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Trump and Netanyahu kiss

Romance between Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu – who would have thought?

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Erroneous translation of Palestinian man's Facebook post gets him arrested

A Palestinian man was arrested by mistake last week after Facebook’s automatic translation software wrongly translated a post on his page.

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Israeli PM blames deadly attack on 'Palestinian incitement'

Investigation underway and security stepped up in Israel, but PM Netanyahu blames 'Palestinian incitement' for deadly attack.

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Hamas 'ready' to work with Palestinian authority in Gaza

Repeated attempts at reconciliation have failed since the Islamist Hamas group drove forces loyal to President Abbas from the Gaza Strip in 2007.

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Netanyahu rewards evicted Jewish settlers with new West Bank home

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has laid the foundation stone for a new Jewish settlement in the West Bank, angering the Palestinians and their international supporters.

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Palestinian protesters and Israeli security forces clash in West Bank

Palestinian protesters and Israeli security forces clash in the West Bank settlement of Beit El

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West Bank: Two Palestinians killed in clashes with Israeli security forces

Two Palestinians have been killed in violence prompted by Israel's installation of metal detectors at entry points of the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem.

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West Bank: 'Two Palestinians killed' during IDF opearation

Palestinian medical officials say Israeli forces killed two Palestinian youths on Wednesday.

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Trump visits Western Wall

President Donald Trump made a historic visit to Jerusalem’s Western Wall on Monday (May 22), standing before the holiest place where Jews are permitted to pray and saying a few words before inserting

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West Bank clashes

Palestinians clashed with Israeli soldiers in the West Bank on Friday (May 19) during demonstrations in support of Palestinian inmates on hunger strike in Israeli…

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Hamas again leads Gaza boycott of Palestinian local elections

Palestinians go to the polls for the first time since 2012 today in the West Bank, again without the participation of Hamas, which is not allowing any vote in the Gaza Strip.

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UNESCO: Israel is "occupying power" of Jerusalem

UNESCO member states have endorsed a contentious resolution referring to Israel as the "occupying power" of Jerusalem.

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Hamas accepts Palestinian state along 1967 borders

The Palestinian movement Hamas has declared for the first time its willingness to accept a Palestinian state along the 1967 borders, without recognising Israel.

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Palestine shuts up shop to support hunger-striking prisoners

Protests across the West Bank and Gaza are designed to show solidarity with Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails.

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'The occupation of Palestine dehumanises Israel'

“The occupation of Palestine is not only a serious attack on Palestinian rights and humanitarian standards – it is a cancer that will ultimately destroy democracy in Israel”, says Daniel Bar-Tal, a 71

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Inmates begin hunger strike on Palestinian Prisoners' Day

Palestinians march on Prisoners' Day in solidarity with an open-ended hunger strike by inmates in Israel.

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Israel: Teenage attacker killed

Israeli paramilitary police shot a 17 year-old Palestinian dead on Saturday after he stabbed three Israelis in Jerusalem’s Old City.

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Room at the Inn: Banksy's Walled Off Hotel welcomes its first guests

When is a hotel opening simultaneously a political statement and a work of art?

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Police evacuate Israeli houses judged to be on Palestinian land

Nine houses in a Jewish town in the West Bank are evacuated after Israel's Supreme Court rules they were illegally built on Palestinian land.

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Palestinian protest calls for reopening of Hebron's Shuhada street

Palestinians have marked the 23rd anniversary of the Hebron mosque massacre by calling for the reopening of the street on which it stands in the city.