President Abbas has been in ill health over recent years and is unpopular, but many Palestinians are still apathetic.
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Israeli authorities refuse to grant licenses to Palestinian water authorities to dig more much-needed wells.
![Superintendent Bassam Rayan fills residents' private water tanks at the Khawaja apartment building in Ramallah [Mohammed Najib/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Najib.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
An estimated 4,500 Palestinians are languishing in jail, many for simply challenging Israel’s occupation.
![Blindfolded boys play the role of prisoners during a rally marking Palestinian Prisoners' Day [File: Raneen Sawafta/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/PalestinianPrisoner.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Unprecedented settler violence in the occupied West Bank is raising fears the situation may grow out of control.
![Saeed Awad lays motionless after being attacked by settlers as Israeli army solders carry him on a stretcher [Courtesy: B'Tselem]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Awad.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)