Claims extracted
16
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
6%
1 of 16 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
Leans strongly left
of the writing, not the subject · beta estimate
Publisher signals
60/100
Al Jazeera's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
34
Politics
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Masked settlers have attacked Palestinians and set fire to olive trees in the occupied West Bank, as Israeli pogroms in the territory continue.
asserted
pogroms → attack → territory
Approximately 80 masked settlers armed with clubs charged at Palestinians in the village of Abu Falah as they picked fruit.
asserted
they → arm → fruit
The harvest, which provides an economic lifeline in the territory, has become a regular target of Israelis from illegal settlements, who have stepped up violence amid encouragement from the government for the expansion of settlements.
asserted
who → provide → settlements
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As the settlers confronted them, some using slingshots, the Palestinians responded by throwing rocks.
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Palestinians → reopen → rocks
Israeli military jeeps sped into the area, but the attack continued, and the soldiers fired tear gas in the direction of the Palestinians.
asserted
soldiers → speed → Palestinians
More settlers armed with machineguns then arrived, Jasper Nathaniel, an independent journalist who was on the ground, told Al Jazeera.
asserted
who → arm → Jazeera
The sound of live gunfire could be heard in the area, and a photographer saw at least one armed settler fire a gun, the Reuters news agency reported.
uncertain
agency → hear → gun
Describing violence in the West Bank as being “at or near an all-time high right now”, Nathaniel said everyone ran when the settlers began firing, at which point Washington Post journalist Heidi Levine fell to the ground.
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Levine → describe → ground
“We saw that there was a journalist … on the ground [with] people beating her, clubbing her, robbing her, pulling her up, beating her again and kicking her,” he said.
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he → see → her
Levine later said she “probably wouldn’t even be here” had it not been for her helmet and flak jacket.
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it → say → helmet
The attack extends the increasingly frequent pogroms carried out by settlers as Israel’s government pushes to expand its illegal settlements on Palestinian land.
asserted
government → extend → land
Last month, Amnesty International said Israel had signed at least 15 land confiscation orders covering approximately 200 dunams (20 hectares) of Palestinian land in Jenin, in the northern West Bank.
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Israel → say → Bank
The rights group said it appeared Israel intended to connect two planned settlements in the area.
asserted
Israel → say → area
The Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED), an independent conflict-monitoring organisation, said recently that settler violence in the West Bank has reached record levels.
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violence → monitor → levels
The growing violence and Israel’s expansionist policies have come under intense scrutiny in recent months, with allies including the UK and France announcing sanctions targeting the purchase of goods from illegal settlements.
asserted
allies → grow → settlements
The policy change marks a dramatic shift in stance by Western countries, which had previously refrained from going beyond verbal criticism of Israel’s actions.
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which → mark → actions
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