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Israel at the polls: Netanyahu seeks to capitalize on surge in West Bank violence

After trailing opposition parties in previous polls, recent surveys now put the prime minister’s Likud party back in the lead, with 22 seats.

Israel at the polls: Netanyahu seeks to capitalize on surge in West Bank violence

A Palestinian man holds the shoulder of a boy as Israeli forces oversee the demolition of a Palestinian owned building containing shops and flats in Anzah, south of the Palestinian city of Jenin, in the northern Israeli-occupied West Bank on July 27, 2026. (Credit: Mohammad Mansour/AFP)

On Friday, July 24, around twenty Israeli settlers entered the Palestinian village of Tell, near Nablus, despite a ban prohibiting Israeli citizens from entering without authorization into this area under Palestinian Authority control. A confrontation broke out with local residents, leaving two Israeli soldiers and four Palestinians dead.The response was massive. The Israeli army launched one of its largest operations in the occupied West Bank in months. It carried out nightly raids in Tell for several days, mass arrests, and searched around 70 homes, while settlers launched around thirty attacks over the weekend.The campaign spread to Jenin, Tubas, Ramallah, Hebron, Bethlehem, Tulkarm, and occupied East Jerusalem, targeting what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu describes as “terrorist hotspots.” The escalation has been enough...
On Friday, July 24, around twenty Israeli settlers entered the Palestinian village of Tell, near Nablus, despite a ban prohibiting Israeli citizens from entering without authorization into this area under Palestinian Authority control. A confrontation broke out with local residents, leaving two Israeli soldiers and four Palestinians dead.The response was massive. The Israeli army launched one of its largest operations in the occupied West Bank in months. It carried out nightly raids in Tell for several days, mass arrests, and searched around 70 homes, while settlers launched around thirty attacks over the weekend.The campaign spread to Jenin, Tubas, Ramallah, Hebron, Bethlehem, Tulkarm, and occupied East Jerusalem, targeting what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu describes as “terrorist hotspots.” The escalation has been...
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