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The flat-roofed colonnaded front of the Knesset building in Jerusalem with an Israeli flag on the roof

Following5 storiesLatest 27 Oct

Israel’s 2026 election

The vote for the 26th Knesset, read from Palestine: the closures that came with it, the campaign against Arab ballots, and what each outcome would mean.

Latest: Likud readies fraud complaints over Arab polling stations, reports say

Farmers on wooden ladders picking olives from a large olive tree

Following3 storiesLatest 27 Oct

The olive harvest

October is picking season across the West Bank, and this year it opened, in the UN’s word, ominously: attacks on pickers, trees and the roads to the groves.

Latest: Settlers burn three cars and spray slogans in Umm Safa overnight

Fishermen with long rods and boats at the Gaza seaport, the city's seafront behind

Following7 storiesLatest 27 Oct

Gaza after the ceasefire

The shooting has slowed but not stopped. Food aid is being cut, power is unaffordable, tents burn, and a UN inquiry says the genocide has not ended.

Latest: Six-year-old girl dies of gunshot wounds in al-Mawasi

Rooftops and water tanks of Hebron's Old City seen from a house roof, with a satellite dish in the foreground

Following7 storiesLatest 27 Oct

Raids and settlers

The West Bank week: the Hebron operation and the families it moved, homes taken over in Far’un, arrests, shootings at checkpoints and settler attacks overnight.

Latest: Palestinian youth shot in the foot near Huwara checkpoint

The empty Human Rights Council chamber at the Palais des Nations with its painted dripping ceiling

Following4 storiesLatest 27 Oct

Courts, the UN and Europe

Where the war is argued over: the UN commission of inquiry, the ICC under US sanctions, the European Parliament, and a rapporteur’s report on the press.

Latest: Sixty MEPs urge emergency EU meeting on sanctions against Israel

The white tent-like roof of King Fahd International Stadium seen from its main entrance plaza

Following2 storiesLatest 27 Oct

Palestine at the Asian Cup

The national team opens the 2027 Asian Cup against the hosts in Riyadh, with a striker who grew up in Gaza back in the squad.

Latest: From a Rafah tent to the national team: Mohammed Balah's Asian Cup hopes