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West Bank forgotten? Settler violence against Palestinians grows as war continues

The world's eyes are on Gaza at the moment, and rightly so. But violence is also continuing in the occupied West Bank. Even before the October 7 Hamas attacks, 2023 was already the deadliest year for Palestinians there in two decades. Now, violent confrontations are happening almost every day. Israel…

France 24

West Bank's settler violence problem is a second sign that Israel's policy of ignoring Palestinians' drive for a homeland isn't a long-term solution

With violence and destruction raging in southern Israel and Gaza, there has been less attention on the worsening violence in the West Bank, the other half of the occupied territories.

The Conversation

With the world's eyes on Gaza, attacks are on the rise in the West Bank, which faces its own war

When Israeli warplanes swooped over the Gaza Strip following Hamas militants’ brutal attack on southern Israel, Palestinians say a different kind of war took hold in the occupied West Bank

The Independent UK

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David Lammy visits Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories

Mr Lammy will also meet with the Palestinian Authority’s deputy foreign minister Amal Jadu in the West Bank.

The Independent UK

‘These are biblical lands promised to us’: Jewish settlers in West Bank hope Gaza conflict will help their cause

Human rights groups say settlers, empowered by their right-wing government, are exploiting the Israel-Hamas war

The Guardian - UK

Israel kills several 'terrorists' in overnight operations in West Bank

A US State Department official says around 140,000 litres of fuel will be allowed into Gaza every two days

Evening Standard

‘Pipe dream’: Why is the US pushing the Palestinian Authority to lead Gaza?

Analysts say talk of the Palestinian Authority governing a destroyed post-conflict Gaza is premature and unrealistic.

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Israeli troops kill 5 Palestinians, including 3 militants, as West Bank violence surges

Israeli forces have killed five Palestinians, including three militants, across the West Bank, deepening a surge of violence in the occupied territory that has accompanied Israel’s war in the Gaza Strip

The Independent UK

Israel kills Hamas militants in Jenin raid as violence surges in West Bank

Hamas says three fighters died, while Israeli military says it killed at least five, as tensions rise

The Guardian - UK

Israeli forces raid Jenin, surround Ibn Sina hospital in occupied West Bank

At least three killed in a drone strike on Jenin refugee camp as dozens of Israeli tanks pushed into the city.

Al Jazeera

Russia and Israel lead global surge in attacks on civilian water supplies

Exclusive: at least 228 water conflicts were recorded in 2022 – an 87% rise on the year before, Pacific Institute database shows

The Guardian - US

‘We remain afraid of the future’ – how Palestinian children's optimism was fading even before this crisis

In October alone, more children were reported to have died in Gaza than the total number of children killed annually in all other conflicts since 2019. The awful statistic led to United Nations Secretary General António Guterres calling Gaza a “graveyard for children”.

The Conversation

‘Not just a number’: A protest and a funeral in the West Bank

As Palestinians in the West Bank protest against Israel’s war on Gaza, they’re facing increasing attacks themselves.

Al Jazeera

We were interviewing a Palestinian farmer. Then the drone and soldiers appeared

There are days when you head out to report a story, and you think you know where it's going. And then it spins in an entirely different direction. This is the story of one such day.

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The Guardian - UK

‘We are the resistance’: show of defiance by Hamas as funeral parade follows battle in Jenin

Israeli raids raise tensions in a West Bank paying the human price of war

The Guardian - US

How Chinese firm linked to repression of Uyghurs aids Israeli surveillance in West Bank

Cameras made by Hikvision, which is blacklisted in US, blanket the occupied West Bank, according to Amnesty International

The Independent UK

‘From the river to the sea’: Why a 6-word phrase sparks fury and passion over the Israel-Hamas war

The Jordan River is a winding, 200-plus-mile run to the east of Israel and the occupied West Bank

The Guardian - UK

‘Our wish is to be martyred’: defiant Hamas fighters count their losses in West Bank

Hundreds of men, some armed, march with bodies of the dead through Jenin as violence escalates

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The Independent UK

'From the river to the sea': Why a 6-word phrase sparks fury and passion over the Israel-Hamas war

The Jordan River is a winding, 200-plus-mile run to the east of Israel and the occupied West Bank

WEKU

The death of a Palestinian olive farmer emphasizes conflict over land

Settler violence is on the rise in the West Bank.

The Independent UK

Beatings, threats at gunpoint and fleeing in terror: Inside the most aggressive West Bank land grab in 50 years

Bel Trew visits villages in the occupied West Bank and hears harrowing tales of settler violence in which Palestinian families describe being forced from their homes – in what human rights groups say is the single biggest land grab since Israel captured the region in 1967

Al Jazeera

Israel-Gaza war ‘devastating’ Palestine economy, UN warns

Gaza is experiencing ‘unimaginable’ levels of destruction as the Palestinian economy suffers after a month of war.

The Independent UK

New UN report paints a picture of the devastation of the collapsing Palestinian economy

A new U.N. report paints a stark picture of the collapsing Palestinian economy after a month of war and Israel’s near total siege of Gaza

France 24

Fake story about assassination attempt on Mahmoud Abbas goes viral

A video supposedly showing an assassination attempt on Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority, has been circulating widely on X (formerly Twitter) since November 7. However, it turns out that the video actually shows a police drug raid on a refugee camp near Ramallah in the West Bank…

The Guardian - UK

The two-state solution is not the only viable option for Israel and Palestine

Letters: A three-state solution, whereby Gaza reverts to Egyptian control and the West Bank becomes part of Jordan, has been tried before and worked, argues Dr Martin A Smith. Plus letters from Janet Dubé and Mike Reed

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