Month: July 2023

Jenin refugee camp, West Bank: Israel has withdrawn its troops from a West Bank militant stronghold but warned that its most intense military operation in the occupied territory in nearly two decades could be repeated. Twelve Palestinians and an Israeli soldier were killed in the two-day raid. On Wednesday (West Bank time), residents of the Jenin… Continue reading Israel ends West Bank raid, calling it a blow to militants

Simon Tisdall The endlessly simmering conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, exploding into unbridled warfare this week in the embattled West Bank city of Jenin, threatens a broader, more far-reaching catastrophe. How much closer now is a third intifada or, worse still, a wider Middle Eastern war drawing in Israel’s sworn enemies, Hezbollah and Iran? Paradoxically, it is both sides’… Continue reading Netanyahu’s attack on Jenin shows weakness. The Palestinians are weak too – and therein lies the danger

Israel has portrayed its strikes on the Jenin refugee camp – the biggest military operation in the occupied West Bank for two decades – as a limited intervention lasting just a few days. This is scant comfort for the thousands fleeing violence, including families making their escape as homes and infrastructure were destroyed. The Palestinian health ministry… Continue reading The Guardian view on Israel’s strikes on Jenin: where will the violence end?

At least eight Palestinians killed and dozens injured as major Israeli offensive targets city of Jenin Israel has launched a major aerial and ground offensive into the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, its biggest military operation in the Palestinian territory in years, in what it described as an “extensive counter-terrorism effort”. At least eight… Continue reading Israel attacks Jenin in biggest West Bank incursion in 20 years

News.com.au / AFP | July 4, 2023 Israeli forces killed nine Palestinians in a large-scale operation Monday in the occupied West Bank that the army labelled an “extensive counterterrorism effort,” involving air strikes and hundreds of troops. The raid, launched under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hard-right government, targeted the northern city of Jenin and was… Continue reading Major Israel army raid kills 9 Palestinians in West Bank

Religious nationalists emboldened now their representatives are major players in Benjamin Netanyahu’s new administration Five bullet holes now scar the walls and window of Hummus Restaurant, a modest fast food outlet near the settlement of Eli on the Israeli-built highway running the length of the occupied West Bank. On 20 June two gunmen affiliated with… Continue reading Israel’s far-right government fans the flames of vigilante settler violence

by Jonathan Kuttab On February 26th of this year, Israeli settlers from the settlement of Shiloh carried out what was described by the Israeli army as a pogrom against the Palestinian village of Huwara, burning vehicles and homes and attacking the population for hours. The army claimed it was caught by surprise, and indeed the… Continue reading Pogroms

The killing of a young father during a rampage through his quiet village underlines the impossible options for Palestinians in the occupied territories The Guardian | Bethan McKernan and Sufian Taha in Turmus Ayya, West Bank |Sat 1 Jul 2023 Although it was the second day of Eid al-Adha, there were no celebrations at the… Continue reading ‘Nowhere in Palestine is free’: West Bank villagers defenceless against rising settler violence

The continued expansion of settlements is an obstacle to peace, the three countries said in a joint statement. Al Jazeera | 1 Jul 2023 The governments of Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom have said they are “deeply concerned” about recent events in the occupied West Bank, including Israel’s decision to expand its illegal settlements… Continue reading Australia, Canada, UK ‘deeply concerned’ over Israeli settlements