year-old Israeli girl severely injured in a firebomb attack in the West Bank is showing signs of improvement. Ayala Shapira was rushed to the Chaim Sheba Medical Center near Tel Aviv after the attack Thursday evening. She had severe burns to her upper body and face. Her father sustained minor injuries in the attack…
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Breaking News 11-Year-Old Israeli Girl Hurt in West Bank Firebomb
A firebomb attack on a car in the occupied West Bank left an an 11-year-old Israeli girl severely burned and her father injured on Thursday, the Israeli military said. The Israeli military said the suspected Palestinian attack was near the Ma’ale Shomron Jewish settlement, north of the West Bank city of Nablus. Video footage of…
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Breaking News Hundreds of Settler Homes Approved in East Jerusalem
Israeli authorities approved hundreds of new units for Jewish settlers in east Jerusalem. The approvals were issued on Wednesday for the neighborhoods of Ramot and Har Homa, though reports varied in the Israeli media on the number of units approved. The Times of Israel reported that 243 new units had been approved for Ramot along…
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Breaking News Palestinian Woman Stabs Israeli Settler
A Palestinian woman stabbed an Israeli in the occupied West Bank on Monday and was then shot and wounded by security forces, the military and police said. Violence in Israel and the Palestinian territories has risen in the past months. Attacks carried out by Palestinians have killed 11 Israelis. Twelve Palestinians have been killed, including…
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Breaking News Israel Gives Green Light to 78 Settler Homes
Israel on Wednesday approved the construction of 78 new homes in two settlements on West Bank land annexed to Jerusalem, likely to aggravate Palestinian anger at a time when violence has flared, including a deadly attack on a synagogue. Jerusalem’s municipal planning committee authorized 50 new housing units in Har Homa and 28 in Ramot,…
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Breaking News Lieberman Tells German Foreign Minister No Limits On East Jerusalem Settlements
Rebuffing international criticism, Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman told his German counterpart point-blank on Sunday that Israel will not stop building homes for Jews in East Jerusalem. His remarks were likely to compound Western frustration over Israeli settlement policy on occupied land that Palestinians seek for a state. “We won’t accept any limitations on building…
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Opinion Settler Yeshiva Battles IDF Over…Treadmills?
Thinkstock Score one for the settlers. In the ongoing battle between the most extreme West Bank settlement and the Israeli Defense Forces, the settlers of Yizhar have now announced a modest, if bizarre win. Following the threat of legal action, the IDF has agreed to move treadmills it had set up in Yizhar’s religious study…
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