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Settler shoots Palestinian in West Bank; reports say he was mentally disabled

Sat, 13 Jun 2026 15:29:28 +0000

Man with reported intellectual disability wounded after allegedly threatening settler with rock, Palestinian mayor claims Israeli forces withheld medical treatment for over an hour

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Amnesty accuses Israel of ‘state-led’ ethnic cleansing in West Bank; IDF rejects charge

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 12:14:24 +0000

Rights group claims routine violence against Bedouin and Palestinian herding communities isn't perpetrated by 'bad apples,' but is 'a core component of a state-sanctioned campaign'

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3 injured as fragments of Iranian missile fall in unrecognized Bedouin village

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 17:03:57 +0000

Soroka Hospital doctor said seriously wounded, his wife and 2-month-old baby lightly hurt; most community members lack bomb shelters

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Fleeing settler violence, Palestinians leave one of few remaining Jordan Valley hamlets

Sun, 11 Jan 2026 17:40:06 +0000

Dozens of families from the Bedouin town of Ras Ein el-Auja have already left their homes, and the remaining residents are desperate. 'Where will we go? There’s nowhere.'

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In the West Bank, settler harassment swiftly uproots a Bedouin hamlet

Thu, 29 May 2025 05:29:21 +0000

Entire community of Maghar al-Deir flees within days after Israelis set up shepherding outpost 100 meters from homes and begin intimidating residents, amid ongoing campaign

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Military demolishes most of West Bank Bedouin hamlet, displacing dozens

Mon, 05 May 2025 21:46:52 +0000

COGAT says buildings were illegally built in closed firing zone; Palestinian 'No Other Land' director accuses Israel of 'erasing village to create more and more illegal settlements'

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Border cop killed, 10 wounded in terror shooting attack at Beersheba central bus station

Sun, 06 Oct 2024 14:30:04 +0000

Female officer, 19, shot dead by terrorist who opened fire at people at a McDonald's; gunman was Israeli citizen and relative of perpetrator of 2015 attack inside same bus station

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Land Authority says it won’t serve demolition notice for rescued hostage’s home

Fri, 30 Aug 2024 10:52:52 +0000

Some 70% of residents in Farhan al-Qadi's village of Khirbet Karkour have received notices amid action against the unrecognized communities where about a third of Bedouins live

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Authorities level 47 illegal homes in Bedouin village, leaving hundreds homeless

Thu, 09 May 2024 07:27:39 +0000

Government yet to start construction on alternative housing, and residents object to moving to new neighborhood due to threats from rival families

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Demolition order issued for home of Bedouin girl hurt in Iran attack, later scrapped

Thu, 02 May 2024 19:30:39 +0000

News outlet reveals measure targeting home of seriously injured 7-year-old Amina Hassouna of Al-Fura, sparking backlash on social media and reported rescinding of order

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Daily Briefing Dec. 19: Day 74 – Hostage families split as new release deal may loom

Tue, 19 Dec 2023 11:41:10 +0000

Reporter Canaan Lidor on emergence of 2 camps of hostage relatives, rehoming of internally displaced; Arab affairs reporter Gianluca Pacchiani on freed prisoners returning to school

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Mai Zuhair, 13 & Faizah Abu Sabeeh, 57: Bedouin matriarch, grandchild

Wed, 01 Nov 2023 15:19:22 +0000

Killed by a rocket impact in Kukhleh, where there are no bomb shelters or reinforced rooms, on October 7

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Arab man shot and killed in north, community’s 11th murder this week

Sat, 30 Sep 2023 18:24:51 +0000

Rambam Medical Center declares man in his 40s dead, raising yearly tally to 191

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In West Bank Area C village, Bedouin locals fear settler violence will push them out

Thu, 14 Sep 2023 05:51:41 +0000

Residents of Ein Rashash say that their hamlet, like many others in Jordan Valley, is on its last legs due to harassment from a nearby outpost, soon to be legalized

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Daily Briefing Jan. 25: ‘He said, she said’ in Shas leader’s legal brouhaha

Wed, 25 Jan 2023 11:36:35 +0000

Legal affairs correspondent Jeremy Sharon on the Deri ruling and illegal settlements, Diaspora and religion writer Judah Ari Gross on left-wing religious Israelis and ulpan

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