Mcconnell harshly criticised biden as bending under the heat of domestic political pressure from his partys anti israel base. Republican senator Lindsay Graham has called the decision to halt arms absurd. This is all about President Biden and trying to take over the war from israel. Ive got one message for israel. Ive got one message for israel. Dont let them do it. Many democratic lawmakers have come out in support of biden s decision to halt certain munitions to israel. Heres what democratic senator and biden ally chris coons told the bbc. Of course, israel has the right but the obligation to go after hamas and Finish Thejob and the obligation to go after hamas and finish the job and restore a sense of security to the israeli people after the horrific attack of october seven. But since there are a million refugees in gaza who have moved to the north, to the centre and the south and are trapped up against the hard border with egypt and egypt is not allowing any of them in, before goi
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made their homes in the west bank. the israeli settlements in the territory are considered illegal under international law but israel disputes this. the palestinians claim sovereignty over the whole of west bank but in reality only control only a part of it the many enclaves here shown in yellow in this map. the fear amongst many palestinians is that this new israeli government will strengthen its hold on the occupied west bank which is one of the main flashpoints of the israeli palestinian conflict. just hours after mr netanyhau s announcement of a new government, a palestinian man was shot dead by israeli troops during clashes in the city of nablus in west bank. violence has spiked since the election. this footage shows clashes in hebron. let us hearfrom one palestinian activist who was at that clash. it palestinian activist who was at that clash. , ., ,.
been given wide powers over its activities there. he will have control over planning israeli settlements in the west bank. mr netanyhau s partners also reject the idea of a two state solution to the israeli palestinian conflict, the internationally backed formula for peace which envisages an independent palestinian state in the west bank alongside israel, withjerusalem as their shared capital. israel seized control over the west bank along ith eastjerusalem and the gaza strip following the 1967 war. since then, more than 450,000 jewish settlers have made their homes in the west bank. the israeli settlements in the territory are considered illegal under international law but israel disputes this. the palestinians claim sovereignty over the whole of west bank but in reality only control a part of it the many enclaves here shown in yellow in this map. the fear amongst many palestinians is that this new israeli government will strengthen its hold on the occupied west bank. just hours after
leader itamar ben gvir is set to become the national security minister. that role will give him authority over the police force in israel and the west bank. mr ben gvir has called for the relaxation of rules on when security forces can open fire in the face of threats. he is well known for his anti arab comments calling for the expulsion of arab citizens of israel who not loyal and was once convicted of incitement to racism and supporting a terror organisation. the leader of religious zionism party, bezalel smotrich has been appointed as finance minister. mr smotrich says he wants to see israel annex the west bank and has been given wide powers over its activities there. he will have control over planning settlements in the west bank, potentially leading to further expansion of israeli settlements, affecting the lives of nearly 3 million palestinians living there. mr netanyhau s partners also reject the idea of a two state solution to the israeli palestinian conflict the internatio