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☆ What's the Israel-Palestinian conflict about? The origin of wars explained
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Palestinians who stayed put in the war today form the Arab Israeli community, making up about 20% of Israel's population. Israel has occupied the West Bank, Arab East Jerusalem, which it captured from Jordan, and Syria's Golan Heights ever since. A two-state solution, Israeli settlements, the status of Jerusalem, and refugees are at the core of the dispute. Israel has said a Palestinian state must be demilitarised so as not to threaten Israel. Jerusalem - Palestinians want East Jerusalem, which includes sites sacred to Muslims, Jews and Christians, to be the capital of their state.

Persons: David Ben, Gurion, Israel, Golan, Yasser Arafat, Yitzhak Rabin, Arafat, David, Bill Clinton, Ehud Barak, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Jerusalem, Trump, Edmund Blair Organizations: Israel, West Bank, Palestinian, Oslo Accords, U.S, Refugees, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Israel, British, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Gaza, East Jerusalem, U.S, Egypt, Arab East Jerusalem, Suez, Golan, Oslo, Israeli, Palestinian, Washington, Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, Jerusalem

☆ What's the Israel-Palestinian conflict about and how did it start?
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

The conflict pits Israeli demands for security in what it has long regarded as a hostile region against Palestinian aspirations for a state of their own. Palestinians who stayed put in the war today form the Arab Israeli community, making up about 20% of Israel's population. Israel has occupied the West Bank, Arab East Jerusalem, which it captured from Jordan, and Syria's Golan Heights ever since. Israel has said a Palestinian state must be demilitarised so as not to threaten Israel. Jerusalem - Palestinians want East Jerusalem, which includes sites sacred to Muslims, Jews and Christians, to be the capital of their state.

Persons: David Ben, Gurion, Israel, Golan, Yasser Arafat, Mohammed Salem, Yitzhak Rabin, Arafat, David, Bill Clinton, Ehud Barak, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Jerusalem, Trump, Edmund Blair Organizations: Israel, West Bank, Palestinian, REUTERS, Oslo Accords, U.S, Refugees, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Israel, British, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Gaza, East Jerusalem, U.S, Egypt, Arab East Jerusalem, Suez, Golan, Gaza City, Oslo, Israeli, Palestinian, Washington, Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, Jerusalem

On Saturday, Hamas gunmen from the Gaza Strip rampaged through parts of southern Israel, in the deadliest Palestinian militant attack in Israel's history. Israel's embassy in Washington said on Tuesday the death toll from the weekend Hamas attacks had surpassed 1,000. Biden called the Hamas attacks "an act of sheer evil" and said Washington was rushing additional military assistance to Israel, including ammunition and interceptors to replenish the Iron Dome aerial defense system. They were the first senior Hamas members killed since Israel began pounding the enclave. U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk, who denounced the Hamas attacks, said: "International humanitarian law is clear: the obligation to take constant care to spare the civilian population and civilian objects remains applicable throughout the attacks."

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On Saturday, Hamas gunmen from the Gaza Strip rampaged through parts of southern Israel, killing hundreds of people in the deadliest Palestinian militant attack in Israel's history. Israel's embassy in Washington said the death toll from the weekend Hamas attacks had surpassed 1,000. U.S. officials say they do not have evidence Iran orchestrated the attacks, but point to Iran's longterm support for Hamas. Biden called the Hamas attacks "an act of sheer evil" and said Washington was rushing additional military assistance to Israel, including ammunition and interceptors to replenish the Iron Dome aerial defense system. Israeli soldiers went from house to house to take away the dead.

Persons: Ronen, Israel, Biden, Joe Biden, Israel's, Yoav Gallant, ", Washington, Antony Blinken, Matthew Miller, Benjamin Netanyahu's, Netanyahu, Benny Gantz, Gaza's Khan Younis, Ala Abu Tair, Abassan Al, Jawad Abu Shammala, Zakaria Abu Maamar, Khan Younis, Abu Shammala, Human Rights Volker Turk, Elad Hakim, Aza, Itai Veruv, Dan Williams, Emily Rose, Henriette Chacar, Ari Rabinovitch, Nidal, Maayan, Steve Holland, Nandita Bose, Rami Ayyub, Daphne Psaledakis, Simon Lewis, Howard Goller Organizations: REUTERS, Rockets, Hamas, U.S, Israel, Israeli, White, United, Department, Defence, The United Nations, Palestinian Foreign Ministry, Human Rights, West Bank, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Israel, Ashkelon, Lebanon, Syria, U.S, JERUSALEM, GAZA, WASHINGTON, Palestinian, Israel's, Washington, United States, Iran, Gaza's, U.N, East Jerusalem, Be'eri, stretchers, Europe, Jerusalem, Kfar Aza

☆ Israel and Palestinian war: What you need to know right now
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

*Israel's Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said that the Israeli campaign in Gaza would "change reality for generations." *The Palestinian Foreign Ministry denounced Israel's attacks on Gaza as a "barbarous campaign of death and destruction." HAMAS PLANNING*Hamas carried out a careful campaign of deception to pull of its stunning attack, accounts from Hamas and Israeli sources show. UNITED STATES AID*President Joe Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday that the U.S. was sending additional assistance for Israel's military. *U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said that the U.S. will send multiple military ships and aircraft closer to Israel.

Persons: Yoav Gallant, Israel's, Joe Biden, Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Lloyd Austin, Brad Brooks, Andrea Ricci Organizations: Hamas, Israel's, Palestinian Foreign Ministry, UNITED STATES, Israeli, Sunday, Defense, Thomson Locations: Gaza, ISRAEL, GAZA, U.S, Israel

☆ Israel retaliates after Hamas attacks, deaths pass 1,100
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +10 min

Israeli military spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus said the country had called in around 100,000 soldiers. Iran is an ally of Hamas and while it congratulated Hamas on the attack, its mission to the United Nations said Tehran was not involved in the attacks. Several international air carriers have suspended flight services with Tel Aviv in light of the Hamas attack, saying they are waiting for conditions to improve before resuming. In Gaza, Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem condemned the U.S. announcement as "an actual participation in the aggression against our people" and said the group would not be intimidated. The United States led Western denunciations of Hamas' attack, with Biden issuing a blunt warning to Iran and others on : "This is not a moment for any party hostile to Israel to exploit these attacks."

Persons: Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu's, Yoav Gallant, Jonathan Conricus, Brent, Ebrahim Raisi, they're, They're, Yoni Asher, Uri David, Mohammed Salem, Attar, Daniel Hagari, Netanyahu, Aaron David Miller, Joe Biden, Lloyd Austin, Gerald R, Hazem Qassem, Lebanon's, Peacemaking, Ismail Haniyeh, Gazans, Maayan Lubell, Ari Rabinovitch, Nidal, Ammar Anwar, Henriette Chacar, Emily Rose, Dan Williams, Ali Sawafta, Steven Scheer, James Mackenzie, Angus McDowall, Andrew Cawthorne, Matt Spetalnick, Stephen Coates, Michael Perry Organizations: Fighters, United Nations, Nasdaq, Sunday, REUTERS, White, National Security, Islamic, Carnegie Endowment, International, . Defense, Ford Carrier Strike Group, Palestinian, West Bank, Palestinian Authority, Jerusalem, United, Biden, Thomson Locations: Gaza, JERUSALEM, GAZA, Israel, Egypt, Yom, Ofakim, Iran, Tehran, Tel Aviv, Lebanon's Iran, Palestine, Gaza City, Palestinian, U.S, Saudi Arabia, United States, Jerusalem, Sderot, Ramallah, Modiin, Washington

☆ Israel and Palestinian War: What You Need to Know Right Now
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-08 | by ( Oct. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

Persons: Yoav Gallant, Israel's, Joe Biden, Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Lloyd Austin, Brad Brooks, Andrea Ricci Organizations: Reuters, Hamas, Israel's, Palestinian Foreign Ministry, UNITED STATES, Israeli, Sunday, Defense Locations: Gaza, ISRAEL, GAZA, U.S, Israel

☆ US admits Israel into visa waiver program
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( David Shepardson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Some Palestinians have protested against Israel's entry into the program, saying Israel for decades has discriminated against Arab Americans and harassed them at its borders. They also must treat all U.S. travelers equally, so Israel must allow free passage for Palestinian Americans at Ben Gurion airport. In a pilot period since July 20, Israel has eased access for Palestinian Americans through its borders and the Israeli-occupied West Bank. According to Israel's Interior Ministry, more than 130,000 Americans entered Israel since the pilot began, including 6,070 Palestinian Americans. Between 45,000 and 60,000 Palestinian Americans live in the West Bank, a U.S. official estimated.

Persons: Joe Biden, Benjamin Netanyahu, Ronen, Chris Van Hollen, Alejandro Mayorkas, Netanyahu, Antony Blinken, David Shepardson, Dan Williams, Ali Sawafta, Henriette Chacar, Clarence Fernandez, William Maclean, David Gregorio Our Organizations: U.S, Israeli, White, Consulate, REUTERS, Rights, Visa, Arab, . Four Democratic U.S, Israel, U.S . Homeland, West Bank, Palestinian, Palestinian Foreign Ministry, Israel's Interior Ministry, Homeland Security Department, Thomson Locations: U.S, Israeli, Tel Aviv, Israel, Washington, United States, Ben Gurion, Croatia, Palestinian Territories, American, Detroit

Al-Sudairi was appointed last month and is on his first visit to Ramallah, the seat of President Mahmoud Abbas’ Palestinian Authority in the West Bank. During his two-day trip, the Saudi diplomat planned to meet with Abbas and other senior Palestinian officials. Political Cartoons View All 1179 ImagesAl-Sudairi told senior Palestinian officials Tuesday that Saudi Arabia supported the creation of a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital, according to a statement from Palestinian officials. He praised efforts to bring about peace in the region in accordance with the Arab Peace Initiative. The Palestinian Authority also has not specified what it is willing to accept from the Israeli government.

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☆ Palestinians accept first Saudi ambassador
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

At a ceremony in Jordan, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's diplomatic adviser Majdi al-Khalidi received a copy of the credentials of Ambassador Nayef Al-Sudairi as a non-resident envoy, official Palestinian news agency Wafa said. Palestinian analyst Talal Okal said the diplomatic appointment was a half-step toward an official Saudi representation office in the occupied West Bank. "It is also a message Saudi Arabia was committed to the rights of the Palestinians in a fully sovereign state," he added. PALESTINIAN CONCERNPalestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki said last week that Abbas's Western-backed Palestinian Authority is hoping to engage with Saudi Arabia over their concerns about the potential normalisation with Israel. Saudi Arabia has quietly accepted the so-called Abraham Accords that have normalised ties between Israel and Gulf states United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.

Persons: Mahmoud Abbas's, Majdi al, Khalidi, Nayef Al, Wafa, al, Talal Okal, Riyad al, Maliki, Abraham, Benjamin Netanyahu, Nidal al, Ali Swafta, Maayan Lubell, Hatem Maher, Andrew Cawthorne Organizations: West Bank, Palestinian, Saudi, Abraham Accords, United, NBC, Thomson Locations: RAMALLAH, West, Saudi Arabian, Israel, Saudi Arabia, U.S, Saudi, Jordan, Palestinian, Gulf, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Gaza, Ramallah, Maayan, Jerusalem, Cairo

☆ Israel files terrorism charges against two settlers in West Bank rampages
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( Dan Williams | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The spree of vandalism and arson by hundreds of settlers in several villages and towns in the occupied West Bank last month followed the June 20 killing of four Israelis by Hamas gunmen. Their goal was "to arouse fear or shock in the community through a grave blow to the sacrosanct," it said. The charges - including disorderly conduct, insulting religion, aggravated arson and aggravated assault - normally carry maximum prison terms ranging between three and 20 years. The Palestinian Foreign Ministry described the settler rampages as "state-sponsored terrorism". Israel's hard-right government includes ministers who chafe at attributing the term terrorism to settlers.

Persons: Dan Williams, Nick Macfie, Conor Humphries Organizations: West Bank, Palestinian Foreign Ministry, Thomson Locations: Orif, Umm Safa

☆ Israeli policeman acquitted in killing of autistic Palestinian
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/2] Rana al-Halaq, the mother of Iyad al-Halaq, an unarmed autistic Palestinian man who was shot dead by Israeli police, sits surrounded by pictures of her son in her family home in East Jerusalem, July 6, 2023. REUTERS/Sinan Abu MayzerJERUSALEM, July 6 (Reuters) - An Israeli court on Thursday acquitted a policeman who shot dead an autistic Palestinian in 2020, ruling that the victim was mistaken for a militant under circumstances arising from the "unique intensity" of trying to secure Jerusalem. Prosecutors in 2021 filed negligent manslaughter charges in Jerusalem District Court against the policeman. The Israeli justice ministry department, which oversees investigations of the police, said it will decide how to proceed after studying the verdict. The unarmed Halaq ran away, prompting a pursuit in which one officer shot at his legs and missed, after which the defendant fatally shot him in the stomach, the indictment said.

Persons: Rana, Iyad, Sinan Abu Mayzer JERUSALEM, Miriam Lomp, clasping, Kheiry, Halaq, Dan Williams, Roleen Tafakji, Sinan Abu Mayzer, Devika Organizations: REUTERS, Prosecutors, Court, police, West Bank, Palestinian Foreign Ministry, Thomson Locations: East Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel, Old City

They undermine law and order in Judea and Samaria [West Bank] and must stop immediately,” he said at a cabinet meeting on Sunday. These calls hurt the vital interests of the State of Israel and they must stop immediately.”Israeli authorities describe the West Bank as Judea and Samaria. I emphasize – approved.”The recent uptick in violence peaked on Wednesday, when Israeli settlers attacked the Palestinian village of Turmusayya in the occupied West Bank, the day after the killing of four Jewish settlers nearby, according to the mayor of the village. ‘Nationalist terrorism’Senior Israeli security officials condemned what they called “nationalist terrorism” by some settlers, after the latest attacks took place on Saturday around the Palestinian village of Umm Safr, north of Ramallah. Sven Kuhn von Burgsdorff, the head of the European Union's mission to the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip, stands inside a destroyed structure in Ramallah on Friday.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu, “, ”, ’, Herzi Halevi, Yaakov Shabtai, Umm, Sven Kuhn von Burgsdorff, Ahmad Gharabli, ” Ghassan Douglas, Mohammad Radee Organizations: Jerusalem CNN, Israeli, West Bank, West, UN, Palestinian, Nationalist, Israeli General Staff, Israel Security Agency, ISA, Israel’s Police, Israel Police, Getty, Palestine TV, CNN, Palestine, Palestinian Foreign Ministry Locations: Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, West, Israel, West Bank, Turmusayya, Jenin, Umm Safr, Ramallah, “, Gaza, AFP

☆ Israeli settlers build new outposts amid rising West Bank violence
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

[1/5] A European diplomat checks a Palestinian house that was torched by Israeli settlers, during a visit to Turmus Ayya, near Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank June 23, 2023. The developments followed some of the worst violence in years involving Palestinians, Israeli forces and Jewish settlers in the West Bank in the past week. The Yedioth Ahronoth daily reported at least seven new outposts were built in the West Bank since Thursday with the government's knowledge. Since taking office in January, Netanyahu's religious-nationalist coalition has approved the promotion of more than 7,000 new housing units, most deep in the West Bank. According to the United Nations, some 700,000 settlers live in 279 settlements across the West Bank and East Jerusalem, up from 520,000 in 2012.

Persons: Ammar Awad JERUSALEM, Itamar Ben, Benjamin Netanyahu's, Gvir, Israel, Netanyahu, Eli, Daniel Hagari, Henriette Chacar, Angus MacSwan Organizations: West Bank, REUTERS, Palestinian, National, United Nations, Military, Israel, Thomson Locations: European, Ramallah, Geneva, Israel, Palestinian, Jenin, West, Turmus, East Jerusalem

Jerusalem CNN —A 3-year-old Palestinian boy died Monday, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said, days after he was shot by Israeli troops in the occupied West Bank. He was shot on Thursday night near the Israeli settlement of Neveh Tzuf, north of Jerusalem in the West Bank. The child’s father, Haitham Tamimi, said he was going to visit his brother when he and Muhammad were shot. The child's father, Haitham Tamimi, said he was going to visit his brother when he and Muhammad were shot. The child was then transported, ventilated and in unstable condition, by IDF helicopter to Sheba-Tel Hashomer hospital in Israel.

Persons: Muhammad Haitham, Tamimi, Haitham Tamimi, Muhammad, ” Tamimi, “, couldn’t, I’m, Magen David Adom, ” Organizations: Jerusalem CNN, Palestinian Ministry of Health, West Bank, CNN, Israel Defense Forces, MDA, IDF, Palestinian Foreign Ministry Locations: Jerusalem, Israel, Neveh, Sheba, Tel Hashomer, Ramallah

"We have seen things we had never seen before. Sudan has long been a popular destination for Palestinian students, attracted by relatively low tuition fees and the ease of obtaining a visa. "My son told me he and his friends had to walk out of the place in the dark and they saw bodies scattered in the streets," Moussa told Reuters. Speaking by phone aboard the bus leaving Khartoum on Tuesday, his son Mohammad told Reuters his future was in jeopardy. "To be able to finish my studies, war has to stop," said Mohammad, who was in the final year of his course.

☆ Gaza militants fire rockets into Israel, military says
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

GAZA, April 6 (Reuters) - Palestinian militants fired rockets into southern Israel for a second day on Thursday, the Israeli military said, after a police raid at a Jerusalem flashpoint holy site triggered crossborder fire and stoked fears of further escalation. There were no casualties reported in the early morning rocket attack from the blockaded Gaza Strip, controlled by Islamist militant group Hamas. On Wednesday, Israeli police raided the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem, a tinderbox of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. At least 12 Palestinians were injured and images of officers beating worshippers inside Islam's third holiest site circulated on social media. Militants in Gaza fired rockets into Israel soon after, drawing Israeli air strikes.

☆ Palestinians accuse settlers of arson, Israel says electrical fire
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-26 | by ( Ali Sawafta | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] Firefighters work at a Palestinian house which Palestinians say was attacked by Israeli settlers near Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, March 26, 2023. A Sinjel resident who requested anonymity told Reuters he saw cars whose occupants he recognised as Jewish settlers nearby minutes before the incident. Most countries deem the settlements, which take up land Palestinians seek for a state, illegal. That sparked a revenge rampage by settlers in which a Palestinian was killed and properties torched. In overnight West Bank raids, Israeli forces arrested three suspected militants, the army said on Sunday.

[1/5] Palestinians relatives of Sabreen Abu Jazar, who died when a boat carrying migrants sank offshore Greece, mourn in her family home in Gaza Strip March 3, 2023. After leaving Gaza in February, via Egypt, Sabreen flew to Turkey where she met her husband, who had migrated to Belgium years ago. "I celebrated her as a bride, now she's returned to me in a coffin," said her mother-in-law Buthayna Abu Jazar. In an effort to promote security along its Gaza border, Israel offers some 20,000 permits to allow Gazans to work in Israel. In Gaza, Hamas says a permanent solution for unemployment is beyond its ability alone.

☆ Israeli minister says "no such thing" as Palestinian people
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

JERUSALEM, March 20 (Reuters) - An Israeli minister with responsibility for the administration of the occupied West Bank drew condemnation on Monday after he said there was no Palestinian history or culture and no such thing as a Palestinian people. Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh condemned Smotrich's remarks, saying they amounted to incitement to violence. After two Jewish settlers were killed by a Palestinian gunman near the West Bank town of Huwara last month, and settlers responded by torching homes and cars there, killing one Palestinian, Smotrich said Huwara should be "erased". The West Bank has seen a surge of confrontations over the past year, with near-daily Israeli military raids and escalating violence by Jewish settlers, amid a spate of attacks by Palestinians. Palestinians seek to establish a state in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza, areas Israel captured in a 1967 war.

☆ Israel's Ben-Gvir visits contested Jerusalem holy site, Palestinians protest
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-03 | by ( Dan Williams | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

"The Temple Mount is open to all," Ben-Gvir said on Twitter, using the Jewish name for the site. The Palestinian foreign ministry said it “strongly condemns the storming of Al-Aqsa mosque by the extremist minister Ben-Gvir and views it as unprecedented provocation and a dangerous escalation of the conflict". "If Hamas thinks that it can deter me with threats, it should understand that times have changed," Ben-Gvir said on Twitter. But Netanyahu, now in his sixth term as premier, has pledged to preserve the "status quo" around holy sites. The Al-Aqsa compound, known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary, is Islam's third-holiest site.

But the boat taking them across the Mediterranean Sea from Libya sank soon after leaving. According to the World Bank, unemployment in Gaza runs at about 50% and more than half its population lives in poverty. But among the thousands attending the migrants' funerals, there was added outrage and despair at the October shipwreck. He said the total number of Palestinian migrants was unknown. The young men who were buried on Sunday crossed Egypt before flying to Libya where they waited months to set sail.

☆ Israel's Ben-Gvir, in leaked audio, cautious on far-right agenda in government
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-27 | by ( Dan Williams | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

But Ben-Gvir, now a lawyer, says his positions have become more moderate. A soldier was suspended on Friday after being videotaped warning pro-Palestinian activists in the flashpoint West Bank city of Hebron: "Ben-Gvir will sort this place out." "Every bill you propose has very, very broad consequences and impacts," Ben-Gvir says in the recording. Queried by Army Radio, Ben-Gvir verified the recording. Palestinians and Jordan regard Jewish prayer there as a major provocation.

☆ U.S. is probing Shireen Abu Akleh’s killing, Israel's defense minister says
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

Abu Akleh’s supporters accuse Israel of intentionally killing the 51-year-old and have urged Washington to open a full investigation. Gantz, who is set to leave his post following elections earlier this month that vaulted Israel’s former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu back to power, was defense minister when Abu Akleh was killed. In September, Israel acknowledged for the first time that Israeli fire probably killed Abu Akleh. Human rights groups have long accused the Israeli military of failing to properly investigate wrongdoing by its own troops and seldom holding forces accountable. Abu Akleh was shot while reporting on an Israeli military raid in the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank, long a flashpoint in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

☆ Israelis, Palestinians can fly on same flights to World Cup in Qatar
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Soccer fans from Israel and the Palestinian territories will be able to fly directly to the FIFA World Cup in Qatar from Tel Aviv for the first time, soccer’s global governing body announced Thursday. The development is a breakthrough agreement for Israel and Qatar — two countries without diplomatic relations. The charter flights to Doha from Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv for the tournament starting Nov. 20 will be open to all Palestinians, FIFA said. Israel may still refuse to grant exit permits to residents of blockaded Gaza seeking to fly out of Tel Aviv to attend the World Cup. Israeli citizens cannot ordinarily fly directly to Doha or enter Qatar on their Israeli passports.

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