Palestine Tension Score
indexed · 49 days on fileLive 0–100 tension reading for Palestine, built by our own engine from 19,188 world headlines in the last 30 days. Refreshed every 10 minutes; a fresh headline count twice a day.
Where Palestine stands
#7 of 197 countries today, #4 of 16 in Middle East (region score 78). Tension is easing this week.
Same 0–100 scale and zones as the World Tension Index.
Palestine news pulse
60 headlines in 30 days · newest firstEvery story the engine read that names Palestine, its capital or its leaders. Links go to the original outlet; the badge is the engine’s own 0–100 tension weight. This list is what moves the number above.
What is driving Palestine’s tension score
last 30 days- 599 headlines in 30 days — 3.12% of everything the engine read, up sharply on the previous 30 days (381).
- 55% of those were violent (attacks, strikes, casualties) and 35% scored as high-tension stories.
- Conflicts on the roster: Israel-Palestine Conflict (active).
- Region: Middle East reads 78 today; it carries 15% of this score.
Read it like this. Attention (how much the world is talking about Palestine) is the biggest input at 30%. Violence and high-tension share tell you what kind of talk it is. A country can be loud and calm — an election, a summit — or quiet and dangerous. The mix is the point.
Palestine tension month by month
average score, headline counts| Month | Avg score | Zone | Headlines | Violent | Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2026 | 57.4 | Moderate | 67 | 27 | 5 |
| October 2026 | 48.7 | Stable | 650 | 349 | 31 |
| September 2026 | 39.1 | Stable | 263 | 102 | 13 |
Record for Palestine began on 18 September 2026. Nothing is revised after the fact.
How the Palestine score is built
Five inputs, fixed weights. Attention 30% (share of world coverage), violence 25% and high-tension share 15% (what kind of coverage), roster conflicts 15%, and the Middle East region score 15%. A momentum nudge (+6 / −4) rewards a country whose coverage is accelerating or fading.
Same physics as the world score. The number rises 85% of the way to its new level at once and falls no faster than 3 points a day — fear arrives fast and leaves slowly.
No third-party index inside. Every count comes from the 41 public news feeds our engine reads itself; the full method is on the methodology page. Data is free under CC BY 4.0 via the API.
Questions people ask about Palestine
Is Palestine in a war right now?
Yes, by our roster: Israel-Palestine Conflict. Status is updated on every full cycle.
Is tension in Palestine rising or falling?
Easing: down 3 points in 7 days.
How does Palestine compare with the rest of Middle East?
Below its region: Palestine reads 55 against 78 for Middle East, ranking #4 of 16 there.
Keep exploring
The bigger picture
All countries on the map · Middle East · World Tension Index · active conflicts · escalation watchlist
Palestine and world tension: the long view
evergreen · World Tension Meter teamThe conflict the world never stops reading about. Gaza and the West Bank generate more tension coverage per square kilometre than anywhere on earth. Palestine’s score is a reading of that attention, and of the violence behind it.
A humanitarian signal too. Aid, blockades and ceasefire talks count as tension in our corpus because they decide whether fighting resumes. The engine does not separate the war from its human cost; the headlines do not either.
What our engine watches in Palestine
- Ceasefire terms, aid corridors and border crossings
- West Bank raids and settler violence
- Diplomacy around recognition and reconstruction
Indexes to follow: Shipping Stress · Gold & Silver Fear.