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Gaza and the West Bank are frequently discussed together as the primary territories of the Palestinian people, often cited in the context of Israeli military policies, humanitarian restrictions, and regional instability as evidenced by [1], [2], [3], and [4].
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Opportunities for Collective Regional Security in the Middle East carnegieendowment.org 9 facts
claimTo achieve his objectives in Palestine and Lebanon, Benjamin Netanyahu requires entities willing to accept unconditional surrender, which would allow Israel to consolidate control over Gaza, intensify settler activities in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, and dismantle Hezbollah both militarily and politically.
claimIsrael's current policies of reoccupying Gaza, considering forced displacement, expanding West Bank settlements, maintaining a presence in Lebanon, and conducting aggressions toward Syria fail to create lasting security or stability and hinder normalization with regional neighbors.
perspectiveAmr Hamzawy characterizes the current situation in the Middle East as an apartheid system that targets Palestinian populations in Gaza, the West Bank, and East Jerusalem.
accountIsrael pursued a strategy of escalating settlement activities in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, blockading Gaza, and eroding the Palestinian National Authority's governance capacity to undermine the two-state solution and the principle of land for peace.
accountPrior to the 2011 Arab Spring, the Middle East faced instability due to the aftermath of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, the regional war on terror, stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations, the Gaza blockade, settlement activity in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, and escalations between Israel and Palestinian factions.
claimPrior to October 2023, Israel pursued a fait accompli strategy aimed at extinguishing the Palestinian cause by escalating settlement activities in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, imposing a blockade on Gaza, and eroding the governance capacity of the Palestinian National Authority.
claimTo achieve his objectives in Palestine and Lebanon, Benjamin Netanyahu would require the support of entities willing to accept unconditional surrender, which would enable Israel to consolidate control over Gaza, intensify settler activities in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, and dismantle Hezbollah militarily and politically.
perspectiveAmr Hamzawy asserts that the Middle East currently maintains an apartheid system that targets Palestinian populations in Gaza, the West Bank, and East Jerusalem.
perspectiveIsraeli policies including reoccupying Gaza, considering forced displacement, expanding settlements in the West Bank, maintaining a presence in Lebanese territory, and conducting aggressions toward Syria fail to create lasting security or stability and hinder normalization efforts with regional neighbors.
The Middle East, including the Palestinian Question, April 2026 ... securitycouncilreport.org 3 facts
claimThe Working Group on discrimination against women and girls stated on 19 March 2026 that Israel's restrictions on humanitarian operations in Gaza and the West Bank negatively impact women and girls, noting that people in vulnerable situations experience the most severe impacts.
quoteUN experts warned in a 6 March press release that irreparable harm is being inflicted on Jerusalem, as violence engulfs the region, and genocide continues in Gaza and spills into the West Bank.
measurementIn December 2025, Israel issued regulations restricting the operations of 37 international humanitarian organisations in Gaza and the West Bank.
Geopolitical, Strategic, and Humanitarian Implications of ... ardd-jo.org 2 facts
claimParticipants in the Times of War: Regional Policy Dialogue Series flagged the risk that the current war will absorb all diplomatic attention, causing further deterioration in Gaza, the West Bank, and Lebanon.
claimThere is a significant risk that the current war will absorb all diplomatic attention, causing conflicts in Gaza, the West Bank, and Lebanon to deteriorate further.
Iran's 'Axis of Resistance': The proxy forces shaping Mideast conflicts latimes.com 1 fact
claimPalestinian Islamic Jihad is a more direct Iranian proxy than Hamas in both Gaza and the West Bank.
The Expanding Iran War - ISPI ispionline.it 1 fact
claimThe Arab-majority Hadash party in Israel condemned the attack and warned of the risk of worsening conditions in the West Bank and Gaza.
Twenty questions (and expert answers) about the Iran war atlanticcouncil.org 1 fact
claimThere is a risk that a battered and angry Iranian regime might deploy limited resources to support extreme terror activities in Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank by utilizing Palestinian elements sympathetic to Tehran or motivated by financial incentives.
After the War: Rethinking Regional Security in the Middle ... arab-reform.net 1 fact
claimThe author asserts that Israeli policies in Gaza and the West Bank threaten the existence of Palestinians, endanger Jordan's interest in preserving the territorial basis for a Palestinian state, and threaten Egyptian national security by attempting to forcibly and permanently expel Gazans to the Sinai Peninsula.
Monday Briefing: Israel-Hamas war: Conflict scenarios, ... mei.edu 1 fact
claimSince 2007, the Israeli government has utilized Hamas's control of Gaza to argue that the division between the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank and Hamas in Gaza leaves Israel without a representative Palestinian interlocutor for negotiations, thereby denying Palestinians a path to statehood.