{
  "id": 7828568,
  "title": "Israel trying to 'eliminate' living conditions for Palestinians in occupied West Bank, says report",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/israel-trying-to-eliminate-living-conditions-for-palestinians-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-16T16:38:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Middle East Eye",
    "slug": "middle-east-eye",
    "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-trying-eliminate-living-conditions-palestinians-occupied-west-bank-says-report"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Israel is systematically eroding the living conditions of Palestinians in the West Bank, according to a new report by B tselem. The organization alleges that the Israeli government is intensifying attacks on various aspects of daily life for Palestinians, such as work, education, healthcare, and access to family and friends. B tselem describes this as an \"elimination project\" aimed at creating a contiguous, institutionalized Jewish presence in the West Bank while fragmenting Palestinian existence. The report argues that Palestinians have three options: submit to Jewish supremacy, leave the territory, or face violent suppression. The situation in the West Bank is not a temporary crisis or isolated violations, but an ongoing, accelerated phase of an elimination project driven by a settler-colonial logic of dispossession and dispossession.",
  "summary": "Israel trying to 'eliminate' living conditions for Palestinians in occupied West Bank, says report Submitted by MEE staff on Wed, 09/16/2026 - 16:36 B'tselem warns that Israel is systemically making life unliveable for Palestinians Cranes tower above a construction site in Givat HaMatos, an Israeli settlement and near the Palestinian neighbourhood of Beit Safafa (foreground) in annexed East…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "More than 40% of West Bank Palestinians believe Israel doesn’t have a right to exist, poll finds",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/more-than-40-of-west-bank-palestinians-believe-israel-doesnt-have-a",
        "published": "2026-09-16T16:58:04.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Middle East Eye",
        "title": "Israel trying to 'eliminate' living conditions for Palestinians in occupied West Bank, says report",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/israel-trying-to-eliminate-living-conditions-for-palestinians-in-7835744",
        "published": "2026-09-16T17:27:15.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}