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SvennoJ on 10 October 2025
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Ceasefire is welcome but no true peace ‘unless root causes are dealt with’: Ashrawi

The “real challenge” in the Gaza ceasefire deal will come after phase one, when the focus turns to reconstruction and governance, said Hanan Ashrawi, Palestinian politician and former member of the Palestine Liberation Organization’s executive committee.

After the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza and the exchange of prisoners for captives, as well as the entry of food and medical supplies, attention will have to turn to Palestinian unity and ending Israel’s occupation.

“The West Bank is still being targeted by army [and] settlers, while the Israeli government pursues an escalated settlement/annexation agenda,” Ashrawi wrote on X.

“Unless the root causes are dealt with, there can be no real peace or stability,” she said.


 

Palestinians arrested in Israeli military raid on Ramallah; video shows West Bank home demolition

The Israeli military has stormed the occupied West Bank town of Sinjil, north of Ramallah, raiding homes and arresting three Palestinian men, the Wafa news agency reports.

Earlier, we reported that Israeli forces had demolished the home of deceased Palestinian man Muhammad Bassam Taha in the town of Qatana, north of occupied East Jerusalem.

Video clips published by Palestinian media outlets on social media show that demolition taking place earlier tonight.



Translation: The moment the occupation forces blew up the house of the martyr Mohammed Bassam Taha in the town of Qatana, north of occupied Jerusalem, one of the perpetrators of the “Ramot” operation that resulted in the killing of seven settlers and the injury of others.