#360: What's Really Happening in the West Bank

This episode features the audio from a NJN webinar, originally recorded on January 15th, 2026, hosted by Noam Shelef. In this conversation, Peace Now's Hagit Ofran helps us understand: What to make of the recent headlines about E-1 and how this fits with other changes in the West Bank over the past year. How settler violence and government policy reinforce one another to drive Palestinians out of certain areas. Why these developments matter for Palestinians, Israelis, and the rest of us who care about what the future looks like. Hagit Ofran is Israel's leading expert on settlements and the Israeli government's policies in the Occupied Territories. As co-director of Peace Now's Settlement Watch program, Hagit has spent decades documenting settlement expansion and tracking the legal and political mechanisms driving de facto annexation.

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#360: What's Really Happening in the West Bank is an episode from PeaceCast by New Jewish Narrative, Maxxe Albert-Deitch.

This episode is 01:02:37 long.

This episode was published on Jan 16, 2026.

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