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Alarm over settler violence in West Bank

"Officials are backing the violence and in many cases the military is present or even participates in the violence"

Salon

In the West Bank city of Jenin, Israeli raids and strikes leave Palestinians wary

In Jenin, at least 11 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes and raids in just over a week, officials say. The heightened pace of violence has frightened residents.

WEKU

‘The Palestine team carries hope’: football dreams live on amid conflict

Palestine’s FA says list of registered players killed in Gaza is long and full of children as it awaits news on World Cup qualifiers

The Guardian - UK

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What about the West Bank?

Israel can’t afford to cast a blind eye on settler violence

Salon

‘I want to be safe’: Israelis rush to obtain gun licences

Applications to bear arms fast-tracked amid feelings of insecurity after 7 October Hamas attacks

The Guardian - UK

Hamas and Israel at war: what we know on day 24

Netanyahu rules out ceasefire in Gaza; families of hostages in Hamas video plead with Joe Biden to ‘bring everyone home’

The Guardian - AU

Palestinian PM: we will not run Gaza without solution for West Bank

Mohammad Shtayyeh calls for a ‘comprehensive, peaceful vision’ and ceasefire in Gaza

The Guardian - UK

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‘There is zero work’: Occupied West Bank paralysed as economy stalls

Israel-ordered shutdowns and settler attacks in occupied West Bank take devastating toll on Palestinian economy.

Al Jazeera

Palestinians in West Bank face closures, attacks amid Israeli offensive

Entrances to Palestinian villages, towns and cities are blocked, severely restricting commercial and civilian movement.

Al Jazeera

Thousands of Gaza workers go ‘missing’ in Israel amid wartime mass arrests

Israel has so far refused to release information about Gaza workers who have disappeared, human rights groups say.

Al Jazeera

The Contradictions of 'Queers for Palestine'

Gay and transgender people—both in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank—face an extraordinary level of persecution.

Reason

Israel-Hamas war: will the murder of peace activists mean the end of the peace movement?

A profound sense of uncertainty hangs over the future of the peace movement and anti-occupation activism in Israel, in the wake of the recent terrorist attack by Hamas. The space for peace activism was already shrinking before October 7, but the violent attacks have added further pressure.

The Conversation

Biden wants a two-state solution for Israeli-Palestinian peace. Is it still possible?

Biden is calling for a two-state solution for Israeli-Palestinian peace. But the long-discussed framework is increasingly unpopular in the region. Here are some of its challenges — and alternatives.

WEKU

Why the Israel-Gaza conflict is so hard to talk about

With the intensification of war in the Middle East comes an intense polarization within our institutions. A historian whose family was taken hostage by Hamas, and a geographer with family in the West Bank, get together to discuss a way forward.

The Conversation

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The Independent UK

Palestinian activist is expelled by Israeli forces from his home in a volatile West Bank city

Israel has expelled a prominent Palestinian activist from his home in a West Bank city at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict after he hosted a foreign journalist and a prominent Israeli activist

The Independent UK

Is it safe for Americans to travel right now amid ‘worldwide advisory’?

Latest government advisory warns all Americans to exercise caution when travelling anywhere in the world – and specifically not to travel to Gaza, the West Bank, Israel and Lebanon

The Guardian - AU

EU leaders unanimously call for humanitarian corridors – as it happened

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The Conversation

Israel-Hamas war: six key moments for the Gaza Strip

Once again, the Gaza Strip is at the epicentre of violence in the Middle East. This tiny 41km-by-13km band of territory on the Mediterranean, sandwiched between the often hostile neighbours of Israel and Egypt, has faced repeated rounds of violence in recent history – but the current war is the…

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France 24

‘It’s been 12 days’: Stuck in the West Bank, Gazans anxiously await news from loved ones

Since Israel imposed a blockade on Gaza in the wake of Hamas’s October 7 terrorist attack, many Gazans in search of medical care for their children have found themselves stuck in Ramallah, in the West Bank. Some have not heard from their loved ones for days or even weeks, and…

The Guardian - UK

How Israel’s ground invasion of Gaza would play out – and why it will fail

The IDF’s ‘three-phase’ operation would increase Hamas’s influence in the region rather than extinguishing it, says Paul Rogers, emeritus professor of peace studies at Bradford University

France 24

Freed Israeli hostage Yocheved Lifshitz's comments stoke controversy

IN THE PRESS – Wednesday, October 25: We take a look at French President Emmanuel Macron's unexpected and controversial proposal to mount an international coalition against Hamas. We also see why comments by freed Israeli hostage Yocheved Lifshitz have sparked debate in the Israeli press. Meanwhile, the war in Gaza…

Al Jazeera

At least five killed in Israeli raids in occupied West Bank: Ministry

More than 100 West Bank Palestinians killed by Israeli fire since Hamas’s attack on October 7 prompted Israeli response.

The Guardian - UK

‘The West Bank will ignite’: Israel’s operations spark anger in the territory

More than 90 people are reported to have been killed and 1,200 arrested by Israeli forces in the West Bank since 7 October

The Conversation

Understanding the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in 5 charts

Understanding the current war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza requires context and history. These charts aim to show changes in the region that have occurred over time to put some of the events in perspective.

Radio France Internationale

Macron calls for 'international coalition' to fight Hamas

French President Emmanuel Macron has called for Gaza militants Hamas to be added to the targets of an international coalition against the Islamic State armed group, during a visit to Israel and the West Bank.

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