While most attention in the area was on Israel’s planned annexation of much of Palestine, the latest UN report shows that Israel increased demolitions within the occupied territories by roughly 250 percent in the past few weeks.
61 of the 70 demolitions in the early part of June were in Area C of the West Bank, a region which is not just under military occupation, but direct military rule. This has included a number of humanitarian aid sites, which Israel claims were built without permits.
That’s almost certainly the case, as construction permits on Palestinian-owned land are next to impossible to obtain, and in many parts of the West Bank, the Palestinians are used to just building without permit, and hoping that the occupation forces don’t demolish them.
Which isn’t to say that this demolition spree, a classic of the occupation era, is unrelated to the planned annexation. This territory is intended to be greatly annexed into Israel directly, and demolishing a bunch of Palestinian buildings before annexation may just be the start of a plan to wipe out existing signs of Palestinian life under occupation.
The end of the Zionist state is in sight. Palestinians will be free one day in the not too distant future. It has all to do with decling US global power.
they will be free if they can swim. they all will be marched to the sea in august.
Israelis you mean for sure……but august is a bit early….give it another decade!
No by August we will know one way or another , But no harm will come to the few Arabs that live in the Jordan Valley only more opportunities and a better life .
What would happen if we transposed ‘Uighurs’ for Palestinians and China for Israel, I wonder how the U.S. public would react?
UN reports that China demolished 70 Uighur owned buildings – horror, add more sanctions, throw them out of the IMF!
Is Gaza a concentration camp for Palestinians?
I don’t fault China for how they treat Muslims . Muslims need to be reformed . Just like Roman Christians needed to be reformed . And Luther’s reformation was a blessing to all the Christians including the Roman Christians .
Israel is doing Yahweh’s work, and good American Christians bless it.
as good Americans know they were put on this earth to serve the Hebrews.
we follow people who have the all the money. how much has syria saved over the centuries.gazans have no money so they are being driven out foot by foot.
especially one Hebrew called Jesus Christ .
I don’t like the sound of this .but it is just like they do it in the USA and most other countries . The governments wants to make all the decisions .
Have you ever built in the USA without a permit . Some states maybe but many places will not let you do anything without their approval .
“construction permits on Palestinian-owned land are next to impossible to obtain”
Miss that? Difference being, I CAN GET A PERMIT.
I did not miss that and I don’t doubt that it is true , all government are corrupt
That’s what you took from that? You actually think the Israeli government denies Jews building permits like they do Palestinians? Corruption doesn’t have anything to do with it. They’re trying to drive the Palestinians from THEIR land.
I suppose you believe the police are persecuting black people in the USA . I don’t I believe now days the black people are getting a unfair deal in most of the USA . All though I don’t George Floyd got a fair deal in Minneapolis ..
Every time I get into a discussion with an Israeli firster he/she brings up black people in the US. My response is always the same. When the subject is black people being persecuted in the US, I’ll talk about black people being persecuted in the US. This article was about “Israeli demolitions” soaring in the month of June and not about George Floyd.
I don’t think the Jews are trying to drive the Palestinians from their land any more than big farmers are trying to drive small farmers from their land in the USA or anywhere else .I believe building permits and land use laws are very often places where corruption occurs in all countries that use them . I believe minorities have more rights in Israel than almost every country in the world .
And small farmers can’t get building permits in the USA? We were talking about building permits, right? And when these small farmers can’t get building permits, they build anyway. And then the big farmers come in and bulldoze the small farms into the ground. Sure, exactly the same. And can you name me other countries that have nation state laws that give the right to self determination to only a portion of the population and NOT to their minorities?
farmers cant get building permits in the USA most places unless they own at least 40 acres or more . Many Muslim countries refuse land ownership altogether for everyone accept Muslims . As a matter of fact that is why Palestinian Muslims seem to think Jews purchased their land illegally . I suspect most of the land in Israel and the West bank was public Ottoman grazing land . Yet some of better land was privately owned Arab land . I recall reading about a Arab farmer that was located close to a Jewish settlement town . This Arab was denied a building permit .I’am almost sure he felt just like me when the government starts making decisions for him .
Those are restrictions for getting permits. For everyone. I can only get a permit to build a house in certain areas designated as residential. It’s not like it’s a big secret about Palestinians obtaining building permits so I really don’t know why you think differently. And pointing out others that are equally as guilty is irrelevant to the subject of Israeli demolitions.
Just because I say I believe some thing does not necessary mean it is true . one time I found out was not right about something . I can’t recall what it was right now .
I have read of the Arabs now living in the Jordan valley wish to be restored to Israel rather than to remain in la la land without a country or legitimate government . They are even are more in favor of the Israel government taking over than the Jewish settlers . By my thinking the Israel government is the best government in the whole world right now , as far as treatment , justice ,inclusiveness and opportunities for minorities . The Israel government will eventually be the world government that rules the world , but maybe not until after Christ returns
The West Bank portion of the Jordan Valley can’t be “restored” to Israel, because it’s never been part of Israel.
You don’t believe king Solomon or king David ever ruled all of the west bank ? Some Turks would love to restore the Ottoman empire again . And some Jews would rather have king Solomon’s empire again .
Neither King David nor King Solomon were heads of the state created in 1948 and calling itself “Israel,” any more than Tang Taizong was leader of the People’s Republic of China.
I suppose I could go out in my back yard, declare a new Roman Empire, and designate myself Caesar, but it’s unlikely that that would translate into a widely recognized claim for my rulership of Italy, let alone Gaul.
The west bank of Palestine has never been a state since it was separated from Israel .before Christian times . The world did not start in 1948 .
True, the world did not start in 1948.
But the regime that currently calls itself “Israel” did.
No the regime that currently calls it self Israel is the same regime the Roman empire drove out of Israel about 2000 years ago . The Bible predicted the Jews would some day return to their homeland from all over the globe . They still call themselves Jews and have ended their prayers with next year in Jerusalem for almost two thousand years . You have to admit this prediction of Jews returning to Israel is not a fairy tale ..The Bible is a special fairy tale book where the fairy tales all come true . Can you think of any other people that were expelled from their homeland 2 thousand years ago and managed to stay one people and return 2000 years latter
No, the regime founded by atheist socialist David Ben Gurion is not the same regime as the religious monarchy of Davidic times (which had been destroyed well before the diaspora). I do have to admit that the former hanging its hat on a “prophetic” claim about the latter is a fun con, but no, I don’t have to admit that fairy tales aren’t fairy tales.
It would be fun to run a DNA . test on all the Jews returning to Israel . I’am betting they can trace their ancestry to the holy land . 2000 years are not such a long time .
My DNA says I have Russian ancestry. Does that mean I can go to St. Petersburg, declare myself czar, and somehow magically become the legit heir of Nicholas II?
If England controlled St Petersburg and said we wish to grant all Russian people a city . I suspect you could move to St Petersburg and maybe become a czar . especially if the United Nations recognized and approved of this Russian city .
The United Nations recognizes and approves of the State of Palestine, which includes the territories Israel has been squatting on and is about to start pretending to belong to it.
The Palestinians refused the 1948 border deal . As a matter of fact the Palestinians have refused all deals to be a country . Now Trump is offering them a new deal where some of them will join Israel and be restored to Israel.. If the Palestinians don’t agree to something Israel will just take more of the Ottoman land .
“The Bible is a special fairy tale book where the fairy tales all come true.”
What a load of steamy fecal matter.
O.K. wars r u s you and Thomas L Knapp go to Irvin Baxter end times and listen to what he says . See if the fairy tales comes true
You two guys remind me of my 7 year old grandson .Who told me . he thought maybe some kids just made up these bible stories to pull tricks on old people like me .
Your 7 year old grandson is wise beyond his years.
Israel was first created as a gift to Abraham many thousands of years ago . This s recorded in the bible . Where is your record for the claim that you should rule Italy
I can drum up a book of fairy tales if I need to, too.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Wasn’t Abraham the guy the great omnipotent one told to kill his son to prove his loyalty to the great omnipotent one? I always wondered who verified that and what kind of sick egomaniac would even ask that of someone.
great question?
Interesting.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/06/23/watch-palestinians-say-they-prefer-israeli-sovereignty/