Haaretz: Army concerned Netanyahu escalating West Bank tensions before elections

Haaretz: Army concerned Netanyahu escalating West Bank tensions before elections Israeli military sources have voiced concern that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could be deliberately escalating tensions in the occupied West Bank ahead of elections, Haaretz is reporting. The report said the violence was being used to divert attention from the failures surrounding the 7 October 2023 attack. Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir has questioned the government’s intentions and wants to avoid drawing the army into new crises dri

Localisation: Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East
Source: Middle East Eye
Categorie: politics
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2026 13:22:16 +0100