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West Bank settler conflicts affect Palestinian olive harvest

TURMUS AYYA, West Bank —  Abdullah Abu Awad first harvested his family’s olive grove decades ago with his father and grandfather. He knows the trees as well as he knows his own children. But he hesitated before driving across the field one morning in December, unsure what the nearby Israeli settlers might do. The settlement of

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Palestinian leaders blame Hamas for war with Israel

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Little Expected of New Palestinian Prime Minister, Muhammad Mustafa

The appointment on Thursday of Muhammad Mustafa as the new prime minister of the Palestinian Authority was supposed to be a nod to international demands for a more technocratic and less corrupt administration. But Mr. Mustafa, 69, who was appointed by Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the authority, seems destined to fall short of producing

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Australia to resume funding to Palestinian aid agency UNRWA

Foreign Minister Penny Wong has announced that the Australian government will restore funding to the United Nations aid group for Palestine, UNRWA. “Australia is unpausing our contribution to UNRWA,” Wong said in Adelaide Friday, saying the move was informed by the National Security Council this week. “They do life-saving work”. Wong cited other countries like

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Israeli strike kills six Gazans awaiting aid, say Palestinian officials

Israeli bombardment killed six Palestinians and wounded dozens as crowds awaited aid trucks in Gaza City, Gaza health ministry officials said on Thursday. Palestinians were rushing to get aid supplies at the Kuwait Roundabout in northern Gaza City late on Wednesday evening when Israeli forces struck the area, residents and health officials said. The Israeli

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