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<article data-history-node-id="433383" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/former-israeli-prime-minister-accuses-government-backing-murderous" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/former-israeli-prime-minister-accuses-government-backing-murderous" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Former Israeli prime minister accuses government of backing 'murderous' settler violence</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p><a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israel</a>'s former prime minister has accused the Israeli government of actively enabling "murderous" settler violence in the occupied West Bank, days after Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to downplay the surge in attacks amid growing US scrutiny.</p> <p>In an&nbsp;<a href="https://www.haaretz.co.il/opinions/2025-12-31/ty-article-opinion/.premium/0000019b-7429-da0b-a1bf-fcb929060000" target="_blank">article</a>&nbsp;published in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz on Friday, Ehud Olmert said that violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians wasn't just the work of fringe extremists but a coordinated campaign enabled by politicians, police and military authorities.</p> <p>"There's no other way of defining what's happening in the territories except as a violent, murderous war," Olmert said, adding that attacks against Palestinians were "designed to lead gradually to ethnic cleansing and mass expulsion".</p> <h3>Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-ehud-olmert-accuses-government-supporting-settler-violence">Former Israeli prime minister accuses government of backing 'murderous' settler violence</a></h3> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="Former Israeli Prime minister Ehud Olmert takes part in an 'Is Peace in Gaza possible?' roundtable during the La Toja Forum in Galicia, Spain, on 4 October 2025 (Miguel Riopa/AFP)" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="b9d4f102-a8ba-40e4-a98d-1d3048e47689" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/images-story/israel-former-prime-minister-ehud-olmert-conference-about-gaza-in-galicia-spain-4-oct-2025-afp.jpg" width="1920" height="1080" alt="Former Israeli Prime minister Ehud Olmert takes part in an 'Is Peace in Gaza possible?' roundtable during the La Toja Forum in Galicia, Spain, on 4 October 2025 (Miguel Riopa/AFP)" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>Former Israeli Prime minister Ehud Olmert takes part in an 'Is Peace in Gaza possible?' roundtable during the La Toja Forum in Galicia, Spain, on 4 October 2025 (Miguel Riopa/AFP)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background:rgba(220,220,220,0.5);background-image:url(https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png);display:none;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="433388" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/eight-countries-urge-israel-allow-permanent-and-dignified-shelter-gaza" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/eight-countries-urge-israel-allow-permanent-and-dignified-shelter-gaza" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Eight countries urge Israel to allow 'permanent and dignified shelter' into Gaza as weather worsens</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-testid="rich-text">Ministers from Jordan, the UAE, Indonesia, Pakistan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Egypt countries expressed concern in a oint statement over the "deteriorating humanitarian conditions" in Gaza that have been exacerbated by extreme weather.&nbsp;</p> <p data-testid="rich-text">The eight foreign ministers said that&nbsp;1.9 million people in Gaza are facing potentially hazardous consequences such as death, sickness, and disease as a result of heavy rains and inadequate shelter, especially children, women, the elderly, and people with difficult medical conditions.</p> <p data-testid="rich-text">They&nbsp;stressed the urgent need to immediately begin and expand early recovery efforts, including providing permanent and dignified shelter to protect residents from harsh winter conditions.</p> <p>The ministers also called on the international community to assume "its legal and moral responsibilities and pressure Israel, to immediately lift restrictions on the entry and distribution of essential supplies".</p> <p data-testid="rich-text">They praised the work if United Nations and urged the international community to pressure Israel to lift restrictions and allow uninterrupted delivery of aid, and ensure UN and international organizations can operate freely in Gaza and the West Bank.</p> </div> </div> </article>