Fear and anger rise on the West Bank

Hamas says it wants to trigger a Palestinian uprising


  • by RAMALLAH
  • 10 14, 2023
  • in Middle East and Africa

FOR MONTHSPApa fears have been rising in Israel and among foreign governments that a surge is in the offing in the West Bank. It is the area that Palestinians view as the core of a would-be state, which for decades has been occupied and overseen by Israel’s government in tandem with the Palestinian Authority (), the nearest thing to a local Arab administration. It was thought that the increasing brutality shown towards Palestinians by Israelis living in settlements in the West Bank might spark an uprising, or . Now the war in Gaza adds a new dimension to the situation: Hamas says one motivation for its attack on Israel is to inspire a broader uprising across the West Bank that overthrows the feeble .Read more on the war between Israel and Hamas

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