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Palestinian Authorities to Reject Trump’s Deal If Treaty Violates Int’l Law – Abbas Spokesman

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The Palestinian authorities will reject US President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan, known as the “deal of the century” if the proposed agreement violates international law, Palestinian presidential spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh has said. … Read More >Palestinian Authorities to Reject Trump’s Deal If Treaty Violates Int’l Law – Abbas Spokesman

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Israeli cops disguised as Palestinians attacked by Jewish teens in no-Arabs-allowed settlement, 2 arrested

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Two teenage boys from the Jewish-only settlement of Bat Ayin have been arrested for attacking a pair of cops disguised as Palestinian laborers in what the right-wing legal aid group defending them has condemned as a “provocation.” … Read More >Israeli cops disguised as Palestinians attacked by Jewish teens in no-Arabs-allowed settlement, 2 arrested

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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