Nicolas Cortes
Nicolas Cortes, a French freelance photojournalist, began working in conflict zones in 2017. Since 2019, he has made several trips to the occupied West Bank to focus his work on the South Hebron Hills.
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While the World Watches Gaza, the West Bank Burns
In the immediate aftermath of Oct. 7, Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel's far-right minister of national security, pushed to relax gun-licensing requirements and increase the number of civilian security teams, while supplying them with assault rifles. The result has been an explosion in gun-toting settlers threatening Palestinians across the West Bank.