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UN commission accuses Israel of taking aim at Palestinian human rights groups
JERUSALEM (AP) — Investigators commissioned by the U.N.’s top human rights body on Thursday accused Israel of “delegitimizing and silencing civil society” by outlawing Palestinian human rights groups and labeling their members as “terrorists.” The findings came in the...
Israel demolishes home of Palestinian suspect in Jerusalem attacks that killed 2
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli army said on Thursday that it demolished the West Bank home of a Palestinian involved in twin bombings in Jerusalem that killed two and wounded at least 18 others in November. Israeli authorities arrested Islam Faroukh in December on...
In Jerusalem's contested Old City, shrinking Armenian community fears displacement after land deal
JERUSALEM (AP) — A real estate deal in Jerusalem's Old City, at the epicenter of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, has sent the historic Armenian community there into a panic as residents search for answers about the feared loss of their homes to a mysterious investor. The 99-year...
Blinken takes aim at Israeli settlements; says US will press ahead with Israel-Saudi normalization
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday that the expansion of Israeli settlements and ongoing demolitions of Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank are taking Israel further away from peace with the Palestinians. Yet, he stressed that the U.S.-Israel...
Palestinian toddler critically wounded in West Bank, Israeli military says shooting unintentional
JERUSALEM (AP) — A 3-year-old Palestinian boy was in critical condition at an Israeli hospital Friday morning after being shot by Israeli fire in the occupied West Bank. The army opened an investigation into what it said was an unintentional shooting. In a statement, the military...
Jerusalem's redesigned Tower of David museum opens after 3-year renovation
JERUSALEM (AP) — Jerusalem’s iconic citadel has opened its revamped museum after a three-year, $50 million makeover that included a restoration of its signature minaret. The Tower of David, the ancient fortress on the western edge of the Old City, contains remnants of successive...
Israeli military: Palestinian man killed after alleged stabbing attempt in West Bank settlement
JERUSALEM (AP) — A Palestinian man was shot and killed on Friday in the occupied West Bank after sneaking into a Jewish settlement and trying to stab a resident there, the Israeli army said. In a statement, the military said the man attempted to stab a resident in the Tene Omarim...
3 Palestinian militants killed in Israeli West Bank raid; US slams latest settlement expansion
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Three Palestinian militants were killed in an Israeli army raid in a West Bank refugee camp early Monday, Palestinian officials said, while the Biden administration sharply condemned Israel’s latest act of settlement expansion. The Palestinian Health...
Israeli crowds chant racist slogans, taunt Palestinians during Jerusalem march
JERUSALEM (AP) — Thousands of Jewish nationalists, some of them chanting “Death to Arabs” and other racist slogans, paraded on Thursday through the main Palestinian thoroughfare of Jerusalem’s Old City, in an annual display that caused new friction between Jews and Palestinians in the tense...
Hamas calls on Palestinians to confront Israeli victory parade in Jerusalem
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The ruling Hamas militant group in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday called on Palestinians to confront a flag-waving parade planned by Jewish nationalists through the main Palestinian thoroughfare in Jerusalem’s Old City. The comments by Hamas added to the...
