Dozens of Jewish settlers take over buildings in West Bank

Israeli troops forcibly removed Jewish settlers from homes they said they had purchased from Palestinians in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron on Friday, prompting some right-wing Israeli lawmakers to threaten to withhold support for the government.

Israel says it has revoked the residency rights of four Palestinians said to have carried out deadly attacks against Israelis. The rest have been killed in clashes with Israeli troops.

“It said that Faraj’s comments did not come as a surprise because the Palestinian Authority has always been conducting security coordination with Israel”.

“The Secretary-General reiterates his call for substantial policy changes on the ground by Israel that will improve the lives of Palestinians”.

Share with Us – We’d love to hear eyewitness accounts, the history behind an article, and smart, constructive criticism. “We view Israeli settlements activity as illegitimate and counterproductive to the cause of peace”, Kirby said following a meeting between Netanyahu and Shapiro meant to work out differences.

The fourth Palestinian, 21, is being held for an October 12 attack on a Jerusalem bus that killed three Israelis, including an American-Israeli citizen, Richard Lakin.

Although the Israelis claim that they had bought the homes legally, the settlers did not follow established procedure during their move, said Israel’s Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon.

A Border Police officer shot dead a Palestinian teenager who tried to stab him as he guarded the entrance to a West Bank settlement on Saturday morning.

Eliyahu declared that the Palestinians are the enemy of the Israeli occupation state and they “must be destroyed and crushed in order to end violence”.

The Israeli government has said its settlement policy is legal under a law stating that land left uncultivated for a certain period becomes government property. The Israeli forces entered multiple houses and stormed through Palestinian families living rooms and bedrooms before taking over their rooftops and using these as an easy way to shoot teargas and sound grenades into the Palestinian market in the Old City of Hebron.

Minister of Tourism from Netanyahu’s Likud party, Yariv Levin, condemned the eviction, saying that such a decision “naturally has implications on the stability of the coalition”.

“The prime minister backs the defense minister and the security forces and calls for a lowering of tensions”, the statement read.