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Palestine sends 100 samples to Israel to test for Omicron variant: official

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RAMALLAH, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) — Palestine sent 100 COVID-19 samples to an Israeli hospital to test for the Omicron variant, a senior official said Sunday. The West Bank does not have labs to test for the new variant, so the samples were sent to Tel Hashomer Hospital in Tel Aviv, Palestinian Health Minister Mai al-Kaila … Read more

US strongly opposes Israeli settlement expansion in West Bank

WASHINGTON: The United States on Tuesday voiced strong opposition to Israeli settlement expansion in the West Bank, saying such a move damages the prospects for a two-state solution. “We are deeply concerned about the Israeli government’s plan to advance thousands of settlement units tomorrow, Wednesday, many of them deep in the West Bank,” State Department … Read more