Gaza watches Israel’s elections with fear and antipathy
Palestinians are following the campaign, but few feel next month’s vote will make their lives any better.
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Palestinians are following the campaign, but few feel next month’s vote will make their lives any better.
![A tent camp sheltering displaced Palestinians in Gaza City [File: Dawoud Abu Alkas/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/2026-09-04T083135Z_1547578087_RC28CNAX5OKL_RTRMADP_3_ISRAEL-ELECTION-GAZA-EXPULSION-1788660218.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)

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![Supporters of detained pro-Palestinian activists protest to demand their release in Tunis, Tunisia. [September 19: Stringer/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/reuters_6ab4211b-1790189851.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)

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Violations against Palestinians in Gaza continue even as world leaders call on Israel to adhere to ceasefire deal.

Palestinians protest Israel’s prison visit bans as settler pogroms continue across the occupied West Bank.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has accused Israel and the US of applying ‘double standards’.

Priests Against Genocide hold shroud with names of 300 children killed in ‘ceasefires’ in Gaza, the occupied West Bank

US Democratic senator Chris Van Hollen has called Netanyahu a lying war criminal ahead of his visit to UNGA
Every day, Fidaa Zalbani checks the room of her son, Mohammed, 17, tidying his bed and arranging untouched clothes.
France’s Macron says suffering in Gaza should ‘shame all of us’ as Canada’s Carney pledges $71m for two-state efforts.

UK PM Burnham condemned Israel’s war on Gaza, and explains why the UK sanctioned illegal Israeli settlements.
Organisers say more than 300 constituents met with House and Senate members from 26 states to demand US policy shift.