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Mike Huckabee, the United States ambassador to Israel, has again condemned Israeli settler violence in the occupied West Bank, calling it an 'act of terror.'

QUSRA, West Bank (AP) — From inside his home in the West Bank town of Qusra, Qusai Abu Rida watched on Friday as Israeli settlers moved from where they had erected a tent in front of his house to the valley below, rather than returning to the nearby ...

An Israeli was fatally shot in the occupied West Bank, while Israel's military said it killed a man who attempted to ram his vehicle into troops elsewhere in the Palestinian territory.

President Isaac Herzog pardoned former soldier Elor Azaria in the Hebron shooting case. The move revives a bitter Israeli debate over military accountability and public support for combat actions.

Diplomatic sources told the ABC they were surprised after Australia declined to join a 12-nation, UK-led coalition imposing sanctions on Israeli West Bank settlements late in negotiations.

Israel’s right-wing government is opening bidding for thousands of housing units in a patch of the West Bank, a move that would thwart efforts at Palestinian statehood.