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☆ Israeli forces kill Palestinian officer in clashes, WAFA says
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/3] Israeli settlers walk past structures that were erected for a new Jewish seminary school, in the settler outpost of Homesh in the Israeli-occupied West Bank May 29, 2023. REUTERS/Ronen ZvulunJENIN, West Bank, May 29 (Reuters) - Israeli forces killed a Palestinian security officer during clashes in the occupied West Bank flashpoint city of Jenin on Monday, the official Palestinian news agency Wafa said. In another part of the West Bank on Monday, Jewish settlers inaugurated a seminary in an area that has been a focus of U.S. scrutiny, drawing Palestinian condemnation. "With God's help ... there will be many more new settlements in northern Samaria," he said, referring to the West Bank by its biblical name. "Statements of condemnation are no longer enough in the face of the (Israeli) extremist right-wing government," said his spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh.

☆ Israel says no plan for new settlements in West Bank area evacuated in 2005
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

JERUSALEM, March 22 (Reuters) - Israel sought on Wednesday to calm international concern over its amending of a law that had ordered the 2005 evacuation of settlers from an area of the occupied West Bank, saying it had no intention of building new settlements there. Tuesday's repeal in parliament of elements of the "disengagement law" would in principle allow Israelis to return to the four evacuated settlements in the northern West Bank on condition of approval by the military. That drew protests from the Palestinians, who seek statehood in the West Bank, as well as from Western powers that have been closely watching the impact on long-stalled peace-making of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's hard-right coalition government. Most countries deem the settlements illegal for taking up land which Israel captured in the 1967 Middle East war. Writing by Dan Williams; Editing by Toby Chopra and Emelia Sithole-MatariseOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ At remote desert outpost, Israeli settlers triumphant despite Western anger
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-15 | by ( Ronen Zvulun | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/5] An aerial view shows a cluster of mobile homes in Beit Hogla, a settlement in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, February 15, 2023. REUTERS/Ronen ZvulunBEIT HOGLA SETTLEMENT, West Bank, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Between Jericho and the Dead Sea, Israeli settlers rejoice after the government granted their outpost retroactive approval. Drawing Western concern and Palestinian anger, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government authorised nine settler outposts in the occupied West Bank this week, in response to two Palestinian street attacks in which nine Israelis were killed. Israel disputes the illegality of the settlements and cites Biblical and historical ties to the West Bank, which it calls by its Biblical name - Judea and Samaria. More than 450,000 people, or less than 5% of Israel’s population, are Jewish settlers in the West Bank, home to about 3 million Palestinians who exercise limited self-rule there.

☆ Israel's Netanyahu pledges more action against Palestinian attackers
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

JERUSALEM, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday promised a stronger Israeli response in dealing with a spate of Palestinian attacks in Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank, as pressure swelled within his right-wing government to employ more severe tactics. Tensions are also high in the West Bank, where Israeli forces have carried out hundreds of arrests in recent months during near-daily raids that have seen bloody gunbattles with Palestinian militants. Itamar Ben-Gvir, Netanyahu's far-right national security minister, said however that police had already begun a major enforcement campaign in East Jerusalem that would include measures from handing out traffic tickets to demolishing houses of Palestinian attackers. Speaking in Cairo, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Palestinians were facing a "lethal assault," and repeated a pledge to pursue action against Israel before the United Nations and International Criminal Court. Reporting by Ari Rabinovitch Additional reporting by Ali Sawafta Editing by Frances KerryOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Israeli military boosting forces in West Bank, spokesperson says
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

JERUSALEM, Jan 28 (Reuters) - The Israeli military said on Saturday it was boosting forces in the occupied West Bank, a day after a Palestinian gunman shot seven people dead near a synagogue on the outskirts of Jerusalem. "Following an IDF (Israeli Defence Forces) situational assessment, it was decided to reinforce the Judea and Samaria (West Bank) Division with an additional battalion," the military said. Reporting by Maayan LubellOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Israeli army reinforces in West Bank after synagogue shooting
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-28 | by ( Maayan Lubell | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Friday night's shooting came a day after the deadliest Israeli raid in the West Bank in years and cross-border fire between Israel and Gaza that heightened fears of a spiral in bloodshed. On Saturday, the Israeli ambulance service said two people were hurt in what appeared to be another shooting attack. "Following an IDF (Israeli Defence Forces) situational assessment, it was decided to reinforce the Judea and Samaria (West Bank) Division with an additional battalion," the military said. It came days before a planned visit by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to Israel and the West Bank. Violence in the West Bank surged after a spate of lethal attacks in Israel last year.

☆ Israel’s Powerful New Finance Minister Aims to Entrench Israeli Rule in West Bank
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-04 | by ( Dov Lieber | Aaron Boxerman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

JERUSALEM—Israel’s new finance minister, the leader of the country’s far-right Religious Zionism party and an advocate of outright annexation of at least parts of the West Bank, said he plans to spend billions of dollars building infrastructure and investing in Jewish settlements in the territory. “We will lead the development, formalization and strengthening of our grip in these areas of our homeland, Judea and Samaria,” said Bezalel Smotrich as the new government was sworn in last week, using the biblical name for the West Bank.

☆ Netanyahu government makes West Bank settlement expansion top priority
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-28 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

Palestinian protesters argue with Israeli soldiers during a demonstration against Israeli settlements near Nablus in the West Bank. Nasser Ishtayeh / Sipa USA via APIsrael captured the West Bank in 1967 along with the Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem. The Palestinians seek the West Bank as the heartland of a future independent state. Most of the international community considers Israel’s West Bank settlements illegal and an obstacle to peace with the Palestinians. Several of Netanyahu’s key allies, including most of the Religious Zionism party, are ultranationalist West Bank settlers.

HILLTOP, West Bank, Nov 7 (Reuters) - High atop a rocky hill in the occupied West Bank, Israeli settlers exhilarated by a resounding right-wing election triumph surveyed a landscape dotted with Palestinian villages, scouting new spots to put down roots. But among ideological settlers who see themselves as pioneers redeeming Biblical heartland promised by God, hopes are already high for budgets, construction and infrastructure to keep their enterprise thriving. "I sense a chill down my spine coming back to the very places where my ancestors lived," said Baruch Gordon from the settlement of Bet El, where Religious Zionism election banners dot the streets. More than 450,000 people, or less than 5% of Israel's population, are Jewish settlers in the West Bank, home to about 3 million Palestinians who exercise limited self-rule there. About 80% of Bet El's votes went to Religious Zionism, data from the Knesset's election committee showed, and almost 10% to Netanyahu's Likud.

☆ Guvernul din Mexic recunoaște că a inundat intenționat o câmpie și a lăsat mii de oameni fără case
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-16 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Guvernul Mexicului a recunoscut că a luat decizia de a deversa cantități mari de apă dintr-un baraj, fapt care a lăsat mii de oameni fără locuințe. Președintele Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador a declarat luni că a înțeles că această decizie urma să provoace daune, însă ea a fost luată. "Sunt Chontales (populație indigenă din Tabasco), cei mai săraci, dar a trebuit să luam o decizie", a spus el. "Asta înseamnă mai puțină apă pe câmpiile din Tabasco, mai puține inundații în Tabasco", a declarat el. Lopez Obrador a mai anunțat crearea unei comisii pentru a preveni repetarea inundațiilor devastatoare.

Persons: Eta, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Lopez, Lopez Obrador, Adán Augusto Lopez Hernandez Locations: Mexicului, Tabasco, Samaria, Adán

Apa a fost eliberată din barajul Peñitas, după inundațiile provocate de uraganul Eta, însă există voci care spun că această decizie a afectat mai mulți oameni decât fenomenul natural. Președintele Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador a declarat luni că a înțeles că această decizie urma să provoace daune, însă ea a fost luată. „Sunt Chontales (populație indigenă din Tabasco), cei mai săraci, dar a trebuit să luam o decizie", a spus el. „A trebuit să luam o decizie între două variante neplăcute - pentru a evita inundarea Villahermosa (capitala regiunii Tabasco) și a conduce apa prin Samaria, către zonele joase", a declarat Lopez Obrador. „Asta înseamnă mai puțină apă pe câmpiile din Tabasco, mai puține inundații în Tabasco", a declarat el.

Persons: Eta, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Lopez Obrador, Adán Augusto Lopez Hernandez Locations: Tabasco, Samaria, Adán

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