U.S. President Trump said Robert is imprisoned in Russia and will arrive in Washington, D.C., tonight.

Ubay Abdi, former executive director of the Bisan Center for Research and Development, said recent escalation in Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians appears backed by officials and is closely tied to the end‑October Israeli election. He said politicians in the current government are relaxing constraints on settlers and at times encouraging large-scale attacks to secure votes; settlers, fearing a post‑October cabinet will be less tolerant, are accelerating efforts aimed at displacing Palestinians from their homes. Abdi added that through government policy and support for settler militias Israel has long sought to drive Palestinians off their land and render them refugees.

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