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Israel’s death penalty law has little to do with criminal justice and everything to do with ethno-nationalism

In its nearly 80-year history, the state of Israel has carried out only one court-sanctioned execution: Adolf Eichmann, a principal architect of the Nazi holocaust.

The Conversation

A strategy ‘to make life intolerable’: Israeli settlers are driving Christians out of West Bank

The Taybeh community has survived crusaders and the Ottoman and British empires, but the latest attacks leave its future in question

The Guardian - UK

Inside The Manosphere exposes online hate and the dying voice of traditional media

British-American journalist and filmmaker Louis Theroux has a long history of documenting outlandish and extremist communities, from the Westboro Baptist Church in The Most Hated Family In America to The Settlers in the West Bank.

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Jewish diaspora leaders urge Israeli president to stop West Bank settler violence

Former UK foreign secretary among 3,000 signatories of open letter to Isaac Herzog after spate of killings

The Guardian - UK

Israel’s military stretched thin by regional wars and settler violence

Amid reports of troop deployment to the West Bank to contain settler violence and warnings of manpower shortage by Israel's top general, Euronews spoke to two Israeli experts to gauge the pressure on the country's security and internal stability.

Euronews

‘Weak and pathetic’: why is the EU not using its leverage to stop Israel?

Deep divisions on Israel mean the union has failed to act over Lebanon, Gaza, or settler violence in the West Bank

The Guardian - UK

'US respects Israel's right': Netanyahu govt approves death penalty for Palestinian attackers

Israel's parliament has approved a controversial law allowing the execution of Palestinians convicted of deadly terror attacks, alongside a crucial national budget. Prime Minister Netanyahu backed the bill, which critics argue creates unequal legal tracks. This dual move comes amid ongoing regional conflict and rising violence in the West Bank.

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Israel approves death penalty for Palestinians convicted of deadly attacks

The bill would make the death penalty the default punishment for Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank found guilty of intentionally carrying out deadly attacks deemed "acts of terrorism" by an Israeli military court.

Euronews

In rare ruling Israel decides to punish military unit after assaulting CNN crew in West Bank

United Nations data indicates at least nine Palestinians have been killed by Israeli settlers this year

The Independent UK

Newsletter: G7 ministers to hold crunch talks as war’s economic fallout deepens

Also in this newsletter: Outrage after Israeli police stopped the heads of the Catholic Church in Jerusalem from entering the Holy Sepulchre on Palm Sunday.

Euronews

Exclusive: Israel to crack down on settler violence in the West Bank

A document from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office seen by Euronews outlines unprecedented measures against settler violence as the army is set to pull some troops away from Lebanon to the West Bank to rein in Jewish extremists.

Euronews

Pro-Israel Democrats decry settler violence in West Bank amid attacks on Palestinians

Aipac-backed lawmakers denounce ‘extremist’ violence in West Bank as support for Israel becomes a political liability

The Guardian - US

Gavin Newsom’s take on Israel’s future just got a wilder twist as his latest apology comes with a chilling warning about Netanyahu’s next move

California Governor Gavin Newsom has expressed regret over his previous description of Israel as an “apartheid state,” clarifying his comments were tied to a specific warning about the future direction of the region rather than its current situation. According to Fox News, Newsom made the initial controversial suggestion during a…

The Mary Sue

European nations condemn 'increasing settler terror' in West Bank

Diplomats from 13 European countries and Canada have condemned what they described as growing "settler terror" against Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, after a surge in deadly attacks.

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UN raises concerns of 'ethnic cleansing' amid record displacement in West Bank

A fresh report from the United Nations human rights office has warned that Israel's accelerating expansion of unlawful settlements and annexation of large parts of the West Bank is driving "unprecedented" displacement.

The Independent UK

UN rights report raises concerns of 'ethnic cleansing' in displacement of Palestinians in West Bank

The U.N. human rights chief's office has expressed concerns about possible “ethnic cleansing” as Israel has accelerated the expansion of settlements in large parts of the West Bank

The Guardian - UK

War in Iran, chaos in the Gulf, repression in the west: and the thread that binds them all is Palestine

In the Middle East, the occupation is the original sin. And those who banked on this US-backed ‘stability’ now find it giving way beneath them, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

The Guardian - UK

Israelis kill three in West Bank village as violence surges across occupied Palestine

Deadly attack near Ramallah is third in territory in a week as Israeli violence surges with global attention on Iran war

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The Independent UK

3 Palestinians killed in West Bank clash, bringing toll from week of violence to 6

Three Palestinians have died in a clash with Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, as violence has spiked during new war in the Middle East

Evening Standard

Charity to install paediatric operating theatres in West Bank amid rising demand

Kids Operating Room has committed to establishing facilities inside existing hospitals in Bethlehem, Hebron and Jericho.

The Guardian - UK

US to offer passport services to citizens in illegal West Bank settlements

Israel welcomes move described by Palestinian Authority as undermining possibility of an independent state

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This is not 2017. Modi’s Israel visit risks India’s moral position, tests global standing

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s planned two-day visit to Israel starting February 25, which will include an address to the Knesset, comes at a moment of extraordinary international scrutiny for the Israeli government. Far from being a routine diplomatic engagement, the trip risks being read globally as a political endorsement of…

The Independent UK

First Ramadan Friday prayers held at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque since ceasefire

Tens of thousands of Muslims have gathered at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa compound for the first Friday prayers of Ramadan under heavy security

Radio France Internationale

UN hits out at Trump's ‘Board of Peace’ ahead of inaugural meeting in Washington

Members of the United Nations Security Council have sent out a clear message ahead of US President Donald Trump’s inaugural Board of Peace gathering – the fragile Gaza ceasefire must become permanent, and unilateral moves in the West Bank risk closing the door on a two-state solution.

The Conversation

Israel is accelerating its creeping annexation of the West Bank. Can Donald Trump stop it?

While the world is focused on the fate of a ruined Gaza, Israel has accelerated its creeping annexation of the West Bank.

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