Israel advanced plans for 4,427 settler homes in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, according to the Israeli NGO Peace Now.
Peace Now said that Israel’s military body that approves West Bank construction gave approval for 2,791 units and started the initial process for 1,636 other units.
The move is the biggest advancement of settlements since the start of the Biden administration. Israeli settlements are illegal under international law, but in 2019, the Trump administration declared that the US no longer considers them to be illegal.
The Biden administration has criticized Israeli settlement expansion but has not reversed Trump’s policy of not considering them illegal despite pressure from dozens of House Democrats.
Tor Wennesland, the special UN coordinator for Middle East peace, condemned the settlement advancement. “Continued settlement expansion further entrenches the occupation, encroaches upon Palestinian land and natural resources, and hampers the free movement of the Palestinian population,” he said.
The settlement approval is Israel’s latest move to tighten its grip on the West Bank. On Wednesday, Israel demolished 18 structures in the occupied territory, including 12 residential buildings. Last week, Israel’s Supreme Court ruled to evict about 1,000 Palestinians from Masafer Yatta, a cluster of villages near Hebron in the West Bank.
The advancement came after Israeli forces gunned down Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh during a raid outside of Jenin in the West Bank, sparking an international outcry.
She gave her life for her people…
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/f46a2c63fc84d3480d61716fd052c1002de931b1e5168ceee475336172064305.jpg Buyers of those properties would do well to study this map before making this investment
Vooch, the Zionazis have no respect for maps. Their objectives are to eliminate the Palestinians and take complete control of their lands.
That map is from UNR 181. 74 years later and despite ‘facts on the ground’ these borders remain the only international recognized borders of the 2 states.
Even Tel Aviv understands this – that’s why the desperate acceleration of murder and ethnic cleansing. It’s driven by fear and guilt.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-map-of-israeli-settlements-that-shocked-barack-obama
Time for the Palestinians to extend their militancy.
Firebomb those houses as they are constructed.
Put the fear of god into the Zionazis. Since the international communities won’t do a goddamned thing about IsraHell breaking articles written by the Fourth Geneva Convention, it’s up to the Palestinians themselves.
Yes, there will be martyrs. But Palestinians aren’t afraid to die for their cause.
Eliminate the Zionazis by any means possible; take your cues from the Irish Republican Army, which eventually freed the Republic of Ireland.
This is war.
Wow, someone downvoted me for advocating Revolution against oppression?
Wimp!
Oh never mind, it was just Joke 😝
“On Wednesday, Israel demolished 18 structures in the occupied territory, including 12 residential buildings. Last week, Israel’s Supreme Court ruled to evict about 1,000 Palestinians from Masafer Yatta, a cluster of villages near Hebron in the West Bank.”
“The advancement came after Israeli forces gunned down Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh during a raid outside of Jenin in the West Bank, sparking an international outcry.”
Busy week for the little parasite. Plus, the weekly bombing of Syria.
https://news.antiwar.com/2022/05/10/israel-fires-missile-at-syrian-border-area/
Did you see who shot this journalist? Were you there?Did you do forensic analysis on the bullet that was recovered?
Sure, because the IDF never shoots first and asks questions later. And if it’s confirmed that the IDF offed her, you’ll just pivot to “never again” or she was a terrorist posing as a journalist.
1.With both sides armed and shooting,do YOU know where the bullet came from?
2.Where do you presume to put words in other people’s mouths?
3.You lost another argument.
The mastery of sophistry by Zionists is simply impressive.
Facts are facts-not sophistry.He who assumes he has all the answers does not know very much.
1. The IDF shoots children throwing rocks, people in wheelchairs, unarmed protesters and people tending to the wounded from IDF fire. Just a wild guess on my part.
2. Well, since you’ve said “never again” dozens of times and you’ve claimed rock throwing children are a threat to heavily armed IDF pigs, it was just another wild speculation on my part.
3. No, I didn’t.
She was a American citizen ( I believe )
That’s the reason she got the two minutes.
Not an overt outcry though Wars, especially on the MSM.
CBS News gave her about two minutes.
Bipartisan bill in congress congratulating Israel for this marvelous venture.
Biden has critisised the move!!. Better shut up before getting kicked on the face by Bennet
Actually, Biden’s face isn’t in a position to get kicked. It’s hard to kick someone’s face when their nose is firmly planted you know where.
GOOD comment Wars! ❤️
Following up on his stern words, President Biden is calling for an emergency session of congress to consider shutting down all funding for Israeli activities. This was met with universal applauding of the action. /s
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Eviction of people and land stealing in Ukraine is called a war crime. This world has been getting even insaner every day.
BDS!!!
Great to see democracy and the free world in action.No wonder Biden thinks it is all right to steal $300 Billion US from Russia, if Israel can steal land and kill anyone it likes to claim is a terrorist for daring to ask to live freely in their own land.
Russian learned from Israel and now is applying the same model in Ukraine. The only difference is, Ukrainians are not letting them have it so easily.
Beg pardon, Don. It was Zelensky who claimed that he wanted to turn Ukraine into “a big Israel”.
Exactly, because he wants to be on the winning side and not on the oppressed one.
Omg. Did you actually SAY that?
You fool. It’s NEVER okay to be a Zionazi.
Glad you think it’s alright for some people to be treated worse than animals, MF-er.
Israel behaves like a deranged child, loaded with very dangerous thoughts and weapons…
It makes me question the ‘wisdom’ in making them ‘The Chosen Ones”…
Israel /= “the Jews,” and entertaining that equivalence plays right into the Israeli regime’s narrative.
Hi Thomas:
I was rather chiding the idea of such a G-d….
Thomas, quit being a smartass.
You know exactly what Donna was referring to.
Yes, I do.
Which is why I responded as I did.
Donna is probably the most reasonable individual on this forum.
She was referring to the POLICIES OF THE STATE OF ISRAHELL.
Exactly.
And playing into that state’s narrative by throwing in the “Chosen” stuff.
Israel /= “the Jews,” and entertaining that equivalence plays right into the Israeli regime’s narrative.
Israel /= “the Jews,” and entertaining that equivalence plays right into the Israeli regime’s narrative.
Hi Donna
There are no “chosen people”.
The Bible is nothing more than a big book of violent stories.
And even if there were a “god”, he/she would not have chosen the so-called “Israeli” people, unless “god” was a complete dick who enjoyed human suffering.