{
  "id": 788206,
  "title": "Israel reopens once-closed West Bank settlement",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/israel-reopens-once-closed-west-bank-settlement",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-13T17:30:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Al-Monitor",
    "slug": "al-monitor",
    "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/08/israel-reopens-once-closed-west-bank-settlement"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Israel has reopened a West Bank settlement, Ganim, more than 20 years after it was evacuated. According to Al-Monitor, the settlement was officially reopened on Thursday, with freshly-poured asphalt and new residents moving in. The Times of Israel reports that around two dozen prefabricated homes have been installed, with construction ongoing.\n\nThe reopening of Ganim comes amid continued Israeli settlement building in the occupied West Bank, which is considered illegal under international law. DW English reports that Israeli forces have moved to protect three homes in the village of Qusra, which had been surrounded by a group of Israeli settlers. One of the homes belongs to a Palestinian-American, Loui Ridi, who resides in Ohio.\n\nThe incident in Qusra prompted an unusually critical response from the US Ambassador to Israel, although DW News and The Times of Israel do not specify the ambassador's name, while DW English and France 24 mention it was an unusually sharp rebuke. Israeli forces intervened to move the residents of the besieged homes to another location, but they were not allowed to leave the area.",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 10,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "‘No excuse for thuggish behaviour’: US envoy blasts Israeli settler siege in West Bank, calls it ‘terror’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/no-excuse-for-thuggish-behaviour-us-envoy-blasts-israeli-settler",
        "published": "2026-08-13T07:57:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Le Monde English",
        "title": "West Bank: US ambassador to Israel denounces siege of Palestinian homes as 'horrific act of terror'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/west-bank-us-ambassador-to-israel-denounces-siege-of-palestinian",
        "published": "2026-08-13T08:11:51.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "US diplomat calls Israeli settler siege of West Bank homes ‘act of terror’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/us-diplomat-calls-israeli-settler-siege-of-west-bank-homes-act-of",
        "published": "2026-08-13T08:38:13.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "US ambassador to Israel slams settler siege against West Bank Palestinians as ‘terror’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/us-ambassador-to-israel-slams-settler-siege-against-west-bank",
        "published": "2026-08-13T09:14:41.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Times of Israel",
        "title": "IDF said to evacuate Palestinian homes in West Bank’s Qusra as settler squatters stay put",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/idf-said-to-evacuate-palestinian-homes-in-west-banks-qusra-as-settler",
        "published": "2026-08-13T10:02:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Haaretz",
        "title": "Israeli settlers move back to northern West Bank settlement evacuated in 2005",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/israeli-settlers-move-back-to-northern-west-bank-settlement-evacuated",
        "published": "2026-08-13T10:40:18.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al-Monitor",
        "title": "Israel sends more troops to West Bank village besieged by Jewish settlers",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/israel-sends-more-troops-to-west-bank-village-besieged-by-jewish",
        "published": "2026-08-13T10:46:42.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBC News",
        "title": "Violence directed at West Bank family a 'horrific act of violence,' U.S. ambassador to Israel says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/violence-directed-at-west-bank-family-a-horrific-act-of-violence-u-s",
        "published": "2026-08-13T12:30:38.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Qatar Tribune",
        "title": "US diplomat calls Israeli settler siege of West Bank homes ‘act of terror’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/us-diplomat-calls-israeli-settler-siege-of-west-bank-homes-act-of-810947",
        "published": "2026-08-13T21:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}