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U.S. extremely concerned by levels of violence in Israel and West Bank

The United States is extremely concerned by the levels of violence in Israel and the West Bank and is concerned that a raid by Israeli forces there could set back efforts at restoring calm, the State Department said on Wednesday.

Reuters

What's behind the Israeli army's deadly Nablus arrest raid?

The heart of the West Bank city of Nablus, the Palestinian commercial center, is in ruins after a brazen daytime Israeli military triggered a firefight that killed at least 10 Palestinians and wounded more than 100 others

The Independent UK

Israeli raid leaves 11 dead and 100 wounded, Palestinians say, as violence rises

The Israeli military says it was targeting a militant group in the West Bank called the Lion's Den. So far this year, at least 55 Palestinians — including civilians — have been killed.

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Israeli West Bank raid kills 10 Palestinians and hurts more than 100 others

The rare daytime arrest operation triggered one of the bloodiest battles in nearly a year of fighting, leaving shops in Nablus riddled with bullets and a building reduced to rubble.

WEKU

Palestinians: 9 killed in Israeli army raid in West Bank

Palestinian officials say that at least nine Palestinians have been killed and 102 were wounded during a rare daytime Israeli army arrest raid in the occupied West Bank

The Independent UK

Israeli troops conduct deadly raid in flashpoint West Bank city

Israeli troops killed 10 Palestinians, including a 72-year-old man, and injured 102 others during a rare daytime raid in the West Bank city of Nablus on Wednesday, according to Palestinian health officials.

France 24

10 Palestinians Killed, Dozens Shot in Israel West Bank Raid

Israeli troops killed 10 Palestinians Wednesday in a raid on the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, while more than 80 suffered gunshot wounds, the Palestinian health ministry said. The Israeli army said the raid targeted militant suspects "in a hideout apartment" accused of shootings in the West Bank. It…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Palestinian parties condemn PA over UN vote withdrawal

The PA reportedly withdrew a draft resolution against illegal Israeli settlements following a deal with the US.

Al Jazeera

Israeli troops kill 11 Palestinians in West Bank clash, medics say

Israeli troops killed 11 Palestinians, including at least four gunmen and four civilians, and wounded more than 100 people during a Wednesday raid on a city in the occupied West Bank, witnesses, militant groups and medical officials said.

Reuters

Israeli forces kill 11 Palestinians in Nablus raid

Dozens of Palestinians also wounded by live fire after the violent Israeli incursion into the occupied West Bank city.

Al Jazeera

Nicholas Goldberg: Why Israel is losing me

For many years I believed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was fixable, that a final resolution could — and ultimately would — be found in the creation of two independent, sovereign states. I thought it was, all in all, the fairest but also the most pragmatic solution, and that both sides would…

Los Angeles Times

Palestinian teen succumbs to Israeli gunshot wounds

Muntaser al-Shawwa was severely wounded two weeks ago, with his family accusing the Israeli army of ‘shooting to kill’.

Al Jazeera

Palestinian Teen Shot by Israeli Forces Dies

A 16-year-old Palestinian died Monday from his wounds almost two weeks after being shot in the head by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said. The ministry announced the death of "Montaser Mohammad Theeb Shawa, 16, of his wounds, which he sustained two weeks ago…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Council OKs Watered-down Statement on Israel Settlements

The UN Security Council unanimously approved a watered-down statement strongly opposing Israel’s continued construction and expansion of settlements Monday. The vote came after high-stakes negotiations by the Biden administration succeeded in derailing a legally binding resolution that would have demanded a halt to Israeli settlement activity. The Palestinian-backed draft resolution…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Axios

Israelis and Palestinians have been holding secret talks for weeks

The talks are an effort to de-escalate rising tensions in the occupied West Bank, three sources told Axios.

Reuters

UN Security Council denounces Israel in statement after US showdown averted

The U.N. Security Council issued a formal statement on Monday denouncing Israel's plan to expand settlements on occupied Palestinian territory, the first action the United States has allowed the body to take against its ally Israel in six years.

The Independent UK

Israel promises not to approve additional West Bank outposts

Israel has told the Biden administration it will rein in the approval of new West Bank settlement outposts

Al Jazeera

PA ‘backtracks’ on UN resolution against Israel amid US pressure

The UAE, which had drafted the resolution, has dropped the vote apparently amid US pressure, reports say.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Israel Tells US it Won’t Authorize New Settlements in Coming Months

Israel will not authorize new settlements in the occupied West Bank in the coming months, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said on Monday, after behind-the-scenes talks to head off a planned UN Security Council vote on the contested issue. Netanyahu's religious-nationalist coalition on Feb. 12 granted retroactive authorization to nine…

Reuters

Israel tells U.S. it won't authorise new settlements in coming months

Israel will not authorise new settlements in the occupied West Bank in the coming months, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said on Monday, after behind-the-scenes talks to head off a planned U.N. Security Council vote on the contested issue.

Axios

Palestinians to suspend U.N. Security Council vote on Israel settlements after U.S. pressure

The U.N. Security Council will instead put out a presidential statement denouncing Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.

The Independent UK

Ukraine in mind, US frantic to avert Mideast showdown at UN

The Biden administration is scrambling to avert a diplomatic crisis this week at the United Nations over Israeli settlement activity

Al Jazeera

US criticism of Israeli settlements is ‘meaningless’: Analysts

Washington says it is ‘deeply troubled’ by settlement expansion but rejects UN efforts to denounce Israeli policies.

Asharq Al-Awsat

US ‘Veto’ Haunts Draft Resolution Delegitimizing West Bank Settlements

The US had expressed its clear objection to a draft resolution calling on Israel to stop steps it is taking to legalize nine settlement outposts in the occupied West Bank, UN diplomats told Asharq Al-Awsat on Friday. The resolution, still in draft form, calls for respecting the current historical status…

The Independent UK

UN draft resolution demands halt to Israeli settlements

A Palestinian-backed U_N_ resolution that could be put to a vote in the Security Council early next week would demand an immediate halt to all Israeli settlement activities, condemn Israeli attempts to annex settlements and outposts, “and call for their immediate reversal.”

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