The Take: The other blockade – As Gaza escalates, so does the West Bank

As war rages in Gaza, Palestinians in the occupied West Bank see a rise in violence from Israeli soldiers and settlers.

Mourners attend the funeral of four Palestinians killed in clashes with Israeli settlers, near Nablus in the Israeli-occupied West Bank October 12, 2023
Mourners attend the funeral of four Palestinians killed in clashes with Israeli settlers, near Nablus in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on October 12, 2023 [Ammar Awad/Reuters]

While Israel’s attacks have been concentrated on Gaza, violence has also increased in the occupied West Bank. Dozens of Palestinians have been killed since October 7, with Israel clamping down security restrictions even more and Israeli settlers arming themselves and opening fire on Palestinians. Although Gaza and the West Bank have been divided by distance and politics in the past, the past 10 days have galvanised Palestinians in both places to unite their voices and resist.

In this episode: 

  • Rania Zabaneh (@RZabaneh), Al Jazeera producer in occupied West Bank
  • Imran Khan (@ajimran), Al Jazeera senior correspondent

Episode credits:

This episode was produced by David Enders, Miranda Lin and our host Malika Bilal. Sonia Bhagat and Chloe K. Li fact-checked this episode.

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik and Adam Abou-Gad is our engagement producer.

Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer, and Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.

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Source: Al Jazeera

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