Zone1 Settler violence rises in West Bank

[surada]

It's much worse than we talk about. There's not much in the way of police or courts even after 50 years of occupation.

Settler Violence Rises in the West Bank during the Gaza War | Crisis Group

Attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinians in the West Bank are spiking with attention focused on Gaza. In this Q&A, Crisis Group expert Mairav Zonszein explains what is behind this dangerous phenomenon and what can be done to stop it.

www.crisisgroup.org

Settler violence” is a catch-all phrase for the various ways in which Israeli citizens living in the occupied West Bank terrorise and harm Palestinians. Such acts range from trespassing, blocking roads or access to land and water sources to setting cars, homes or other property on fire, stealing livestock, burning or cutting down olive trees, throwing stones, and vandalising churches and mosques, as well as various forms of physical and verbal harassment and intimidation. In several cases, settlers have used live fire to kill and injure Palestinians.

 

[surada]

Since Hamas’s attack on 7 October and Israel’s subsequent bombardment and ground operations in Gaza, the West Bank – which in 2023 to date has already seen its deadliest year since 2005 – is also in turmoil, with the number of violent incidents climbing sharply.

Over 130 Palestinians have been killed, 43 of them children. Most were the victims of Israeli soldiers’ fire, but eight of them, including one child, were gunned down by settler militias, sometimes in army uniform. Israel has kept the West Bank under lockdown since the Hamas attack, with heavy restrictions on movement between cities. It has also conducted an intense campaign of arrests, detaining over 1,700 Palestinians.

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[Winston]

Since Hamas’s attack on 7 October and Israel’s subsequent bombardment and ground operations in Gaza, the West Bank – which in 2023 to date has already seen its deadliest year since 2005 – is also in turmoil, with the number of violent incidents climbing sharply.

Over 130 Palestinians have been killed, 43 of them children. Most were the victims of Israeli soldiers’ fire, but eight of them, including one child, were gunned down by settler militias, sometimes in army uniform. Israel has kept the West Bank under lockdown since the Hamas attack, with heavy restrictions on movement between cities. It has also conducted an intense campaign of arrests, detaining over 1,700 Palestinians.

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Several things need to be said here, let's start with those "arrests".

But of the 300 Palestinian women and children whom Israel has identified for potential release as part of the humanitarian pause between Israel and Hamas, nearly 80 percent were not even formally charged.

An overwhelming majority of Palestinian prisoners were arrested under a quasi-judicial process known as administrative detention, under which Palestinians are initially jailed for six months. Their detentions can then be repeatedly extended for an indefinite period without charge or trial.

Jailed without charge: How Israel holds thousands of Palestinian prisoners

Israel has called Palestinians released under a truce with Hamas violent ‘terrorists.’ But most haven’t been charged.

www.aljazeera.com

How fubared is that? Arrested, incarcerated, and no charges filed. Hell, no legal representation. Is this what America supports? I mean if this was happening in China Congress would be raising all kinds of hell.

But, to the settlers. See, the primary problem is Itamar Ben-Gvir. He is the Minister of National Security. Problem is, he is a settler. He lives in the West Bank. He is a known supporter of Kahanism. Like Hamas, Kahanism, or the Kach party, is designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization. They believe that Israel should be a Jewish theocracy, and non-Jews should have no rights, including the right to vote. And they are not opposed to violence in order to make that happen. Ben-Gvir not only turns a blind eye towards settler violence, refusing to prosecute the offenders, he actively supports them.

I am not saying anything, other than he looks like he deserves a swirly.

But you got him as the Minister of National Security and you Bibi as prime ,minister who, this week, said he was the only one that could prevent a two state solution. WTF?

Why are we sending these racist clowns money? Why are we selling these "terrorists" arms? The position of the United States has always been in support of a two-state solution. Either you are with us, or you are against us. It is more than obvious that the Israeli government, as it is currently structured, is against us. Enough already. Stop the aid, spend the money of a wall for all I care, just quit sending it to Israel.

 

[rylah]

The "religion of peace"...

Pregnant Palestinian stabbed to death in Israel's Lod

A pregnant Palestinian citizen of Israel and her unborn child were pronounced dead after being stabbed in the city of Lod.

www.newarab.com

 

[Donald H]

Why are we sending these racist clowns money? Why are we selling these "terrorists" arms? The position of the United States has always been in support of a two-state solution. Either you are with us, or you are against us. It is more than obvious that the Israeli government, as it is currently structured, is against us. Enough already. Stop the aid, spend the money of a wall for all I care, just quit sending it to Israel.

Netanyahu's main plan is to make a two-state solution impossible by ethnic cleansing of all territory in question.

America supposedly being for a two-state solution is a Zionist smokescreen.

Escalation of the war onto Zionist territory is becoming inevitable.

How much damage can the Zionists absorb? It's a very small patch of land that 'may' have nuclear weapons?

 

[rylah]

The settler violence of Arab imperialism

is a wide regional problem causing

devastation in all MENA countries:

 

[Darkwind]

Netanyahu's main plan is to make a two-state solution impossible by ethnic cleansing of all territory in question.

America supposedly being for a two-state solution is a Zionist smokescreen.

Escalation of the war onto Zionist territory is becoming inevitable.

How much damage can the Zionists absorb? It's a very small patch of land that 'may' have nuclear weapons?

It is and was the Arabs who call themselves Palestinians who have rejected and denied a two-state solution.

This is a straight-up fact.

 

[surada]

Netanyahu's main plan is to make a two-state solution impossible by ethnic cleansing of all territory in question.

America supposedly being for a two-state solution is a Zionist smokescreen.

Escalation of the war onto Zionist territory is becoming inevitable.

How much damage can the Zionists absorb? It's a very small patch of land that 'may' have nuclear weapons?

The context and the intent is key. The founding charter of Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party trolls: “Between the sea and the Jordan there will only be Israeli sovereignty.”

 

[surada]

It is and was the Arabs who call themselves Palestinians who have rejected and denied a two-state solution.

This is a straight-up fact.

Look at the details. ..and quit lying to yourself.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

It is and was the Arabs who call themselves Palestinians who have rejected and denied a two-state solution.

This is a straight-up fact.

Jew haters will never believe that.

 

[Darkwind]

Look at the details. ..and quit lying to yourself.

Every single offer of a two-state solution was rejected by the Arabs.

EVERYONE OF THEM.

Stop lying to YOURSELF.

 

[BreezeWood]

no where on planet earth is a religious state acceptable, that is an unjust infringement of an individuals right to their own sovereignty ...

- the jews are guilty of religious apartheid as any organized political party ever in existence including nazi germany and adolf hitler.

they, the jews or anyone else can build their temple anywhere they like that is all the religious are entitled too.

 

[surada]

Jew haters will never believe that.

The population of the West Bank is 80–85% Muslim (mostly Sunni) and 12–14% Jewish. The remainder are Christian (mostly Greek Orthodox) and others.

 

[irosie91]

The population of the West Bank is 80–85% Muslim (mostly Sunni) and 12–14% Jewish. The remainder are Christian (mostly Greek Orthodox) and others.

SO? the Jewish population of Warsaw, Poland is less than 5000 but was---at one time
something like 30% of the city---now less than
1%. What is the Jewish population of Medina,
Saudi Arabia?

 

[surada]

SO? the Jewish population of Warsaw, Poland is less than 5000 but was---at one time
something like 30% of the city---now less than
1%. What is the Jewish population of Medina,
Saudi Arabia?

What does that have to do with Medina? Do Israelis want to take that land too?

 

[surada]

Every single offer of a two-state solution was rejected by the Arabs.

EVERYONE OF THEM.

Stop lying to YOURSELF.

Look at a map. They were offered tiny, disconnected bantustans crisscrossed with Jewish only roads, settlements and 140 checkpoints.

Are you also for illegal immigration into the US?

 

[irosie91]

What does that have to do with Medina? Do Israelis want to take that land too?

you introduced the issue of POPULATION----Medina was already TAKEN---by virtue of invasion, pillage, murder and enslavement---
and genocide to your delight

 

[irosie91]

What does that have to do with Medina? Do Israelis want to take that land too?

I would like to buy land in Medina---jews BUY land. You have been inculcated with the arabian "culture"

 

[surada]

you introduced the issue of POPULATION----Medina was already TAKEN---by virtue of invasion, pillage, murder and enslavement---
and genocide to your delight

The Jewish population of Medina was tiny. You all claim everyone else's land. Can't you accept that you are a minority?

 

[luiza]

Don't lose sight of the Topic .
Namely , what is the world going to do with a bunch of Jewish Nazis intent on Ethnic Cleansing in Gaza and then the West Bank?

All for the worship of a Fake God and the greed for Oil and Gas which is not theirs .

They seem rather a nasty bunch .