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  "id": 1270138,
  "title": "Pope calls for an end to West Bank violence against Palestinians",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/pope-calls-for-an-end-to-west-bank-violence-against-palestinians",
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  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-16T12:46:40.000Z",
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    "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/08/pope-calls-end-west-bank-violence-against-palestinians"
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  "summary": "CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Pope Leo called on Sunday for an end to violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, amid a surge of attacks by militant settlers and a siege in the territory's village of Qusra. Israeli settlers encircled houses after cutting off water and electricity, in what rights groups have said is a concerted effort to seize more land, and further eat…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Egypt Independent",
        "title": "Trapped and cut off: Palestinian families under settler siege in the West Bank",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/trapped-and-cut-off-palestinian-families-under-settler-siege-in-the",
        "published": "2026-08-16T12:21:58.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Pope calls for an end to West Bank violence against Palestinians",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/pope-calls-for-an-end-to-west-bank-violence-against-palestinians-1270494",
        "published": "2026-08-16T12:38:43.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Haaretz",
        "title": "Israel's extremists say West Bank annexation is inevitable. They're wrong",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/israels-extremists-say-west-bank-annexation-is-inevitable-theyre-wrong",
        "published": "2026-08-16T14:31:41.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}