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The Guardian - AU

Israeli minister reiterates calls for Palestinians to leave Gaza

Israel’s far-right finance minister says Israelis who would replace Palestinians would ‘make the desert bloom’.

Al Jazeera

Israeli strikes in central Gaza kill at least 35 as Netanyahu says war will continue for months

Hospital officials in central Gaza say at least 35 people have been killed in Israeli strikes

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Israeli strikes in Gaza kill at least 35; Netanyahu says 'many months' of war ahead

Residents reported strikes in the Gaza's central region, the latest focus of the nearly three-month air and ground war that has now engulfed most of the territory.

WEKU

Pressure on Netanyahu amid row over Israel’s plan for ‘day after’ Gaza war

As Israeli military pounds Gaza, raids occupied West Bank, Hamas says no deal on captives until ‘aggression’ stops.

Al Jazeera

‘No work and no olives’: harvest rots as West Bank farmers cut off from trees

With olives the largest single agricultural product on the West Bank, Palestinians say Israeli restrictions and settler violence are losing them $70m

The Guardian - UK

Since the Gaza war began, violence against Palestinians has also surged in the West Bank – and gone virtually unnoticed

While the world remains fixated on the devastating October 7 Hamas attacks and the subsequent Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, there has been a pronounced – and mostly unnoticed – escalation in violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.

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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

‘A lot of discontent’: Netanyahu alone as Israel turns on wartime PM

From families of Hamas captives to politicians in his own government, Netanyahu’s popularity is at an all-time low.

Al Jazeera

Lives of dozens of babies in Gaza’s largest hospital hang in balance: ‘The risks are really high’

Concern grows over fate of patients at al-Shifa with no fuel – as UN says just one hospital in nothern Gaza, al-Awda, still has electricity and is able to receive the wounded and sick

The Independent UK

Israeli minister supports ‘voluntary migration’ of Palestinians in Gaza

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich calls the move the ‘right humanitarian solution’. Critics call it ‘ethnic cleansing’.

Al Jazeera

‘We can’t even cross’: the West Bank town split in two by Israel

Residents of Huwara, in the West Bank, cannot cross the main street without permission and must detour for miles to reach other neighbourhoods

The Guardian - UK

Labour criticises Israeli ministers ‘offensive rhetoric’ and urges end to West Bank violence

David Lammy condemns ‘extremist rhetoric’ and ‘displacement of Palestinians in West Bank’

The Independent UK

David Lammy raises concerns over 'sharp' rise in West Bank violence

Shadow foreign secretary raises concerns about violence between Israelis and Palestinians in the West Bank

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The Independent UK

David Lammy raises concerns over West Bank violence

The shadow foreign secretary has written to James Cleverly about the violence between Israelis and Palestinians in the West Bank.

The Guardian - UK

David Lammy urges UK government to press Israel to end West Bank violence

Letter to James Cleverly criticises ‘offensive rhetoric’ by some Israeli ministers and calls for settlers inciting hatred to be banned from UK

The Guardian - UK

Once this war between Israel and Hamas is over, a deeper conflict looms

A lasting peace has to become thinkable again. And it will be – if extremists on both sides are shunned, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

Al Jazeera

Jordan recalls ambassador to Israel to protest Gaza ‘catastrophe’

The kingdom said it would only return its envoy if Israel ceased the ‘humanitarian crisis it has caused’.

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Salon

What about the West Bank?

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

Foreign Policy

Netanyahu Hasn't Just Lost His Credibility on Security

The prime minister’s image has long depended on keeping Israelis safe and promoting economic growth. Polls show he’s in trouble.

The Guardian - UK

Hamas’s barbarism does not justify the collective punishment of Palestinians

Laying siege to a civilian population isn’t the same thing as targeting a terrorist organisation

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s like a nightmare’: families of Hamas hostages continue agonising wait for news

Israel pounds Gaza with retaliatory missile strikes as fate of 150 people thought to have been taken by Hamas remains unclear

The Guardian - UK

‘I fear the worst’: Israeli man waits for news of 10 relatives caught in kibbutz attack

Yotam Kipnis does not know if his parents and other family members were killed or taken hostage in Be’eri kibbutz assault

Zenger

Israeli Right-Wing Leaders Call For Emergency Government To Defeat Hamas

Finance Minister Smotrich and Security Minister Ben-Gvir urge unity and decisive action in the face of escalating conflict.

The Independent UK

Palestinians march at youth's funeral procession after settler rampage in flashpoint West Bank town

Palestinians have marched in anger at a funeral procession for a 19-year-old killed by Israeli security forces after Jewish settlers rampaged through a flashpoint West Bank town the night before

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