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Netanyahu Announces Six-Point Plan to Annex Palestinian Land, Defeat Iran

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Following his triumph in the Likud party’s primary elections on December 26, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu introduced a political plan aimed at securing US recognition of Israel’s annexation of West Bank settlements and rolling back Iran’s influence in the region. … Read More >Netanyahu Announces Six-Point Plan to Annex Palestinian Land, Defeat Iran

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US State Department ‘firmly opposes’ ICC probe into Israeli war crimes allegations, insisting court lacks jurisdiction

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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has voiced “firm” opposition to a bid in the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate alleged war crimes committed by Israel in the occupied Palestinian territories. … Read More >US State Department ‘firmly opposes’ ICC probe into Israeli war crimes allegations, insisting court lacks jurisdiction

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Int’l Criminal Court Has No Jurisdiction to Investigate in Palestinian Territories – Netanyahu

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The prime minister’s statement came shortly after the International Criminal Court Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said she would open a full investigation into “the situation in Palestine” as it had been determined that war crimes had been committed there. … Read More >Int’l Criminal Court Has No Jurisdiction to Investigate in Palestinian Territories – Netanyahu

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Fruit of ‘US-backed colonization’: Israel to DOUBLE Jewish population in West Bank’s Hebron

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Two weeks after the US announced that it did not consider illegal Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territories to be in breach of international law, Israel announced a plan to double the Jewish population of Hebron. … Read More >Fruit of ‘US-backed colonization’: Israel to DOUBLE Jewish population in West Bank’s Hebron

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‘Israel has lost even pretense of respect for international law’ – expelled HRW official to RT

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A top Human Rights Watch official recently deported from Israel spoke to RT about his expulsion, warning that the world will hear about more rights abuses in the occupied Palestinian lands if it doesn’t act. … Read More >‘Israel has lost even pretense of respect for international law’ – expelled HRW official to RT

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Palestine warns breaking off relations with US over ‘legalization’ of West Bank settlements is imminent

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has threatened to end the nation’s relationship with the US after the Trump administration declared Israel’s Jewish-only settlements in the West Bank – illegal under international law – legal. … Read More >Palestine warns breaking off relations with US over ‘legalization’ of West Bank settlements is imminent