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A variety of local Palestinian militias have been formed in the West Bank to fight against Israel, which has occupied the region since 1967.These militias have taken on primarily defensive roles, engaging the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) during its raids into the West Bank's Palestinian enclaves, while also occasionally conducting offensive operations against Israeli military outposts ...
A lobsterman in Maine jumped from a boat into the water to help save a driver trapped in a sinking car, police said. The car drove into Casco Bay shortly after noon on Thursday, according to ...
Naama Miran, sister of Omri Miran, an Israeli hostage held by the Palestinian militant group Hamas, is consoled by their father, Dani Miran, during a press conference after meeting with Pope ...
The West Bank (Arabic: الضفة الغربية, romanized: aḍ-Ḍiffah al-Ġarbiyyah; Hebrew: הַגָּדָה הַמַּעֲרָבִית, romanized: HaGadáh HaMaʽarávit), so called due to its location relative to the Jordan River, is the larger of the two Palestinian territories (the other being the Gaza Strip) that comprise the State of Palestine.
From 1936 to 1939, the Palestinian Arabs revolted against the British rule of Palestine and against the British-backed Zionist movement.. Amin al-Husseini, head of the Arab Higher Committee, came into conflict with the more moderate Nashishibi family, which supported the partition of Palestine into two states, Jewish and Palestinian Arab.
Average mortgage rates inched higher as of Tuesday, January 7, 2025, pushing borrowing costs for the 30-year benchmark back over 7.00%. Mortgage rates plunged to two-year lows after the Federal ...
Israel's economy was 10 times larger than the West Bank's on the eve of the occupation but had experienced two years of recession. The West Bank's population stood between 585,500 and 803,600 and, while under Jordanian rule, accounted for 40% of Jordan's GNP, [31] with an annual growth rate of 6–8%. [32]
A 2017 report by the city of New Orleans identified Bourbon Street as a potential terrorism target, citing FBI warnings and announcing the installation of bollards to protect pedestrians from ...