Beyond Gaza: The terror in the West Bank
The other half of Israel’s war: settlers and the army brutalise Palestinians in the West Bank.
Israel has overseen a deadly and destructive 10-day military operation in the occupied West Bank. As international law and global media have fallen short in holding the Israelis to account during 11 months of genocide in Gaza, what hopes do the Palestinians have that outcomes will be any different in the West Bank?
Lead contributors:
Dalal Iriqat – Associate Professor, Arab American University Palestine
Yara Hawari – Co-Director, Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network
Abdaljawad Omar – Lecturer, Birzeit University
Oren Ziv – Journalist, +972 Magazine and Local Call
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