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Israeli Settler Kills Palestinian Activist Included in Oscar-Winning Documentary

Awdah Hathaleen, whose work was featured in the Oscar-winning documentary “No Other Land,” was shot dead. The suspect had been subject to U.S. sanctions, but President Trump lifted them.

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An Israeli soldier on Tuesday at the entrance of Umm al-Khair, a village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
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Israeli Far-Right Minister Promotes Plan for Jewish Resettlement in Gaza

Bezalel Smotrich described Gaza as an “inseparable part” of Israel, even as the Netherlands announced a ban on him and another hard line Israeli minister.

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Bezalel Smotrich, Israel’s finance minister, in the Parliament in Jerusalem last month. He said Tuesday that Israel was “closer than ever” to rebuilding Jewish settlements in Gaza.
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Huckabee Calls Death of Palestinian-American in West Bank ‘Terrorism’

Mike Huckabee, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, demanded “accountability for this criminal and terrorist act,” referring to the killing last week of Sayfollah Musallet in the occupied territories.

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Mike Huckabee, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, urged Israel to “aggressively investigate” the death of a Palestinian-American in a clash in the West Bank.
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Two Palestinians Are Killed in a West Bank Clash With Israeli Settlers

Palestinian authorities and family members said Israeli settlers beat and killed a Palestinian-American man. Israel said the violence began when Palestinians threw stones at Israeli civilians.

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Israeli soldiers holding back Palestinians trying to get to injured Palestinians after clashes with Israeli settlers in Sinjil in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Friday.
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How Netanyahu Prolonged the War in Gaza to Stay in Power

Secret meetings, altered records, ignored intelligence: the inside story of the prime minister’s political calculations since Oct. 7.

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on June 5.
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