The Palestinian banking system’s heavy dependence on "Israel" has exposed it to growing financial risks, with two Israeli banks processing billions of shekels in transactions each year and controlling a key channel to the Israeli financial system.

The rapprochement between Hamas and Mohammad Dahlan’s faction is taking on a political and electoral dimension, with talks of a broad alliance including Islamic Jihad, leftist groups and independents to contest the November 28, 2026, legislative elections.

For more than a decade, waste from the Israeli Occupation has flowed into various parts of the West Bank, while a large market for collecting, dismantling, and extracting metals from electronic waste has taken shape in the southern Hebron area.

Palestinian legislative elections are set for November 28, 2026, but they face a widening gap between a completed legal framework and unresolved questions over how the vote can actually be carried out.

The West Bank is entering a new phase of deeper Israeli Occupation control, with 26 military battalions deployed, forces remaining in Jenin, Tulkarm, and Nur Shams camps, and preparations to occupy another camp and displace its residents.