Israeli police attack Gaza solidarity protesters in Haifa
Video footage shows Israeli police attacking peaceful demonstrators and violently dispersing them. A throng of officers ripped the protesters’ signs, and handcuffed others before marching them away.
The demonstrators in the mixed Arab-Jewish city were calling for an end to the Israeli war on Gaza.
Now in Haifa: police dispersed a solitary protest with Gaza, minutes after it started pic.twitter.com/jcQMeoqQp6
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PA slams expansion of West Bank settlements
We’ve been reporting on a decision by Israel to approve the largest West Bank land seizure in more than three decades as the rate of land grabs in the occupied Palestinian territory peaks.
Nabil Abu Rudeineh, spokesman for the Palestinian Authority (PA) presidency, slammed the move, saying expanding illegal settlements aims to prevent Palestinians from establishing an independent and contiguous state.
He was quoted as saying by the Palestinian Wafa news agency that expanding illegal settlements and outposts will not bring about peace and security. Abu Rudeineh added that the Palestinian people will not remain idle in the face of measures imposed by Israel’s far-right government.
He blamed the US for allowing such measures to take place and urged the US administration to intervene.
Hamas decries settlement land grab in occupied West Bank
Hamas has slammed a decision by Israel to approve the largest land seizure in more than three decades in the occupied West Bank.
In a statement, Hamas said the move shows the Israeli government’s “blatant disregard for international laws and decisions that criminalise settlements”, while still allowing settlers to continue attacking Palestinians in the West Bank.
These “fascist” decisions, Hamas said, will only strengthen the Palestinian people’s, their steadfastness towards their land, and their “resistance against occupation on all fronts”.
The group called on the UN and the international community to take immediate steps to stop Israel from “changing the reality on the ground”.
