The escalating crisis in the West Bank
On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti
WBUR
4.3 • 3.9K Ratings
🗓️ 11 January 2024
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Clashes in the West Bank are escalating. Since October 7th – hundreds of Palestinians in the West Bank have been killed, thousands arrested, and many banned from entering Jerusalem. As tensions rise, we discuss the current crisis in the West Bank.
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| 0:45.0 | Since Hamas's October 7th attack on Israel, |
| 0:48.0 | where Hamas kidnapped, killed, and brutalized more than a thousand Israeli men, women and children, |
| 0:54.8 | the Israeli Defense Forces response has killed at least 22,000 Gazan men, |
| 1:00.6 | women, and children, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. |
| 1:05.1 | The conflict has also spilled over into the West Bank. |
| 1:09.8 | On December 27th, the UN High Commission on Human Rights, issued a report outlining human rights |
| 1:15.9 | violations documented by the OH CHR in the West Bank. |
| 1:21.1 | The UN report states that between October 7th to December 27th, Israeli |
| 1:26.8 | security forces conducted mass arrests detaining more than 4,700 |
| 1:31.4 | Palestinians. |
| 1:32.4 | Ajit Sunge is the head of than 4,700 Palestinians. |
| 1:33.1 | Ajit Sunge is the head of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in the |
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