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Palestinians mourn at the funeral of four members of the Odeh family who were killed in their car by Israeli security forces during an army operation in Tammun, West Bank, Sunday, March 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

U.N. rights report raises concerns of possible ‘ethnic cleansing’ of Palestinians in West Bank

By Jamey Keaten - Associated Press

A Palestinian man carries Muhammad Bani Odeh, 5, at the funeral of four members of the Odeh family who were killed in their car by Israeli security forces during an army operation in Tammun, West Bank, Sunday, March 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Israeli soldiers fire on family car in occupied West Bank, killing 4

By Sam Metz and Aref Tuffaha - Associated Press

This image provided by Fellowship of Reconciliation shows the cover of "Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story," a 16-page comic book published by the Fellowship of Reconciliation, a Christian-turned-interfaith anti-war organization, in 1958. (Fellowship of Reconciliation via AP)

An interfaith group’s 1950s MLK comic book remains a prominent nonviolence teaching tool

By Adelle M. Banks - Associated Press

Pallets of branded aluminum cans at the production line in the Palestinian Chat Cola bottling plant, in the West Bank city of Salfit, Feb. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Coca-Cola’s appeal to Palestinians fizzles as the Mideast war boosts demand for a local look-alike

By Isabel Debre - Associated Press

Palestinians search for bodies and survivors in the rubble of a residential building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Wednesday, July 3, 2024. (AP Photo /Jehad Alshrafi)

Israel government approves plans for nearly 5,300 new homes in West Bank settlements

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Watchdog: Israel pushes ahead with hundreds of settler homes

By TIA GOLDENBERG - Associated Press

Palestinian medics wheel a wounded youth, who was shot by Israeli troops during a protest at the Gaza Strip's border with Israel, into the treatment room of Shifa hospital in Gaza City, Friday, Jan. 25, 2019. Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian man in Gaza Friday as thousands took part in demonstrations along the border, fueled by Hamas' rejection of Qatari fiscal aid after what the militant group described Israeli delays and &quot;blackmail.&quot; (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Gaza man dies at rally; Palestinian teen killed in West Bank

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

Israeli soldiers stand at the scene of an attack near the settlement of Givat Assaf in the West Bank, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018. A Palestinian gunman opened fire at a bus stop outside a West Bank settlement on Thursday, shooting at soldiers and civilians and killing at least two Israelis before fleeing, the military and Israel's rescue service said. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)

Israeli army kills Palestinian in West Bank clashes

By MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH and ISABEL DEBRE - Associated Press

French consulate worker Romain Franck, a French employee of France's Consulate in Jerusalem, covers his face during a hearing at the district court in in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba, Monday, March 19, 2018. Franck has been arrested on charges of smuggling dozens of guns from the Gaza Strip to the West Bank. Israel's internal security agency said Franck smuggled more than 70 guns on five occasions in his consular vehicle, which was subjected to more lenient security checks than other vehicles. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Israel arrests French Consulate driver for gun smuggling

By TIA GOLDENBERG - Associated Press

File - In this Thursday, Dec. 28, 2017 file photo, Ahed Tamimi is brought to a courtroom inside Ofer military prison near Jerusalem. Tamimi, 16, from the village of Nebi Saleh on Monday for attacking the soldiers as well as for previous altercations. It extended her remand for 8 days. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean, File)

Israel indicts teenage Palestinian girl who slapped soldiers

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Israeli police officers examine a blown-up bus at the site of a bombing in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Amid Gaza diplomacy, bomb blasts Tel Aviv bus

By Ariel David and Sarah El Deeb - Associated Press

Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad (left) visits the offices of al-Watan TV after an Israeli army pre-dawn raid in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Feb. 29, 2012. A Palestinian broadcaster says Israeli troops raided his TV station, seizing transmission equipment, computers and documents. A computer screen on right shows an Israeli soldier during the raid. (Associated Press)

Israeli troops raid West Bank TV stations

By Mohammed Daraghmeh - Associated Press

Palestinians’ home located inside a metal cage

By Ben Hubbard - Associated Press

Palestinian security officers simulate an arrest during training in Nablus on Monday. The competence of Palestinian forces, many of them ex-militants, is considered a prerequisite for statehood. (Associated Press)

Israeli-Palestinian security coordinated

By Ben Hubbard and Mohammed Daraghmeh - Associated Press

The Israeli army removed the wall because of a reduced security threat and increased coordination with the Palestinian security forces, officials said. (Associated Press)

Israel lifts barrier to West Bank

By Karin Laub - Associated Press

In sign of calm, Israel removes gunfire barrier

By Karin Laub - Associated Press