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[Michigan, August 23, 2024]
The
Forgotten West Bank: Religious Zionism Marches on toward its Greater
Israel Project
For the last ten months, Israel has continued its
genocidal war against the occupied Palestinians in Gaza and the West
Bank. The number of Palestinians murdered has exceeded 40, 000 deaths
with over 100,000 injured. These numbers do not reflect the real casualty
level as thousands are still uncounted for and there is no
functioning government in Gaza.
While the world is focused on Gaza, Israel has
escalated its violence in the West Bank. So far, in the West Bank
over 500 Palestinians have been killed and over 10,000
prisoners. These numbers of Palestinian casualties have been
reported since October 7, 2023. Israel, the settlers, and the
official Israeli government forces, have unleashed a campaign of
terror against the Palestinians in the West Bank. Israelis are afraid
they are facing a possible uprising in the West Bank but do nothing
to end the violence against the Palestinians.
The Wall Street Journal reported that Israeli minister
Smotrich from the Religious Zionist party has taken advantage of the
war in Gaza to “reshape the West Bank.” His goal is to “squash the
possibility of a Palestinian state.” The paper added: “The changes
Smotrich is making could lay the groundwork for Israeli sovereignty
over the West Bank in all but name, changes that are too in the weeds
of government policy for most people to follow.”
Not only are most Israelis against the two-state
solution, but Israel is also creating facts on the ground to prevent
this promised American supported and promoted solution. Five hundred
thousand Israelis are illegally living in the West Bank. the World
Court has declared Israeli practices in the West Bank as illegal
under international law and that Israel should compensate the
Palestinians for the cost imposed on them by decades of occupation.
Israel is demolishing Gaza and starving its people.
Israel tried to use the October 7 attack as a pretext to ethnically
cleanse Gaza. When Israel failed at the ethnic cleansing. it
continued its genocide campaign as retribution against the people of
Gaza. The ceasefire negotiations have been an exercise in futility.
Even members of Netanyahu's negotiation team said that Netanyahu does
not want a deal.
The Biden’s administration has adopted the Israeli
narrative and has given Israel unlimited support without getting
anything in return. Until now Israel does not allow anywhere near the
needed food to enter Gaza. The Gaza pier that Biden built failed. That
pier is a metaphor for Biden’s failed Gaza policy.
Nothing short of a permanent ceasefire and a
restarting of a real peace process would end the immense suffering of
the Palestinians. Until the US makes the political decision to bring
the conflict to an end, we will continue to see cycles of violence.
The American unlimited support of Israel has emboldened it to violate
law and norms with impunity. This must end.
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