Bezalel Smotrich, Israel’s extremist finance minister, announced Friday that 1,977 acres (3.8 square miles) in the occupied West Bank is now considered “state land,” which means his fellow settlers will be able to erect buildings there.
Tag: OCCUPIED WEST BANK
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ISRAELI GOVERNMENT’S PLAN FOR GAZA: REMOVE PALESTINIANS, STEAL THEIR LAND
With each passing day, it is becoming clearer that Israel’s goal in Gaza is to reoccupy the territory, and deport the 2.1 million Palestinians in the enclave, according to a report last week in The Los Angeles Times.
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ISRAELI SETTLEMENT (LAND STEALING) EXPANSION AT RECORD HIGH, UN SAYS
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.
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ISRAEL CONTINUES CRACKDOWN IN THE WEST BANK
Israel continued its crackdown in the West Bank over the past few days and detained 22 Palestinians across the occupied West Bank on Friday and Saturday alone, according to Anadolu Agency.
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ISRAEL ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR NEW SETTLEMENTS
Israel announced last week that it plans to develop over 3,000 settlements in the occupied West Bank in response to a recent deadly shooting and the 7 October Hamas attack—citing new security needs in the region.
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BIDEN SAYS ISRAELI SETTLER ATTACKS IN OCCUPIED WEST BANK HAVE TO STOP, BUT DOES NOTHING TO STOP THEM
U.S. President Joe Biden urged Israeli “settlers” in the occupied territories in Israel to stop as Israel continues to starve out and bomb Palestinians in Gaza.