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British activist Finn Joughin deported by Israel after settler abduction in West Bank

British activist Finn Joughin, 22, deported to UK after being abducted by Israeli settlers.

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A British activist, Finn Joughin, aged 22, was forcibly abducted by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank and deported by Israel to the UK. [1] Israel's Defense Minister Israel Katz told reporters on Wednesday that the country is organized and prepared to remove Palestinians from Gaza by every possible means. [2] The abduction of Finn Joughin occurred amid a surge of settler violence against Palestinian people in the West Bank. [3] The surge in settler violence in the West Bank has been widely condemned internationally and by prominent figures within Israel. [4] Defense Minister Israel Katz stated that there is no alternative solution to the Gaza crisis. [5] Israel Katz said the Israeli government is waiting for the United States to determine where to take the displaced Gazans. [6] The Guardian's chief Middle East correspondent Emma Graham-Harrison discusses the case in a podcast conversation with interviewer Lucy Hough. [7]
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  1. A British activist, Finn Joughin, aged 22, was forcibly abducted by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank and deported by Israel to the UK. · The Guardian
  2. Israel's Defense Minister Israel Katz told reporters on Wednesday that the country is organized and prepared to remove Palestinians from Gaza by every possible means. · france24.comFrance
  3. The abduction of Finn Joughin occurred amid a surge of settler violence against Palestinian people in the West Bank. · The Guardian
  4. The surge in settler violence in the West Bank has been widely condemned internationally and by prominent figures within Israel. · The Guardian
  5. Defense Minister Israel Katz stated that there is no alternative solution to the Gaza crisis. · france24.comFrance
  6. Israel Katz said the Israeli government is waiting for the United States to determine where to take the displaced Gazans. · france24.comFrance
  7. The Guardian's chief Middle East correspondent Emma Graham-Harrison discusses the case in a podcast conversation with interviewer Lucy Hough. · The Guardian
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