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Israel’s approval of new West Bank settlements condemned by 13 European countries and Japan

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By Lucas Lilieholm, Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN

(CNN) — Thirteen European countries and Japan have condemned Israel’s decision earlier in the month to approve 19 new Jewish settlements in the Occupied West Bank saying the move harmed the prospects for long term peace and security in the region.

“Such unilateral actions, as part of a wider intensification of the settlement policies in the West Bank, not only violate international law but also risk fueling instability,” they said in a joint statement.

The Israeli cabinet approved the legalization and establishment of 19 settler outposts on December 11, according to an Israeli source familiar with the matter. Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, himself a settler, announced the move in a social media post on Sunday.

The decision authorizes 19 outposts across the West Bank, including two that were evacuated in the 2005 disengagement plan, and it comes at a time when Israeli settler violence there towards Palestinians has surged.

Wednesday’s joint statement was issued by the states of Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain and the United Kingdom.

“We reaffirm our unwavering commitment to a comprehensive, just and lasting peace based on the Two-State solution in accordance with relevant UN Security Council resolutions where two democratic states, Israel and Palestine, live side-by-side in peace and security within secure and recognized borders,” the statement added.

Israel’s Foreign Minister rejected the statement, asserting Jewish people have the right to establish a national homeland extending over the entire territory of “Mandatory Palestine.”

“Foreign governments will not restrict the right of Jews to live in the Land of Israel,” he said in a post on X.

The West Bank, which lies west of the Jordan River between Israel and Jordan, has been occupied by the Israeli military since 1967 and is home to more than 3.3 million Palestinians.

Israeli leaders have become ever more explicit in their rejection of a future Palestinian state in the leadup to and since the October 7 Hamas attack, despite international calls for a negotiated solution to the decades-long occupation.

“We are blocking on the ground the establishment of a Palestinian terror state. We will continue to develop, build, and settle in the land of our forefathers’ inheritance, with faith in the justice of our path,” Smotrich said in his statement announcing the settlement expansion.

Surging settler attacks on Palestinians

Israeli settlements overall are considered illegal under international law. Outposts, in addition to being illegal under international law, are also illegal under Israeli law.

Settlers establish outposts with the goal of receiving authorization for the illegal buildings in the future. Many of the newly authorized settlements are deep within the West Bank.

In May, Israel announced it would establish 22 new settlements in what Israeli settlement watchdog organization Peace Now said was the largest expansion of settlements in more than 30 years.

Israel’s current right-wing government has established dozens since its term began in 2023, marking a dramatic acceleration and expansion of settlement activity.

At the same time, Israel has also been conducting Read more

Animals Get the Christmas Season Off at the Santa Barbara Old Mission Due to Weather

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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) - There's been some changes for Christmas week at the Old Mission in Santa Barbara.

The live animals for the creche at the  mission this year will not be brought out.

It is usually a couple of donkeys and some sheep, which makes it popular with visitors and parishioners.

The mission staff says this year, there is a safety concern for the volunteers who watch over the site during the holidays.

This comes as the area is dealing with a series of rain storms and strong winds.

The 4:00 p.m. Christmas eve outdoor mass was also moved into the church due to the weather.

The post Animals Get the Christmas Season Off at the Santa Barbara Old Mission Due to Weather appeared first on News Channel 3-12.

Animals Get the Christmas Season Off at the Santa Barbara Old Mission Due to Weather

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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) - There's been some changes for Christmas week at the Old Mission in Santa Barbara.

    The live animals for the creche at the  mission this year will not be brought out. 

    It is usually a couple of donkeys and some sheep, which makes it popular with visitors and parishioners.

    The mission staff says this year there is a safety concern for the volunteers who watch over the site during the holidays.

     This comes as the area is dealing with a series of rain storms and strong winds.

.     The 4:00 p.m. Christmas eve outdoor mass was also moved into the church due to the weather.

The post Animals Get the Christmas Season Off at the Santa Barbara Old Mission Due to Weather appeared first on News Channel 3-12.

Agentes de ICE dispararon a un hombre indocumentado en Maryland que, según dicen, intentó embestirlos con su camioneta

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Por Taylor Romine, CNN

Una parada de tráfico en las afueras de Baltimore el miércoles terminó con un hombre indocumentado herido por disparos y otro más lesionado después de que agentes del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE, por sus siglas en inglés) alegaran que el conductor de una camioneta se dirigió directamente hacia los agentes, lo que los incitó a abrir fuego.

Este es el segundo incidente publicado esta semana en el que agentes del ICE dispararon contra una persona indocumentada durante un operativo después de que esta presuntamente intentara herir a los agentes, aunque no fue alcanzada por disparos.

En el incidente del miércoles, el conductor de la camioneta recibió un disparo y otro inmigrante indocumentado que viajaba en ella resultó herido, pero ambos se encuentran estables y se espera que se recuperen, informó el Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (DHS, por sus siglas en inglés).

Tras un año de enfrentamientos violentos entre el DHS y el público, este enfrentamiento es otro ejemplo de cómo los accidentes automovilísticos y las embestidas están cobrando protagonismo en los encuentros con agentes federales a medida que se intensifica la aplicación de las leyes inmigratorias en todo el país.

Agentes de ICE se encontraban en Glen Burnie, Maryland, el miércoles realizando un operativo inmigratorio selectivo cuando intentaron detener a los dos hombres, según informó la subsecretaria del DHS, Tricia McLaughlin, en un comunicado.

Los inmigrantes indocumentados fueron identificados como Tiago Alexandre Sousa-Martins, un portugués que conducía la camioneta, y Solomon Antonio Serrano-Esquivel, un salvadoreño que viajaba como pasajero, explicó McLaughlin.

Los agentes se acercaron a la camioneta y le pidieron a Sousa-Martins que apagara el motor, pero él se negó e intentó huir del lugar, añadió. Empezó a embestir vehículos de ICE y luego condujo su camioneta directamente hacia los agentes, y parecía que intentaba atropellarlos, añadió McLaughlin.

“Temiendo por sus vidas y la seguridad pública, los agentes dispararon sus armas de servicio a la defensiva, impactando al conductor”, declaró. Sousa-Martins luego destrozó su auto entre dos edificios, dijo McLaughlin, aunque las fotos compartidas por la agencia en X muestran una camioneta blanca que se estrelló contra un árbol. CNN se comunicó con el DHS para obtener aclaraciones.

En el accidente, Serrano-Esquivel también resultó herido, dijo.

Los agentes brindaron atención médica inmediata a los dos hombres y los trasladaron al hospital, dijo McLaughlin, y agregó que ningún agente de ICE resultó herido.

Sousa-Martins llegó a Estados Unidos desde Portugal en diciembre de 2008, pero no salió del país cuando su visa expiró en febrero de 2009, dijo el DHS. La agencia no proporcionó información adicional sobre el historial migratorio de Serrano-Esquivel.

No está claro de inmediato si los dos hombres obtuvieron representación legal.

CNN se comunicó con las autoridades locales de la zona para ver si respondieron al incidente.

A medida que las imágenes de dramáticos operativos inmigratorios han aumentado en todo el país durante el último año, los incidentes con vehículos se han vuelto comunes.

“Los agresores ahora chocan deliberadamente contra los agentes, acorralan a los vehículos policiales, sacan a los agentes de ICE de las carreteras y embisten con sus vehículos a los vehículos policiales”, declaró Emily Covington, subdirectora de Asuntos Públicos de ICE, a CNN en octubre.

Sin embargo, la agencia ha sido criticada por usar la táctica en sí, incluyendo la controvertida “técnica de inmovilización de precisión” o “PIT”, que obliga a un vehículo a girar y detenerse. Expertos han

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