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Mike Huckabee, Israel’s Passionate Defender as Gaza War Drives Allies Away

Mr. Huckabee, a Baptist minister, is the first evangelical to serve as American ambassador to Israel. Christian conservatives and the Netanyahu government are pleased.

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Mike Huckabee, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, on Tuesday at his official residence in Jerusalem.
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The U.S. imposed visa bans on Palestinian officials.

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Mahmoud Abbas, center, president of the Palestinian Authority, the governing body that manages areas of the West Bank.
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What Would Recognizing a Palestinian State Mean?

The announcements reflect deep frustrations with Israel’s conduct in Gaza and in the occupied West Bank, experts say.

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The aftermath of a strike by Israel on a building in Gaza City in June.
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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 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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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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Why Trump’s Abraham Accords Have Not Meant Mideast Peace

The 2020 agreements addressed diplomacy and commerce, not conflicts or the Palestinians. Predictions that the deals would produce regional peace were baseless, analysts say.

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President Trump leading Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and officials from Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates outside the White House to sign the Abraham Accords in 2020.
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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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