Analysts say the Palestinian West Bank is approaching a crossroads in the struggle against the occupation. Ramallah occupied West Bank – Instability hangs low over life for Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
There is an expectation that the situation on the ground is going to implode at some point shortly. A Palestinian confrontation and a renewal of the struggle with the [Israeli] occupation is inevitable,” Belal Shobaki, head of the political science department at Hebron University, told Al Jazeera. “I believe that the scenario of matters exploding in 2023 is possible.” “In the estimations of the Israeli military and security apparatus, the West Bank is bound to eventually mobilize. Israel is trying to postpone this scenario for as long as possible by employing a strategy of containment and absorption,” he continued. For now, he said: “Israel is not allowing complete calm, and it is not allowing matters to explode.”