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Today in Focus

Fear and fury in the West Bank

Today in Focus

The Guardian

Daily News, News

4.5778 Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Palestinians in the West Bank say that while all the attention is on Gaza, Israeli settlers overseen by the military are killing people and forcing them from the land. Julian Borger reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

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0:00.0

This is the Guardian.

0:03.0

Today.

0:07.0

What's happening in the West Bank while the world's attention is on Gaza? Hello there is Jamie East here from the excellent daily news podcast the Smart7.

0:24.8

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0:56.4

A quick heads up before we start.

1:02.2

This episode does contain some distressing scenes so please take care while listening

1:08.6

I'm from Hebrew I was born there and all my life is there. It's the industrial city of Palestine.

1:16.0

I'm Roe is a Palestinian activist living in the West Bank.

1:20.0

The city is around 5,500 years old. It's my homeland hometown. It's my life to me.

1:28.0

It's my homeland, hometown. It means my life to me.

1:32.0

Today Israeli settlements which are illegal under international law

1:37.0

can be found right in the middle of Hebron's historic city centre.

1:41.0

Because of that settlements, we have around 22 checkpoints.

1:45.0

Streets are segregated.

1:46.4

So I'm not allowed to walk in the streets where I used to walk.

1:50.1

I'm not allowed to visit my house where I was born.

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