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The Latest Breaking News from the West Bank

US secretary of state Marco Rubio says ‘Hamas cannot be involved in governing Gaza’ – as it happened

Rubio also said the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) cannot play a future role in Gaza, claiming it is a ‘subsidiary of Hamas’

The Guardian - UK

Europe seeks role in Gaza as pressure grows on Israel over fragile ceasefire

European Union leaders are pushing for a bigger role in Gaza and the West Bank after being left out of the US-brokered ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas.

Radio France Internationale

A Florida teenager is in an Israeli prison. Why his family and advocates say he should be released

A Florida family is urging U.S. leaders to help free a 16-year-old Palestinian-American held in an Israeli prison for eight months

The Independent UK

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‘Bibi-sitting’: US heavy-hitters take turns to supervise Israeli prime minister

Marco Rubio warns Israeli politicians not to disrupt Gaza ceasefire after Knesset vote to annex West Bank

The Guardian - UK

Vance criticises Israel's parliament vote on West Bank annexation, calls move an 'insult'

While many members of Israel's coalition support annexation, they have backed off those calls since US President Donald Trump said last month that he opposes the move.

Euronews

What does the Israeli proposal to annex the West Bank involve after JD Vance hits out at ‘stupid political stunt’

Over 250 settlements, considered illegal, are spread across the West Bank, with nearly a million settlers

The Independent UK

Vance says he was "insulted" by Knesset vote on West Bank annexation

He stressed that the Trump admin's policy is that "the West Bank is not going to be annexed by Israel."

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Vance says Knesset votes on annexing West Bank are an ‘insult’ as Netanyahu halts progress

US vice-president suggests votes were ‘stupid political stunt’ as Israeli PM orders a stop to any further work on bills

The Guardian - UK

Rubio Heads To Israel As US Seeks To Firm Up Gaza Truce

Top US diplomat Marco Rubio warned that Israel's moves towards annexing the occupied West Bank risked undermining a fragile US-brokered truce in Gaza, as he headed to Israel on Thursday.

International Business Times

Palestinian women giving birth in rubble on roads, says senior UN official, as he compares Gaza to dystopian film – as it happened

UN Population Fund director describes ‘sheer devastation’ in Gaza, saying no such thing as a ‘normal birth’ there

The Guardian - UK

Scoop: Democrats press Trump on preventing Israel from annexing West Bank

Democrats stressed Israel's annexation plans could "place at risk" the Abraham Accords, a key Trump achievement.

Axios

How the murder of an ice-cream seller from Florida embodies a hidden war on the West Bank

ON THE GROUND: Even as Donald Trump touts peace in the Middle East with his Gaza ceasefire deal, the families of US citizens killed in unprecedented settler violence in the West Bank are getting no answers, reports chief international correspondent Bel Trew in Al-Mazra’a ash-Sharqiya

The Independent UK

What to know as Israel and Gaza await the release of hostages, prisoners, aid -- and Trump's visit

Anticipation built across Israel, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank Sunday as the ceasefire held into a third day

The Independent UK

Israel rejects freeing from prison the most popular Palestinian leader

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The Independent UK

‘We are so tired of this life’: The West Bank’s dwindling Palestinian Christian community struggles amid settler violence

Across the wider Middle East, the Christian population has steadily declined as people fled conflict and attacks

The Guardian - UK

This war of revenge has lasted two nightmare years. There’s only one hope for peace: Israel recognising Palestine

Donald Trump’s proposals are in play, but here in the West Bank we live in fear that the devastation of Gaza is coming our way, says writer and lawyer Raja Shehadeh

The Independent UK

PHOTO ESSAY: 18 young lives have been lost in the West Bank this year

One child was sitting on her mother’s lap. Another had just stepped outside his home. Another was picking almonds.

The Guardian - US

‘A club nobody wanted to be a part of’: Families of Americans killed by Israel face uphill climb to justice

Dozens of American citizens have been killed by Hamas and Israel – but the US government has taken a very different approach to the latter

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The Guardian - US

A ‘magic pill’ made Israeli violence invisible. We need to stop swallowing it

For years, I pressed Palestinian interests in peace talks. The response to Trump’s plan proves the international community hasn’t learned from catastrophe

The Independent UK

Don’t be fooled – Trump’s Gaza peace plan is a colonial con-trick on the Palestinians

COMMENT: Donald Trump’s plans for Gaza are doomed and mad. Don’t be conned by what appears to be widespread support for it, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley

The Conversation

The 5 big problems with Trump’s Gaza peace plan

The 20-point plan announced by US President Donald Trump at a joint news conference with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu comes close to living up to Trump’s hype. It is a bold attempt to address all of the issues that need to be resolved if there is to be lasting peace…

The Conversation

The Palestinian Authority is facing a legitimacy crisis. Can it be reformed to govern a Palestinian state?

When Australia, France, Britain, Canada and a handful of other Western countries recognised a Palestinian state at the United Nations last week, one of their key stipulations was the wholesale reform of the Palestinian Authority (PA).

The Independent UK

UN adds 68 companies to blacklist for alleged complicity in rights violations in Israeli settlements

The United Nations has added nearly 70 more companies to a blacklist of companies from 11 countries that it says are complicit in violating Palestinian human rights through their business ties to Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank

Euronews

'Lay down your arms' and free hostages now, Israel's PM Netanyahu tells Hamas at UNGA

Netanyahu also held up a map showing what he called "the curse of Iran's terror axis," saying much of Tehran's proxies had been decimated by Israel's military.

International Business Times

UN Identifies 158 Firms Linked To Israeli Settlements

The United Nations on Friday released a long-awaited update of its database of companies with activities in Israeli settlements in Palestinian territories, listing 158 firms from 11 countries.

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