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Israeli Elections in West Bank
The article discusses the Israeli escalation in the West Bank ahead of the scheduled elections in October 2026. It highlights how the extremist Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir stormed the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) headquarters in Qalandiya and announced that he had taken control of it, despite there being no evidence of the agency’s involvement in the October 2023 attack, and limited dismissals of its staff. Additionally, Knesset member Tzvi Sukkot entered the village of Madama and threatened to demolish a memorial for Palestinian fighters, provoking angry responses from the government and the army, which regarded his actions as dangerous and aimed at fueling tensions in the region. These moves threaten to ignite a third intifada, amid growing political and security critiques of provocative actions that exploit the election season to escalate tension.
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