Israeli soldiers detain a Palestinian protester at
the northern entrance to the city of Ramallah, near the settlement of
Beit El in the West Bank, on October 20, 2022. Abbas Momani/AFP via
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This story originally appeared in Mondoweiss on Oct. 17, 2022. It is shared here with permission.
The West Bank and Jerusalem are “on fire.”
It’s a term we’re seeing used more and more across social media, the
news, and opinion pieces talking about the current events in the
occupied Palestinian territory. It’s also not a new phrase used to
describe waves of suppression and resistance in Palestine, most recently
the 2021 Unity Intifada that swept across historic Palestine.
The current repression, and the resistance to it, are part of a larger, months-long campaign to quell growing Palestinian resistance, particularly armed resistance, which has seen a resurgence in areas of the West Bank.
