West Bank violence surges: Israeli authorities vowed to crack down on what they called “nationalist terrorism” by Israeli settlers in the West Bank, after a wave of violence by settlers against Palestinian towns and villages that drew international condemnation, including from the White House, Reuters reports. Settlers are reported to have set fire to at least two homes in a Palestinian village near Ramallah yesterday, after Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian gunman who they said opened fire at a West Bank checkpoint. Violence has continued since an Israeli raid in Jenin last week sparked “the fiercest fighting in years” in the occupied West Bank.

Morocco has postponed the Negev summit it was due to host between Israel and countries in the region as a result of the recent West Bank violence, according to Reuters. Egypt last year took part in the first Negev summit, during which it agreed to work to form closer ties with Israel alongside Bahrain, Morocco, the UAE and the US.

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