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By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ali Sawafta CAIRO/TAYASIR, West Bank, April 9 (Reuters) – Israel has approved the establishment ⁠of ⁠dozens of new Jewish settlements in the West Bank, ⁠an Israeli watchdog group said on Thursday, amid a rise in settler attacks on Palestinians across the occupied territory. Prime Minister ​Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has not formally …

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