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Aid groups urge EU to fulfil commitments to Palestinians

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - A group of 80 international aid agencies urged the European Union on Saturday to follow through on pledges it made last year to back Palestinian communities seen as vulnerable to Israeli settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank.Full story

West Bank and romance prominent in 'Omar'

One of the more buzzed-about films at the Cannes Film Festival, "Omar," is set in the West Bank, and the Palestinian conflict is a key part of the plot. Full story

U.S.'s Kerry samples Palestinian shawarma and sweets

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry stepped off the diplomatic track on Thursday and onto a West Bank street where he sampled a shawarma sandwich and a pistachio-sprinkled Palestinian sweet. Full story

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  Israeli air strike in Gaza; stabbing in West Bank

Israel says it killed a "key terror figure" in an air strike in the Gaza Strip today. Meanwhile, a Palestinian stabbed to death an Israeli settler in the West Bank. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.

  Prisoner's death sparks violence in West Bank

Thousands of Palestinians - among them masked gunmen - took to the streets of the West Bank for the funeral of a prisoner who died in an Israeli jail. His family says he was tortured while Israel claims it was a heart attack in what threatens to becomes a new uprising. ITV’s John Ray reports.

  Palestinian detainee's death sparks clashes

Tensions flared in the West Bank after the death of a Palestinian detainee who died in an Israeli prison. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.

  Christians, Muslims pray to halt Israeli security wall

Families in a West Bank town call on divine intercession to stop the construction of a barrier they say will separate residents from their own land. NBC News’ Yara Borgal reports.

  President Obama to Visit Israel

CNBC's John Harwood reports President Obama is going to travel to Israel, the West Bank and Jordan later this year.

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British Foreign Secretary William Hague speaks to journalists following a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank town of Ramallah, May 23, 2013. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS)

British Foreign Secretary Hague meets with Palestinian President Abbas in Ramallah
British Foreign Secretary Hague meets with Palestinian President Abbas in Ramallah

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry greets workers as he visits a restaurant in the West Bank city of Ramallah

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry watches a worker cut some meat for a sandwich as he visits a restaurant in the West Bank city of Ramallah
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry watches a worker cut some meat for a sandwich as he visits a restaurant in the West Bank city of Ramallah

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry watches a worker cut some meat for a sandwich as he visits a restaurant in the West Bank city of Ramallah, May 23, 2013. REUTERS/Jim Young (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS)