Israel to close occupied West Bank crossings as Hebron lockdown continues
Israel says it will close all land crossings with the occupied West Bank when it holds a general election on Tuesday.
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Israel says it will close all land crossings with the occupied West Bank when it holds a general election on Tuesday.
As Israel approaches a consequential parliamentary election amid renewed violence in the occupied West Bank, Yedioth Ahronoth Senior Journalist Ben-Dror Yemini offers a critical assessment of Benjamin Netanyahu's political prospects, the limits of military escalation and the shifting relationship between national security and electoral legitimacy. Since October 7, 2023 "Netanyahu is not popular anymore," Yemini argues, identifying the Hamas-led attacks as a decisive turning point in the Israeli prime minister's public standing.
Suspected Palestinian militants wounded five Israelis on Friday before two gunmen were killed in a prolonged shoot-out, leading Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to order the closure of the West Bank days before Israeli elections. Netanyahu, facing a tight race for a new term in Tuesdayโs election, said that Israeli troops prevented what could have been a major attack, with the assailants allegedly carrying a large quantity of ammunition in their vehicle. An Agence France-Presse journalist who...
Israeli forces are raiding Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank and turning them into interrogation centres.
Analysis of map coordinates and timelines raises doubts over official Israeli accounts of West Bank settler pogrom.
Israeli settlers attacked an EU delegation in the occupied West Bank while it was visiting olive harvesters near Taybeh.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged Israel to halt and reverse West Bank settlement expansion and called for an immediate easing of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, in a meeting with Israelโs president on Thursday. โThe imperative priority is to fully open access routes into Gaza. Two million civilians must not be left to struggle on the brink of survival, nor can this humanitarian catastrophe be allowed to spread,โ Wang said, according to a statement released by Chinaโs foreign ministry on...
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi spoke to Israeli President Isaac Herzog on the sidelines of a conference.