Israel’s political fault lines return amid intensifying violence – BBC Newsnight

The past 12 months have been the deadliest year in decades for Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. Nine more people were killed today in an Israeli military raid in the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian presidency calls it a “massacre”. The Israeli military said its troops entered the city of Jenin to stop a “terrorist squad” that was planning violent attacks. Last year, Palestinian armed attacks against Israelis also increased. US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken will visit the Middle East. In the east, where he is due to meet Israeli and Palestinian leaders after several months of increasing violence and the recent election of the most right-wing nationalist coalition in Israel’s history, reports Tom Bateman, BBC Middle correspondent -Orient, for Newsnight. ly/1rbfUog — Website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsnight Twitter: https://twitter.com/BBCNewsnight Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsnight #Newsnight #BBCNews (tagsToTranslate ) bbc

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