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What is happening in Jenin in the occupied West Bank, and why now? [1]

['Niha Masih', 'Miriam Berger']

Date: 2023-07-05

A new phase of the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict is unfolding in the West Bank, where disaffected, mainly young Palestinians from refugee camps are rising up against the Israeli occupation and Western-backed Palestinian leadership.

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For more than a year, the epicenter has been the restive refugee camp in the northern city of Jenin, the target of a deadly two-day Israeli military incursion this week. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — facing pressure to act from his far-right government — signaled the raid will be the start of a more aggressive military response to Palestinian militant attacks.

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[1] Url: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/07/05/jenin-explained-israel-west-bank/

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