PoliticsPalestine weekly: Israeli politicians compete to look toughest before election

As Israel’s October 27 election approaches, parties and candidates are maneuvering for voters. Ministers turned the launch of an illegal West Bank settlement into a campaign event, while Netanyahu spoke defiantly at the UN. Ben-Gvir threatened a jailed Hamas figure, and Smotrich urged the army to “go to war” in the occupied West Bank. Settlement expansion, demolitions, closures and settler worship at Al-Aqsa have intensified tensions.

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