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Factbox-The West Bank Settlements at the Heart of the Middle East Conflict
An Israeli settlement is made up of housing units built for Jewish Israelis on land captured by Israel from Jordan in the 1967 Middle East war, primarily in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. The land is home to Palestinians who seek a future independent state.
Israel announces a settlement project that critics say will effectively cut the West Bank in two
Israel’s far-right finance minister said Thursday that a contentious new settlement construction in the Israeli-occupied West Bank is going ahead — a project that Palestinians and rights groups worry will scuttle plans for a Palestinian state by effectively cutting the territory into two parts.
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Saudi strongly condemns Israel's approval of settlement building around Jerusalem
Saudi Arabia has strongly condemned Israel's approval of plans to build settlements around Jerusalem, saying that it ...
Bezalel Smotrich, the finance minister, said on Thursday that a plan to significantly expand a settlement near occupied East ...
Twenty years ago, Israel withdrew from the Gaza Strip, dismantling 21 Jewish settlements and pulling out its forces ...
A far-right Israeli minister sparked outrage on Sunday after leading a group of Jewish worshippers in prayer at the most ...
Three east Jerusalem residents arrested in are suspected of fabricating dozens of explosive devices and plotting to commit ...
A future state is complicated by the sheer number of Israeli settlers in the occupied territories and the barriers Israel has ...
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