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“Miliband 'deeply concerned' after MPs say they were detained on way to West Bank Foreign secretary Ed Miliband said he was “deeply concerned” after MPs said they were detained for eight hours by Israeli authorities and denied entry to the West Bank.”

“Netanyahu is also under an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for suspected crimes against humanity and war crimes, and faces criticism from abroad for presiding over a rapid expansion of settlements in the West Bank.”

“Drafted into the Golani Brigade in 1978, he climbed through the ranks commanding troops in the West Bank, running operations during the 2006 Lebanon war, and heading Northern Command, before serving a four-year stint as the IDF’s 21st Chief of General Staff…”

“Amman has repeatedly warned that the security implications of Israeli policy in the West Bank, including mass forcible displacement, would destroy the notion of a future Palestinian state, threaten its own stability and that of the region.”

“It notes that Iran has “targeted Iranian dissidents and journalists, diplomats from countries opposed to Iranian policies, as well as Israelis and Jews in assassination plots, attempted abductions, intimidation campaigns, and surveillance operations”.”

“Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said that the decision was in response to “a series of anti-Israel measures taken by the Dutch government,” including next month's implementation of a ban in trade of Israeli products from the occupied West Bank and other…”