EXCLUSIVE: First Hand Films has boarded sales on Marjolein Busstra’s documentary House of Hope, about a pacifist Waldorf school in the occupied West Bank, ahead of its world premiere at the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam in November.

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Israeli settlers descended on Palestinian olive harvesters and activists this week in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, beating them with clubs in an attack Palestinian health officials said sent at least one woman to the hospital with serious injuries.

An investigation from CBC's the fifth estate follows the trail of millions of dollars in tax-deductible donations sent through Canadian charities to support Israeli settlements deemed illegal under international law.

The South African leader urged the international community to "make every effort" to ensure the peace deal paves the way for Palestinian statehood.

Israel's E1 settlement plan, as its known, would further divide Palestinian communities in the West Bank. One town in particular, Ezariya, would be hard hit by the settlement.

Right-wing rivals of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu narrowly passed a West Bank annexation bill in first parliamentary reading, drawing a US rebuke as the allies advance a Gaza peace plan whose regional support hinges on acknowledging Palestinian territorial claims.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio made clear Friday that Israel annexing the West Bank would “threaten” peace in the Gaza Strip — after ruling out the US working with the United Nations’ Palestinian refugee agency to rebuild the shattered coastal enclave.

The appliance was sent to the West Bank last year but was impounded at an Israeli port where it has racked up £16,000 in fees.