“[An] Israeli settlement in E1 will cut the West Bank in half and prevent territorial contiguity of a future Palestinian state”, the report adds.
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The Israeli victims died in lone-wolf stabbing, shooting and vehicular attacks by Palestinians. The demolitions occurred across the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, Quds Press reported on Tuesday.
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Twenty-five Palestinians were arrested by Israeli authorities recently, suspected of forming a terrorist cell aiming to carry out suicide bombing attacks against Israelis, the Shin Bet Security Agency announced on Wednesday.
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“The continued settlement growth raises honest questions about Israel’s long-term intentions and will only make separating from the Palestinians much more hard”, US Secretary of State John Kerry said in a speech in Washington on December 6.
The ministry said that it “acts only according to approved plans and based on the decisions of the government and prime minister”.
The incident took place near Huwara south of Nablus on Thursday, leaving a soldier injured, a military statement said. At least 129 Palestinians have died in the same period, of whom 89 Israel says were attacking or attempting to attack Israelis.
In another attack, earlier in the day, police said a soldier was stabbed and lightly wounded in Jerusalem by a 30-year-old attacker.
Meanwhile, a bill that would impose new regulations on Israeli non-profit groups that receive funds from foreign governments has won ministerial approval, a move critics said targets pro-Palestinian organisations.
Israeli ministers on Sunday voted unanimously in favour of adopting a controversial “transparency bill” targeting left-wing non-governmental organisations, perceived by human right groups as an undemocratic “witch hunt”. The global community, including the US, rejects settlements as illegal or illegitimate, saying they undermine the goal of establishing a Palestinian state living in peace next to Israel.
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On Twitter, Peace Now, an Israeli NGO that tracks and opposes Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, called the legislation “a hate crime against democracy”.
