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Israeli settlers attack Palestinians near East Jerusalem, Hebron

More Israeli settler attacks have taken place in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reports, amid a surge in violence across the area in the shadow of Israel’s Gaza war.

Settlers attacked Palestinian Bedouin shepherds near Khan al-Ahmar, east of East Jerusalem, and prevented them from accessing their land. A gang of settlers also released their cows into Palestinian olive fields near the East Jerusalem-area village of Mekhmas before trying to attack nearby homes, Wafa reported.

Separately, in the south of the West Bank, Israeli settlers attacked a family in the Khallet al-Natsh area east of Hebron.

More than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli troops and settlers in the occupied West Bank since the Gaza war began, according to United Nations figures. Analysts say the violence is part of a concerted push to force Palestinians out of their homes and communities.

 

Sanctioned Palestinian activists speak out at ICC's 24th Assembly of States Parties


As the 24th Assembly of States Parties for the International Court of Justice continued in The Hague, Middle East Eye's News Editor Sondos Asem spoke to the Palestinian activists at the helm of organisations affected by US sanctions.

Director of the Palestinian Center for Human Rights Raji Sourani expressed that the sanctions contradict "the justice and dignity of man", and that the move has already caused partner organisations to withdraw their support due to financial threats and possible imprisonment.

Similarly, Shawan Jabarin, general director of Al-Haq, highlighted how the exit of donors means "45 families without incomes, in Palestine and elsewhere." The Palestinian Center for Human Rights and Al-Haq, alongside Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, were sanctioned by in September by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, for engaging in "efforts by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute Israeli nationals, without Israel’s consent."

Hillary Clinton: Gaza Atrocities 'Totally Made Up'


Hillary Clinton recently decried young people’s supposed inability to have a “reasonable discussion” about Israel, claiming “propaganda” and “totally made-up” videos of atrocities in Gaza are responsible for growing pro-Palestine sentiment. Rania Khalek and Eugene Puryear dive into these claims together, and examine Clinton’s long history as a war hawk who has peddled anti-Arab racism in support of U.S. geopolitical interests.

Glad at least she didn't become the first female president of the USA, that would have been another black stain in history.