Palestinians in the occupied West Bank have been subjected to a constant saga of Israeli slaughter and land grabs since 7 October.
Israeli occupation forces demolished nearly 460 Palestinian homes last year, leaving more than 1,000 children without a safe home. This figure does not include other structures belonging to Palestinians destroyed by Israeli authorities. Now, Israel is accelerating land theft in the occupied West Bank, conducting assassinations of resistance fighters and killing children across the territory, despite repeated warnings that continued Israeli aggression would bring about an eruption. Israel approved the siezure of one of the largest chunks of land since the Oslo Accords were signed by Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization in the mid-1990s.
Bezalel Smotrich, the ultra-far-right Israeli finance minister, declared nearly 2,000 acres of Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank as so-called “state lands.” “We are promoting settlement through hard work and in a strategic manner all over the country,” Smotrich said last week…..more
