#Israel’s current government & much of its political class view the #WestBank as the biblical & historical homeland of the Jewish people & see the #settlements as key to maintaining security.

Most of the international community views all settlements as illegal & an obstacle to peace.

#geopolitics #InternationalLaw #Netanyahu #WarCrimes #TwoStateSolution

#Israel captured the #WestBank, along with #Gaza & east #Jerusalem, in the 1967 Mideast war, territories the #Palestinians want for a future state.

Since then, the Israeli government has built nearly 150 #settlements that are home to well over 500,000 Jewish #settlers. Many of the settlements resemble fully developed suburbs, with apartment blocks, shopping malls, parks & industrial zones.

#geopolitics #InternationalLaw #Netanyahu #WarCrimes #TwoStateSolution

There’s a reason why #Israel has done little to rein in settler violence. It’s not just #Netanyahu.

…[Israeli settlers in the #WestBank] are the tip of the spear for a much larger movement, supported by successive Israeli governments & supercharged under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, that is aimed at cementing Israeli rule over the territory & preventing the establishment of a #PalestinianState.

#geopolitics #InternationalLaw #WarCrimes #TwoStateSolution
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Interview: "Israel aims to make Palestine disappear physically, economically, culturally and politically”.

Fmr pres of Ireland, Mary Robinson, says weapons decommissioning "does not happen before a withdrawal of troops or before x, y, z happens."

"That happens as part of a process. It took... 12 years for the full decommisioning of the IRA".

16 min in:
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#USPol #EUPol #WestBank #gaza #palestine #news #IsraeliCrimes #HamasDecommissioning .

Israel is ‘trying to make Palestine disappear’: The Elders

Former Irish President Mary Robinson: Israel ‘erasing Palestine physically, economically, culturally and politically’.

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"The assault is not limited to military raids. It is an integrated system involving the occupation army, armed settlers, military courts, settlement councils, demolition authorities and ministers who openly advocate annexation."
#IsraelRogueState #Palestine #LandGrab #WesternComplicity #SettlerViolence #WarCrimes #Futuricide #Gaza #WestBank #OccupiedTerritories #Zionism

The Meaning of Tell: Why the West Bank May Be Nearing a Breaking Point - CounterPunch.org
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UNRWA reported that the so called “Iron Wall” operation carried out by Israeli forces in the northern West Bank since January 21 is the longest and most destructive operation since the Second Intifada.

UNRWA reported that the operation has resulted in the largest displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank since the 1967 war, forcing around 40,000 people to leave their homes.

It added that the Jenin, Tulkarm, and Nur Shams refugee camps have been nearly emptied of their residents amid the ongoing Israeli operations and large scale home demolitions.

#Israel #Palestine #Gaza #WestBank #Palestinian