The West Bank is Collapsing
Simon Whistler · July 7, 2026 · 15 min video · Middle East
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For the last few years, the West Bank has been a sideshow to all that's been going on in the Middle East and understandably so, given the wars in Gaza, Lebanon, Iran, and well, that list could go on for quite a while, at a tip. But the lack of headlines about the West Bank does not mean nothing's happening there.
In June, the International Crisis Group dropped a report that in any other news cycle would have dominated media coverage, titled Chocalt, the report's conclusions are grim.
The West Bank's governing body, the Palestinian Authority, is by all indications on the brink of collapse.
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