Israel took another step toward annexing the West Bank on Sunday when its government approved a proposal that will register parts of the West Bank as “state property,” which Bezalel Smotrich, the settler finance minister, said is the continuation of “the settlement revolution to control all our lands.”
Israeli officials on Sunday took another step towards fully annexing the West Bank by removing hurdles for “settlers” to purchase land inside the territory in direct contradiction to international law.
The murderous U.S. Senate on Thursday easily rejected two resolutions introduced by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., that would have blocked $8.8 billion in arms sale to the Genocidal State of Israel, which was just the latest example of how servile American politicians are to Israel and its powerful lobby.
The moral rot in the IDF was on full display last week when soldiers were seen pushing three Palestinians off a roof in the occupied West Bank.
Israeli settlers—a name given to land-stealers by politicians and the mainstream media—have ramped up their land stealing in the West Bank after the October Hamas attack. Their latest land grab crime is Tuqu, a town where Palestinians have lived for generations.
All in the name of security! Israelis have been expanding settlements in the occupied West Bank at record levels, which is a war crime under international law, according to Volker Turk, the UN’s high commissioner for human rights, said.
The U.S. announced last week that four Russian military members have been charged with war crimes stemming from the Ukraine War—the first of its kind from the conflict and the first ever under a statute enacted nearly 30 years ago.