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Benjamin Netanyahu, former Israeli Prime Minister and the head of Likud party, speaks to his supporters after first exit poll results for the Israeli Parliamentary election at his party's headquarters in Jerusalem on Nov. 2, 2022.

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Benjamin Netanyahu's new Israeli government will make West Bank expansion a priority

4:07am December 29, 2022

by The Associated Press

The incoming Israeli ruling coalition agreements will make it the country's most religious and right-wing government in history, potentially putting it at odds with large parts of the Israeli public.

Visitors, including Dead Sea researcher Yael Kiro from Israel's Weizmann Institute of Science (second from left), examine salt formations on the shore of the Dead Sea in Israel on Nov. 5.

The Dead Sea is dying. These beautiful, ominous photos show the impact

6:00am December 11, 2022

Its water level is dropping. Big sinkholes are swallowing up whole tracts of land around it. Here is why a disaster is unfolding at the Middle East's iconic salt lake.

Mourners attend the funeral of Palestinians killed in an overnight Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus on Tuesday. The Israeli army said it was targeting an emerging armed group called Lions' Den.

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A new group of TikTok-savvy Palestinian fighters tests Israeli forces in the West Bank

4:41pm October 26, 2022

by Daniel Estrin

Israeli troops raided the occupied West Bank saying they were targeting members of the Lions' Den. Here's what we know about the new armed Palestinian group.

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Israeli police crime scene investigators work at the scene of a shooting attack that wounded several Israelis near the Old City of Jerusalem, early Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022.

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Palestinian gunman wounds 8 in late-night Jerusalem shooting

5:25am August 14, 2022

by The Associated Press

A Palestinian gunman opened fire at a bus near Jerusalem's Old City early Sunday, wounding eight Israelis in an attack that came a week after violence flared up between Israel and militants in Gaza.

A Palestinian boy inspects the damage to a house after Palestinian gunmen were killed in an early morning Israeli military raid in the Old City of Nablus in the West Bank, Sunday, July 24, 2022.

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Israeli forces kill 2 Palestinians in West Bank gun battle

6:05am July 24, 2022

by The Associated Press

Israeli troops and special forces on an arrest mission exchanged fire with Palestinians barricaded in a house in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, Israeli police said.

Supporters of Mohammed el-Halabi hold a Palestinian flag and placards as protesters wave Israeli flags, outside the district court in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba, Wednesday, June 15, 2022.

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Gaza rocket into Israel breaks 2-month lull, Israel responds

2:27am June 18, 2022

by The Associated Press

Palestinian militants fired a rocket into southern Israel early Saturday. Hours later, Israeli aircraft carried out a series of airstrikes.

A handful of visitors tour the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Christ, in the biblical West Bank city of Bethlehem, on Dec. 15.

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For a second Christmas, the Holy Land is closed to pilgrims because of COVID

1:46pm December 23, 2021

by Daniel Estrin

A Palestinian who gives tours of Bethlehem, and the different meanings it holds for different people, reflects on another subdued Christmas in the West Bank city.

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Edna Halup, a staff member at a private nursing home, receives a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, in Ganei Tikva, Israel, on Dec. 22.

As Israel Leads In COVID-19 Vaccines Per Capita, Palestinians Still Await Shots

5:15pm December 31, 2020

by Daniel Estrin

Israel aims to vaccinate 25% of its citizens by end of January but the country has not provided any to the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza, which are scrambling for shots.

President Trump speaks during a Oval Office meeting Thursday with representatives of Israel and the United Arab Emirates, announcing an agreement to establish diplomatic ties between the two countries.

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UAE, Israel Move To Normalize Relations As Israel Halts Planned West Bank Annexations

3:21pm August 13, 2020

by Camila Domonoske

President Trump brokers the historic agreement. The United Arab Emirates and Israel will move toward bilateral diplomatic relations, and Israel will suspend plans to annex portions of the West Bank.

A Palestinian flag waves at the northern entrance to the city of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank as construction works take place in the Israeli settlement of Beit El in the background. Israel intends to annex West Bank settlements and the Jordan Valle

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Netanyahu Plans To Annex Parts Of The West Bank. Many Israeli Settlers Want It All

1:08pm June 18, 2020

by Daniel Estrin

Some religious Jewish settlers are mounting vocal opposition as the prime minister prepares to annex parts of the territory. The wider Israeli public is confused and unenthused by the prospect.

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