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The tour came after Pompeo visited the Israeli settlement of Psagot in the illegally occupied West Bank.
Occupied West Bank
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US secretary of state’s winery trip marks first time a top American diplomat has visited an illegal Israeli settlement.
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Mike Pompeo next week could become the first US secretary of state to visit an illegal Israeli...
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Harvesting olives under tear gas
More than 1,000 olive trees were reported burned or damaged in the occupied West Bank this season.
Veteran negotiator and prominent spokesman for the Palestinians died after being infected by coronavirus.
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Director of medical centre says Snobar died of neck injuries sustained while being beaten by Israeli forces.
![The figure is by far the highest since US President Trump took office in early 2017 and since Peace Now began monitoring settlement construction in 2012 [File: Hazem Bader/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/000_8T38Z7.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Watchdog Peace Now says more than 12,000 illegal Israeli settlement homes were approved this year.
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More than 2,000 Israeli settlement units have been approved for construction in occupied West Bank.
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Maher al-Akhras, 49, has been held in ‘administrative detention’ since his arrest more than 70 days ago.
Wildfires across Syria’s north and neighbouring countries have killed two people and forced dozens to flee.
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Maher al-Akhras began his hunger strike after he was arrested and placed into administrative detention in late July.
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Israel has succeeded in revoking residency status and subsequently uprooting more than 14,200 Palestinians.
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Palestinians say only Israeli withdrawal from occupied territories can bring Middle East peace after Bahrain, UAE deals.
