Although the dusty, arid hill-top is on what is internationally recognised as occupied Palestinian territory, Israel recently announced it was planning to build homes there for Jewish settlers, our correspondent says.

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"Treatment inconsistent with child rights continues during court appearances, including shackling of children, denial of bail and imposition of custodial sentences and transfer of children outside occupied Palestinian territory to serve their sentences inside Israel, " it said.

BBC: Palestinian children 'mistreated' in Israeli detention

He has talked about the annexation of part of the West Bank - land that the international community universally regards as occupied Palestinian territory - but, unlike some politicians even further to the right, he does not appear to advocate encouraging Palestinians to leave.

BBC: Naftali Bennett

The Middle East and North Africa, which are dominated by the situation in Iraq, and violence in the occupied Palestinian territory.

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Israeli governments have viewed Fatah as a relatively moderate bunch with whom business may at a pinch be done, since it recognises Israel and espouses a two-state solution, whereas they tend to see Hamas as an irredeemable terror group that must be repeatedly clobbered, since it says Israel should be destroyed and a unitary Palestinian state established on the entire territory occupied by Israel.

ECONOMIST: Palestinian reconciliation