"This is what it looks like when a community of shepherds is suffocating. The sheep are locked up in their pens and all the grazing land in the vicinity is blocked by violent settlers who have seized control of the area, and all that, combined with the high price of food, deprives the shepherds of the possibility of existence. The children are terrified"
Gideon Levy in Haaretz
Israeli settlers have entirely uprooted seven communities and displaced many more Palestinians in the occupied West Bank since October 2023, according to a new report from Human Rights Watch (HRW).
“Settlers and soldiers have displaced entire Palestinian communities, destroying every home, with the apparent backing of higher Israeli authorities,” said Bill Van Esveld, associate children’s rights director at HRW.
"#Israel Hayom: One option considered by the war cabinet is the "thinning out the Gazan population to the minimum possible level." ..."#Netanyahu sees this as a strategic goal," & asked Ron Dermer to formulate a working plan"
The article gives a sense about how this may look, the need to bypass int'l pressure..."The sea is also open to Gazans. Israel can open the sea crossing at its will that will enable a mass exodus to Europe & African countries."
"It is time for leaders & senior scholars of institutions dedicated to researching & commemorating the #Holocaust to publicly warn against the rage- & vengeance-filled rhetoric that dehumanizes the population of #Gaza & calls for its extinction [&] the escalating violence on the #WestBank, perpetrated by Israeli #settlers & I.D.F. troops...sliding toward ethnic cleansing...
stand at the forefront of those warning against war crimes, crimes against humanity, ethnic cleansing &...#genocide."
Announcement of Further Measures to Promote Peace, Security, and Stability in the West Bank
Canadians: we should be demanding that parties named in this executive order also be included in Canada's OSFI list of designated persons and entities.
"Palestinians across the West Bank describe how Israeli settlers, with military backing, are intensifying their takeover of land for illegal construction."
"Despite their narrow focus, recent international sanctions against settlers are laying the foundations to turn verbal condemnations into tangible action."