Israel holds the main West Bank highways and most of the subsidiary roads connecting Palestinian towns and villages. What does daily life look like for West Bank Palestinians at present? Normal commerce has come to a halt, and nothing that the West Bank imports through Israel is getting through. A major concern for many West Bank Palestinians is conditions inside Israeli prisons, as some 7,000 Palestinians are currently held there. The West Bank was relatively quiet since, back in July, Israel launched what would be its largest military operation in the West Bank in two decades to root out the Jenin Brigades.

Source: The North Africa Journal November 24, 2023 17:03 UTC