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Palestinian Killed by Israeli Settler After Alleged Stabbing Attempt; Settler Attacks on Farmers Rising

  • A Palestinian man was shot and killed after attempting to stab a resident in a West Bank settlement according to the Israeli military.
  • Jewish settlers attacked Palestinian farmers, torching five vehicles, in a nearby village.
  • At least 113 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank and east Jerusalem this year, nearly half members of armed militant groups.
  • Palestinians seek the West Bank and east Jerusalem for a future state, but most of the international community considers Israeli settlements in these areas illegal or obstacles to peace.
  • Israel captured the West Bank and east Jerusalem, along with the Gaza Strip, in the 1967 Mideast war, and roughly 700,000 Israelis now live in settlements on these lands.
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