‘West Bank being intentionally and brutally carved up’: NRC
Jan Egeland, head of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), has warned that Israeli settler violence – backed by the Israeli authorities – is driving Palestinians from their homes across the occupied West Bank.
“The same violence and impunity we saw in Gaza is dispossessing whole communities in the West Bank,” Egeland said in a statement, noting that violence in the West Bank has been largely eclipsed by the situation in Gaza.
He noted that nearly 200 Palestinians have been reported killed since January while another 3,200 have been injured by Israeli troops and settlers.
Military operations have also pushed more than 30,000 Palestinians out of their homes in the Jenin, Nur Shams and Tulkarem refugee camps, Egeland added.
“Humanitarians cannot even reach parts of Jenin and Tulkarem camps to verify the devastation, and communities are not allowed to return,” said Egeland. “Restrictions and intimidation are silencing the truth about what is happening.”
CAIR welcomes Trump admin’s rebuke of Israeli annexation bill
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) says US Vice President JD Vance was right in calling the Israeli push to annex the occupied West Bank “an insult”.
But CAIR official Robert McCaw stressed that “de facto annexation” of the Palestinian territory is already a reality on the ground, as Israel has expanded illegal settlements and imposed a “two-tiered legal system that privileges settlers while suffocating Palestinian life”.
“For decades, US presidents have opposed annexation in words while arming Israel in practice,” McCaw said in a statement.
“If President Trump and Vice President Vance truly believe annexation should end US support, that principle must apply to the de facto annexation now underway. The United States must stop funding, arming, and diplomatically shielding Israel’s apartheid system as it continues to seize Palestinian land and deny basic rights.”
Trump and Vance just do the minimum they think they can get away with to get MBS to sign the Abraham accords. MBS is only against annexation to keep the illusion of a Palestinian state alive to avoid Saudis revolting and improve relations with their Arab neighbors. (Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict)
https://www.dw.com/en/why-is-saudi-arabia-leading-push-for-palestinian-statehood/a-73536683
