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Israel Arrests 5 Teenage Suspects In Fatal Stoning Of Palestinian Woman

The arrests in the fatal attack on a Palestinian woman last year has highlighted a rift between Israel's security establishment and hawks in the settler community.

Israel's security service says it has arrested five Israeli yeshiva students allegedly involved in last year's fatal stoning of a Palestinian woman in the West Bank. The arrests in late December have heightened tensions between the state and radical Israeli settlers and their supporters ahead of national elections in April.

Aisha Rabi, 48, was on her way home to Bidya in the northern West Bank on a Friday night in October 2018 when her family's car came under a

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