Israel plans 6,000 new settler homes in occupied West Bank, monitor says
Israeli advocacy group Peace Now says authorities in Israel are scheduled to approve or advance the construction of more than 6,000 new housing units in dozens of illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank.
Two days of talks on the huge expansion plan are scheduled for today and Thursday by Israel’s Higher Planning Committee, the defence body responsible for settlement planning, after which approval is expected, Peace Now said.
“It is clear that the primary goal of the current government, from its decisions to its actions, is the dismantling of any possibility for a political solution between Israelis and Palestinians,” the advocacy group said.
“Since the start of the war, the Israeli government has focused all its efforts on building, developing, and investing in construction across the West Bank,” it said.
“Ongoing settlement construction, along with the decision to establish new settlements deep in the West Bank and the transfer of planning powers from the army to [far-right Finance Minister Bezalel] Smotrich’s officials, will lead to disaster for Israel and the region,” the group added.
“This is a government without any public support, and it must be ousted in order to save us from total destruction and perpetual war.”
The government of total annexation and destruction does not stop.
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— Peace Now (@peacenowisrael) July 2, 2024
And you can buy them at your local synagogue in the US and Canada...
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/us-canadian-synagogues-sell-palestinian-land-for-illegal-settlement/3156846
Israeli settlers invade Palestinian village again as security forces look on
Israeli settlers descended on the Palestinian village of Umm al-Khair in the south of the occupied West Bank for a second consecutive day on Tuesday, as Israeli police and military again looked on, the Associated Press new agency reports.
On Monday, settler armed with tear gas and sticks attacked the Palestinian village injuring six residents, including four women and a 5-year-old girl. Police and soldiers were also present during the attack but did nothing, AP reported.
Eid Suleman, a well-known Palestinian artist who lives in the village and had his home demolished last week by Israeli authorities, said Israeli soldiers were present and simply watched as a group of settlers set up a tent in the village.
The settlers spent about two hours in the tent, playing loud music and letting their sheep graze on the Palestinian village land. Later a group of 40 settlers arrived to stand and pray in the middle of the Palestinian village, said Awdah Hathaleen, a 29-year-old teacher and lifelong resident of the village, which was founded in 1948.
Last week, Israeli bulldozers demolished several houses in the village, leaving a quarter of its 200 people homeless, including 31 children.
UPDATE: From a resident of Umm Al Khair -->
The biggest assault was carried out by the settlers on the people of Umm Al-Khair yesterday. This attack resulted in 6 injuries with tear gas and wooden sticks. The settlers also opened fire directly towards the residents. pic.twitter.com/QBKUjJJSoh
— CJNV #SaveMasaferYatta (@CJNVtweets) July 2, 2024
Looks like the security forces (well one guy) is telling the Palestinians to go away while a settler is walking around with a machine gun.
