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Mourners attend the funeral of Batsheva Nigri, at a cemetery in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Kfar Etzion, Monday, Aug. 21, 2023. Israeli authorities say that a suspected Palestinian attacker has killed an Israeli woman and seriously wounded a man in the incident. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

17-year-old Palestinian killed during Israeli military raid in northern West Bank

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Israeli forces work at the site of a shooting attack near the West Bank city of Hebron, Monday, Aug. 21, 2023. Israeli authorities say that a suspected Palestinian attacker has killed an Israeli woman and seriously wounded a man in the incident. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Suspected Palestinian gunman kills an Israeli, wounds another in latest attack in occupied West Bank

By Isabel Debre - Associated Press

Mourners pray over the body of Ramzi Hamed, 17, during his funeral in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Monday, Aug. 7, 2023. Ramzi Hamed, who was shot by Israeli troops last week after throwing a firebomb at soldiers in the occupied West Bank died Monday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Palestinian teenager dies after he was shot by Israeli troops in the West Bank last week

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Israeli police inspect the site of a shooting attack in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, Aug 5, 2023. Israeli authorities say a Palestinian gunman opened fire in central Tel Aviv, critically wounding one person before he was shot dead by police. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Israel kills 3 suspected Palestinian militants as West Bank violence shows no signs of slowing

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Mourners cry after taking the last look at the body of Mahmoud Abu Saan, 18, at a mosque during his funeral in the West Bank city of Tulkarem, Friday, Aug. 4, 2023. Israeli security forces killed Abu Saan during a military raid into the northern West Bank on Friday, Palestinian health officials said. The Israeli army said soldiers shot at Palestinians in Tulkarem who threw stones and explosives at them. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

2 Palestinians killed in separate episodes in latest West Bank violence

By Julia Frankel - Associated Press

FILE - Demonstrators wave the Israeli and Palestinian flags during a protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, July 22, 2023. Israel is being rocked by a wave of mass protests calling to uphold the country’s democracy. But the cries for democracy lack any clear message of opposition to Israel’s rule over millions of Palestinians, exposing a contradiction that has been coursing through the demonstrations. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean, File)

Israeli protesters are calling for democracy. But what about the occupation of Palestinians?

By Tia Goldenberg - Associated Press

Israeli security forces are seen deployed at the site of a shooting attack in the West Bank Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim, Tuesday, Aug 1, 2023. A Palestinian gunman opened fire in an Israeli settlement east of Jerusalem on Tuesday, wounding at least four people, Israeli medics said. The Palestinian assailant was shot and killed by an off-duty Israeli police officer outside a shopping mall. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Palestinian opens fire in West Bank settlement, wounding 5 people before being killed

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Tourists take cover from the mid-day heat at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City, Wednesday, July 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Israeli army kills 14-year-old Palestinian as an Israeli minister visits a flashpoint holy site

By Tia Goldenberg and Isaac Scharf - Associated Press

An injured demonstrator is dragged by police to be detained during a protest against plans by Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, July 24, 2023. Israeli lawmakers on Monday approved a key portion of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's divisive plan to reshape the country's justice system despite massive protests that have exposed unprecedented fissures in Israeli society. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israel’s top court will hear challenges to a law that weakens its power, escalating political crisis

By Isabel Debre - Associated Press

Demonstrators block the traffic on a highway crossing the city during a protest against plans by Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system, in Tel Aviv, Monday, July 24, 2023. Israeli lawmakers on Monday approved a key portion of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's divisive plan to reshape the country's justice system despite massive protests that have exposed unprecedented fissures in Israeli society. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Israeli doctors walk off the job and more strikes are threatened after law weakening courts passes

By Isabel Debre - Associated Press

Israeli police use a water cannon to disperse demonstrators blocking a road during a protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system, in Jerusalem, Sunday, July 23, 2023. The demonstration came a day before parliament is expected to vote on a key part of the plan. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Netanyahu leaves hospital as Israel faces a key vote — and a crisis — over divisive legal changes

By Tia Goldenber and Isaac Scharf - Associated Press

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, and lawmakers congratulate Justice Minister Yariv Levin, in blue tie at right foreground, after his speech in Israel's parliament, the Knesset, just before a vote on a contentious plan to overhaul the country's legal system, in Jerusalem, early Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, Pool)

Israel’s Netanyahu doubles down on judicial plan, rejects criticism and moves ahead toward key vote

By Josef Federman and Julia Frankel - Associated Press

Mourners chant slogans against Israel while carrying the body of Badr al-Masri, 19, during his funeral in the West Bank city of Nablus, Thursday, July 20, 2023. Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian man near a shrine in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, Palestinian health officials said, in the latest bloodshed in a cycle of violence that has gripped the region. The Israeli military said that suspects opened fire and threw explosives, rocks and burning tires at troops, who returned fire. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Israeli army fire kills Palestinian man during clashes at West Bank shrine

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Republican presidential candidate former Vice President Mike Pence, center, is awarded the "Defender of Israel" award by Pastor John Hagee, right, Christians United For Israel (CUFI) Founder and Chairman, at a CUFI Night to Honor Israel event, during the CUFI Summit 2023, Monday, July 17, 2023, in Arlington, Va., at the Crystal Gateway Marriott. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Crowded GOP field vies for the Christian Zionist vote as Israel’s rightward shift spurs protests

By Tiffany Stanley - Associated Press

In this March 8, 2021 file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, speaks to journalists after meeting the Israeli citizen, who is the 5 millionth person to be vaccinated in Israel, at a ceremony in Tel Aviv. An Israeli official says Netanyahu will travel to the United Arab Emirates on Thursday, March 10. It will be Netanyahu's first official trip to the Gulf Arab nation after the two countries established diplomatic relations. (Miriam Alster/Pool via AP)

Thousands protest outside U.S. offices in Tel Aviv, say Netanyahu government is straining relations

By Julia Frankel - Associated Press

Nora and Musfafa Ghaith-Sub Laban pose for a portrait in their home in the Old City of Jerusalem Wednesday, June 21, 2023. The family has battled Israeli attempts to force them out for the past 45 years. The campaign ended this spring, when the Israeli Supreme Court struck down their final appeal in favor of Jewish settlers contending they violated the lease. Now, Israeli authorities have ordered the eviction of the family to take place by July 13. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

‘I will not stay quiet’: Israel evicts Palestinian family from home after 45-year legal battle

By Julia Frankel - Associated Press

Israeli troops examine the car used by a Palestinian attacker at the scene of a shooting attack near the Israeli West Bank settlement of Kdumim, Thursday, July 6, 2023. The attacker opened fire, killing one Israeli, a day after Israeli forces withdrew from the largest military operation in the West Bank in two decades. The Israeli army said the attacker was shot and killed. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Palestinian militant kills Israeli soldier in West Bank, a day after Israel’s military raid in area

By Julia Frankel - Associated Press

Nora and Musfafa Ghaith-Sub Laban pose for a portrait in their home in the Old City of Jerusalem Wednesday, June 21, 2023. The family has battled Israeli attempts to force them out for the past 45 years. The campaign ended this spring, when the Israeli Supreme Court struck down their final appeal in favor of Jewish settlers contending they violated the lease. Now, Israeli authorities have ordered the eviction of the family to take place by July 13. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

As a lengthy legal battle ends, a Palestinian family braces for eviction from Jerusalem home

By Isabel Debre - Associated Press

This file photo shows a part of new housing projects in the West Bank Israeli settlement of Givat Ze'ev, Monday, June 18, 2023. Israel’s far-right government on Monday, June 26, 2023, approved plans to build thousands of new homes in the occupied West Bank — a move that threatened to worsen increasingly strained relations with the United States. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, File)

Israel OK’s plans for thousands of new settlement homes, defying White House calls for restraint

By Josef Federman - Associated Press

Palestinian mourners carry the body of Tariq Idris, 39, during his funeral, in Askar refugee camp near the West Bank city of Nablus, Saturday, June 24, 2023. Palestinian health officials said that a 39-year-old man, Tariq Idris, died of wounds suffered in violent confrontations with Israeli forces in the northern city of Nablus the day before during an Israeli military arrest raid. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Israeli military kills Palestinian gunman as settlers rampage through Palestinian town

By Isabel Debre - Associated Press