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FILE - A general view of the West Bank Jewish settlement of Efrat, Thursday, March 10, 2022. An Israeli rights group says Israel has approved the construction of more than 4,000 settler homes in the occupied West Bank. It’s the biggest advancement of settlement projects since the Biden administration took office. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Rights group: Israel approves over 4,000 new settler homes

By Joseph Krauss - Associated Press

Journalists and medics wheel the body of Shireen Abu Akleh, a journalist for Al Jazeera network, into the morgue inside the hospital in the West Bank town of Jenin, Wednesday, May 11, 2022. The well-known Palestinian reporter for the broadcaster's Arabic language channel was shot and killed while covering an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank town of Jenin early Wednesday, the Palestinian health ministry said. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Al Jazeera reporter killed during Israeli raid in West Bank

By Joseph Krauss and Fares Akram

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish mourners encircle a man overcome with grief at the funeral for Yonatan Havakuk and Boaz Gol, a day after they were killed in a stabbing attack in Elad, Israel, Friday, May 6, 2022. Israeli security forces waged a massive manhunt Friday for two Palestinians suspected of carrying out the stabbing attack on Thursday near Tel Aviv that left three Israelis dead. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israel searches for attackers who killed 3 in mass stabbing

By Joseph Krauss - Associated Press

FILE - Israeli Border Police officers secure a checkpoint used by Palestinian to cross from the West Bank into Jerusalem, for the first Friday prayers in the Muslim holy month of Ramadan at the Al Aqsa mosque compound, at the Qalandia Israeli army checkpoint, west of Ramallah, April 8, 2022. The Israeli military body in charge of civilian affairs in the occupied West Bank has developed a new policy that would heavily regulate entry into the territory. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser, File)

Israeli medics say 3 killed in stabbing attack near Tel Aviv

By Joseph Krauss - Associated Press

Islamic Jihad actives wave their national flags during a rally to mark Al-Quds, or Jerusalem, Day at the main road in Gaza City, Friday, April 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Israel arrests Palestinian attackers who killed guard

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FILE - Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaks at a press conference on an Israeli Defense Force base in Beit El in the West Bank on April 5, 2022. Israel's parliament has declared a longtime critic of Prime Minister Bennett a hostile defector barred from running for reelection, giving the premier a small political victory as he seeks to stabilize the country's fragile governing coalition. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)

Israeli parliament sanctions critic of PM Bennett, his party

By Laurie Kellman - Associated Press

Israeli police carry a Palestinian protester during clashes at the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City, Friday, April 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Israeli police storm Jerusalem holy site after rock-throwing

By Joseph Krauss - Associated Press

Israeli security forces escort a group of Jews outside Damascus Gate, in Jerusalem's Old City, Wednesday, April 20, 2022. Police prevented hundreds of ultra-nationalist Israelis from marching around predominantly Palestinian areas of Jerusalem's Old City. The event planned for Wednesday was similar to one that served as one of the triggers of last year's Israel-Gaza war. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Gaza violence intensifies as Jerusalem clashes resume

By Tia Goldenberg - Associated Press

FILE - Israeli police are deployed in the Old City of Jerusalem, April 17, 2022. A group of Israeli ultra-nationalists said it is determined to go ahead with a flag-waving march around predominantly Palestinian areas of Jerusalem’s Old City, brushing aside a police ban of an event that served as one of the triggers of last year’s Israel-Gaza war. Israeli police said Wednesday, April 20, 2021, that a large number of officers were deployed around Jerusalem’s historic Old City during the Jewish holiday of Passover and the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean, File)

Israeli ultra-nationalists to march in Jerusalem despite ban

By Ilan Ben Zion - Associated Press

Israeli police is deployed in the Old City of Jerusalem, Sunday, April 17, 2022. Israeli police clashed with Palestinians outside Al-Aqsa Mosque after police cleared Palestinians from the sprawling compound to facilitate the routine visit of Jews to the holy site and accused Palestinians of stockpiling stones in anticipation of violence. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Clashes erupt again near flashpoint Jerusalem holy site

By Josef Federman - Associated Press

Palestinians clash with Israeli security forces at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City Friday, April 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Clashes erupt at Jerusalem holy site; 152 Palestinians hurt

By Joseph Krauss - Associated Press

A woman reacts at the scene of a shooting attack In Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, April 7, 2022. Israeli health officials say two people were killed and at least eight others wounded in a shooting in central Tel Aviv. Israeli troops on Saturday raided the hometown of a Palestinian who carried out a deadly shooting in Tel Aviv, sparking a gunbattle in the occupied West Bank that left at least one Palestinian militant dead, according to Israeli and Palestinian accounts. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit). **FILE**

Israeli forces kill Palestinian militant in West Bank raid

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Israeli security forces search for assailants near the scene of a shooting attack in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, April 7, 2022. Israeli health officials say two people were killed and at least eight others wounded in a shooting in central Tel Aviv. The shooting on Thursday evening, the fourth attack in recent weeks, occurred in a crowded area with several bars and restaurants. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israeli forces kill Palestinian attacker; third victim dies

By Joseph Krauss - Associated Press

An Israeli youth pray next to a right wing activists as they protest against Israel's Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, following a recent wave of violence, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, March 30, 2022. Three deadly attacks in Israel in a week are raising questions over Israel's approach to its conflict with the Palestinians, after years of efforts to sideline the issue and focus instead on other regional priorities. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Israel raids West Bank, 2 Palestinians killed in gun battle

By Joseph Krauss - Associated Press

Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz, speaks during a meeting with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin at the Pentagon, Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021, in Washington. Israel's defense minister met with Jordan's King Abdullah II in Amman on Tuesday, March 29, 2022, in what both sides said was an effort to maintain calm in Jerusalem ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Israel defense chief, Jordan’s king discuss Ramadan calm

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The ruins of the family home of Palestinian militant Fadi Abu Shkhaidem, remain after demolition by Israeli security forces, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022. Abu Shkhaidem was fatally shot by Israeli police after he killed one Israeli and wounded four others in a shooting attack in Jerusalem's Old City in Nov. 2021. Israeli officials say the demolitions deter future attacks, while rights groups view it as a form of collective punishment. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Israel demolishes east Jerusalem home of Palestinian gunman

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A Palestinian man carries family photos at the ruins of a house demolished by the Jerusalem municipality, in the flashpoint east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022. Israeli police on Wednesday evicted Palestinian residents from the disputed property and demolished the building, days after a tense standoff. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Israel evicts Palestinians from disputed Jerusalem property

By Ilan Ben Zion - Associated Press

Israeli soldiers deploy on the Israel and Gaza border, Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021. The Israeli military said a civilian was injured by gunfire from the Gaza Strip, the first instance of cross-border violence along the border of the Palestinian enclave in months. The military said it responded with tank fire at multiple Hamas militant positions in the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

Israel strikes Gaza after gunfire wounds civilian near fence

By Ilan Ben Zion - Associated Press

President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attend the Abraham Accords signing ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, Sept. 15, 2020. Former President Donald Trump lashed out with profanity at Benjamin Netanyahu for congratulating President Joe Biden on his victory in last year's election, an Israeli newspaper reported Friday, Dec. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Trump slams Israel’s Netanyahu for congratulating Biden

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An Israeli policeman examines the body of a man shot near Damascus Gate to the Old City of Jerusalem, Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021. Israeli police shot a Palestinian on Saturday after an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man was stabbed and wounded near Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, a crowded area that is often the scene of demonstrations and clashes. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Police kill Palestinian attacker after Jerusalem stabbing

By Joseph Krauss - Associated Press