Palestine weekly: Election deadlock meets West Bank sieges, Gaza killings
Summary
Arab-led parties won a record 19 seats in Israel’s election, but coalition talks face resistance to including Palestinian parties. In the occupied West Bank, Israeli forces ended a 10-day operation in Hebron, where residents faced displacement, arrests and business closures, while restrictions and settler attacks continued elsewhere.Key Facts
- Ra’am and the Joint List won 19 seats after nearly 840,000 people voted for them, a 64 percent increase from 2022.
- Adding the Arab-led parties to opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot’s bloc would give an anti-Netanyahu coalition 67 seats, according to the article.
- Likud alleged the election had been stolen through Palestinian parties, citing claims of Qatari financing; Qatar denied the accusations, and police sources said there was no evidence of widespread fraud.
- Election committee chairman Noam Sohlberg said the election was conducted properly.
- By October 29, Al Jazeera’s data unit counted 10 sealed entrances in Hebron and about 5,000 displaced people; the article also reported at least 120 arrests and 13 demolished businesses.
- Hebron Governor Khaled Dudin said on November 2 that Israeli forces had withdrawn and displaced families could return.
- In Masafer Yatta, at least 12 villages were cut off, and Wafa reported that Israeli forces detained 10 teachers from the Jinba school.
- A resident of Wadi Rakhim told Al Jazeera that his family had been besieged at home for four weeks and that settlers had poisoned their well.
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