Jerusalem Daily: Israel’s siege on Hebron displaces thousands
Israel has displaced at least 4,969 people through its siege on Hebron, a settler opened fire on a group of children in a playground near Hebron, and Israeli forces arrested three Palestinians returning to Gaza. Al Jazeera’s Hala Al Shami has the latest.
Arab-majority parties in Israel, the Joint List and Ra’am, have backed Netanyahu’s rival Gadi Eisenkot to form a governm
Returning Hebron residents face significant economic and structural devastation after Israeli military operation.
Netanyahu’s allies refused to back the result, as President Herzog began talks on who should form the next government
Dr Richard Skues responds to an article by Jonathan Freedland in which he says the opposition can’t win unless they join forces with Arab parties Jonathan Freedland is surely right that the Israeli political parties opposed to Benjamin Netanyahu should make common cause with their Palestinian fellow citizens (This is the hard lesson from Israel’s election: to stop nationalist populists, you can’t play by gentlemen’s rules, 30 October). He is also right to be pessimistic, recognising that “Israel’s Jewish-led parties have long shunned the mainly Arab parties because the latter identify as anti-
Move comes after attorney general blocks Shin Bet call to interrogate politicians from Palestinian-led parties Israel’s election commission on Wednesday confirmed the final results of last week’s vote that stripped Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right coalition of its governing majority, rejecting claims of mass fraud promoted by the prime minister. The main challenger, Gadi Eisenkot, said Netanyahu had launched a “pogrom against democracy” in attempting to hold on to power by discrediting valid votes and weaponising security forces against parties led by Palestinian citizens of Israel.
Contested West Bank holy site is reopened exclusively for Israelis, deepening tensions over control of the mosque.