Grief and Grievances in Israel and the Occupied West Bank
From Our Own Correspondent
BBC
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🗓️ 4 February 2023
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
After a surge in violence over the last week, in which several were killed in a military raid on a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank and a synagogue attack in Israel, Yolande Knell visited the both areas and spoke to friends and relatives of those who died about their fears for the future.
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Producers: Serena Tarling, Louise Hidalgo and Arlene Gregorious Editor: China Collins and Richard Fenton-Smith Production Coordinator: Helena Warwick-Cross
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts |
| 0:05.2 | Today we're in the Czech Republic, where, from an escalator upgrade to a new president, |
| 0:11.4 | not all are persuaded of the merits of change. Urban cowboys are all the rage in Uruguay, |
| 0:18.2 | but can they compete with their beef-producing neighbours, Brazil and Argentina? In Canada, |
| 0:24.4 | we embark on a sailing trip to a primeval rainforest north of Vancouver Island, where |
| 0:30.6 | bare-watching has ousted bare-hunting as a pastime. And finally, three years after the |
| 0:36.8 | UK left the EU, our correspondent returns to Brussels to find the charged atmosphere |
| 0:43.5 | of the corridors of Belémol has somewhat dissipated. |
| 0:47.7 | First, there's been a surge in violence in Israel and the occupied West Bank in recent |
| 0:53.4 | days, which is unmatched in years. And there are fears that could escalate further. Just |
| 0:59.5 | over a week ago an Israeli military raid on Janine Refugee camp in the occupied West |
| 1:05.2 | Bank killed ten people. The next day, seven people were shot dead by a Palestinian gunman |
| 1:11.7 | near a synagogue in occupied East Jerusalem. The flare-up has come with Israel's most nationalist |
| 1:18.4 | government ever in power, and as many young Palestinians have lost faith in their political |
| 1:24.4 | leaders, Yolandael has been to the scenes of the recent attacks. |
| 1:30.6 | The walls of Janine's crowded, built-up refugee camp are plastered with hundreds of posters |
| 1:36.0 | of those seen as martyrs, mostly killed by Israeli forces. It's a stark reminder of the |
| 1:42.0 | scale of Palestinian casualties from this part of the occupied West Bank. Of the more |
| 1:47.5 | than 180 killed in the territory, including East Jerusalem since the start of last year, |
| 1:53.2 | about a third were from the Janine area. Some were shot dead after attacking Israeli civilians, |
| 1:58.7 | including at a bar in Tel Aviv, others during fighting with soldiers. And there've also |
| 2:03.8 | been locals caught up in the violence, such as a teacher giving first aid and a girl fetching |
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