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Palestinians in West Bank fear further escalation of violence if Netanyahu remains PM

Ramallah residents say they hope to see Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lose power in elections. "Netanyahu remaining in power means that there will be a clash, a build-up of tension and an explosion in the region", says one resident. Israel has committed the crime against humanity of "extermination" in the West Bank, while continuing to commit "genocide" against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, United Nations-mandated investigators said Monday (October 27).

Politics

REPLAY: Palestinian president Abbas addresses UN General Assembly

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas told the UN on Thursday that Israeli policies no longer just jeopardized a two-state solution but were now threatening the "very life and existence" of his people. Abbas delivered prerecorded remarks to the UN’s General Assembly from his office in Ramallah after the United States denied him and other top Palestinian officials visas to attend the gathering for the second year in a row.

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Threat to 'life and existence': Major takeaways from Palestinian president's UN speech

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addressed the UN General Assembly on Thursday, delivering prerecorded remarks from his office in Ramallah after the United States denied him and other top Palestinian officials visas to attend the gathering for the second year in a row. “The Palestinian people face one of the most dangerous times in its history,” Abbas said. France 24's Kethevane Gorjestani takes a look at some of the main takeaways from his address.

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Israeli settler and Palestinian driver killed in West Bank shootings

A suspected Palestinian gunman on Sunday shot dead an Israeli man near a West Bank settlement, according to Israeli officials. The gunman was located at a Ramallah hospital and arrested, police said. Elsewhere in the West Bank, Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian motorist who the military said was attempting to run them over. The flare up in violence came on the eve of the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur.