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Fast Forward U.S. sanctions extremist Israeli group Lehava and several West Bank outposts
According to the State Department, those sanctioned have threatened or attacked Palestinian civilians or seized Palestinian land with impunity, imperiling American aims of quieting the conflict in the West Bank
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News Battle over bodies: Israel is holding a dead Palestinian prisoner as leverage for Gaza hostages
Walid Daqqa, who died of cancer at 62, was a ‘uniting national figure’ for Palestinians. Now he’s a bargaining chip.
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News Unable to enter Israel since Oct. 7, Palestinians in Wadi Fukin have been left without a livelihood
Faced with the West Bank's worst economic crisis in generations, Palestinians describe how 'everything is stopped'
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Looking Forward Nathan Thrall won the Pulitzer because he writes with ‘feelings, and not with ink’
Since the release of his book just days before Oct. 7, the Jerusalem-based author has faced everything from rave reviews to book tour cancellations
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Fast Forward US sanctions far-right Israeli activist Bentzi Gopstein and 2 groups in latest round of West Bank penalties
The penalties were the third round of sanctions the State Department has levied against far-right Israelis in recent months
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Fast Forward US adds 3 Israeli settlers and, in a first, 2 West Bank outposts to sanctioned extremists list
White House spokesperson John Kirby said the outposts and their founders had been sanctioned because of “repeated violence"
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Fast Forward Protesters target Teaneck event promoting West Bank real estate to U.S. Jews
After a Jewish resident’s objections to the event went viral, Arab and Muslims groups called for a federal probe
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News How do Biden’s new sanctions affect Jewish charities that donate in Israel?
The Biden administration could expand its list of sanction targets beyond the four settlers it named
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