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The rise in the violence of settlers against West Bank Palestinians reflects the growing powers of far-right Knesset members within the Netanyahu coalition.
I am proud to hail from the same island as Sinéad O’Connor. Her cancellation of a gig in Israel is by no means the first time that she has put principles ahead of financial considerations.
Palestinian Authority (PA) forces arrested journalist Aqil Awawdeh on 13 July after he refuted a statement from PA officials claiming there are no political arrests in the occupied West Bank.
United Nations Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese stated that Israel has turned all occupied Palestinian territories into an open-air prison, where its inhabitants are constantly confined, monitored, and punished.
Far-right Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has called on his cabinet to launch a wide military offensive in the occupied West Bank, encouraging the regime forces to assassinate “hundreds, or if needed, thousands” of Palestinians.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a Knesset panel recently that Tel Aviv “cannot allow” the Palestinian Authority (PA) to collapse, stressing that the organization in control of the occupied West Bank “does the job for us,” according to Israel’s Kan news.