A Netanyahu government may raise the temperature in a boiling West Bank
Far-right ministers will increase tensions in Jerusalem, too
A week before Israelis went to the polls on November 1st, a team of Israeli soldiers carried out an unusual raid in the old city of Nablus. By day its casbah is a lively place, famed for its sweets. But in the pre-dawn hours of October 25th it was a war zone. Five Palestinians were killed and dozens injured. Another Palestinian was killed in a different episode that evening.
This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “Welcome back to the occupation”
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