Christina Lamb

So I had not been to the West Bank since the Second Intifada, which was about 20 years earlier for the big Palestinian uprising that took place.

Christina Lamb is chief foreign correspondent for The Sunday Times, and she's been reporting from the West Bank.

We'll look at the geopolitical row over this much contested land later in the podcast, but first, what is life like there for Palestinians?

I went back two years ago because after the horrific attacks of October the 7th by Hamas fighters on Israel, I'd seen some disturbing reports of settler activity having increased a lot.

And I think the idea of a two-state solution is a nice one, but it's not seen as realistic.

That was Gabrielle Weiniger, The Times correspondent in Tel Aviv.

And before her, you heard from Christina Lamb, chief foreign correspondent at The Sunday Times.

The producers today were Olivia Case and Jesse Fox.