Israel/Palestine

Eugene

(62,623 posts) Fri Apr 26, 2024, 12:19 PM Apr 2024

Israeli land grabs spike in West Bank during Gaza war

Source: Agence France-Presse

Israeli land grabs spike in West Bank during Gaza war

Issued on: 25/04/2024 - 18:13
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In March, Israeli authorities declared 8,000 dunams (800 hectares) adjacent to Edais's home -- an area including his sheep's grazing grounds -- as state land, a move that often leads to restrictions on Palestinians' access.

Israel, which has occupied the West Bank since 1967 and established settlements that are deemed illegal under international law, has for decades seized land in the Palestinian territory.

But according to Israeli settlement watchdog Peace Now, this year has already broken a record for most land grabs, which in many cases lead to settlement expansion.

The advocacy group said that 10,971 dunams of West Bank land have been seized by Israel so far in 2024, as much of the world's attention has been focused on the devastating Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip since October 7.

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Read more: https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240425-israeli-land-grabs-spike-in-west-bank-during-gaza-war

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Israeli land grabs spike in West Bank during Gaza war (Original Post) Eugene Apr 2024 OP

Netanyahu will just continue stealing Palestinian lands and murdering them until no one is left. Lonestarblue Apr 2024 #1

There are plenty of protests within Israel, they just don't grab US media or TikTok attention elias7 Apr 2024 #2

We should absolutely recognize the fact that not all Israelis agree with land thefts in the occupied territories...... TheRealNorth Apr 2024 #4

Many is not nearly enough Bok_Tukalo Apr 2024 #3

Remember most Israelis have no problem with most of these policies. Big Blue Marble Apr 2024 #5

Reasonable conclusion. David__77 Apr 2024 #6

What It's Like to Grow Up in an Israeli Settlement - NY Times PufPuf23 Apr 2024 #7

Lonestarblue

(11,558 posts)

1. Netanyahu will just continue stealing Palestinian lands and murdering them until no one is left.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Fri Apr 26, 2024, 12:27 PM

Apr 2024

He has been violating international law for years. I believe many Israelis do not support him, but where are the protests against his policies?

elias7

(4,180 posts)

2. There are plenty of protests within Israel, they just don't grab US media or TikTok attention

Reply to Lonestarblue (Reply #1)

Fri Apr 26, 2024, 12:48 PM

Apr 2024

TheRealNorth

(9,629 posts)

4. We should absolutely recognize the fact that not all Israelis agree with land thefts in the occupied territories......

Reply to elias7 (Reply #2)

Fri Apr 26, 2024, 01:47 PM

Apr 2024

But there is a reason Netenyahu and the nut jobs further to the right keep getting re-elected.

We should be aware that some of the people stealing the land in the West Bank are Isareli-American dual citizens supported with money from here in the U.S.

Bok_Tukalo

(4,397 posts)

3. Many is not nearly enough

Reply to Lonestarblue (Reply #1)

Fri Apr 26, 2024, 01:17 PM

Apr 2024

Israel is ostensibly a democracy so any actions by that state are a reflection of the political will of its voting population.

If Israel is seizing land, persecuting Palestinians, and engaging in the ethnic cleansing, in part or as a whole, of East Jerusalem and the West Bank, it is because Israelis want that to happen.

Big Blue Marble

(5,441 posts)

5. Remember most Israelis have no problem with most of these policies.

Reply to Lonestarblue (Reply #1)

Fri Apr 26, 2024, 02:11 PM

Apr 2024

They are angry with Bibi because he failed to protect them Oct 7 and
overturn the courts. They do not have any issues with the way
the government manages "The Palestinian Problem."

David__77

(23,863 posts)

6. Reasonable conclusion.

Reply to Big Blue Marble (Reply #5)

Sat Apr 27, 2024, 11:13 AM

Apr 2024

PufPuf23

(9,233 posts)

7. What It's Like to Grow Up in an Israeli Settlement - NY Times

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sun Apr 28, 2024, 10:18 PM

Apr 2024

What It’s Like to Grow Up in an Israeli Settlement

Mar 25, 2019

This week we bring you Iris Zaki’s thought-provoking short film “Natural Born Settlers.” A self-described liberal from cosmopolitan Tel Aviv, Zaki wanted to get behind the politics of Israel’s controversial settlements in the occupied territories — so she moved there, temporarily, setting up an improvised cafe where she could chat with settlers from her own generation.

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