Meanwhile, on the West Bank Front

[Gramsci]

More details on Smotrich speech.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/smotrich-recorded-describing-mega-dramatic-plan-for-civilian-control-over-west-bank/

His party as part of power sharing deal appears to have free hand in West Bank

the recording, Smotrich described at length how he planned to transfer authority from the military to civilians under his authority in the Defense Ministry, where he was handed broad power as demanded in his Religious Zionism party’s coalition deal with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud.

“We created a separate civilian system,” Smotrich said, adding that to deflect international scrutiny, the government has allowed the Defense Ministry to remain involved in the process, according to the Times.

 

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Israel raids and shuts down Al Jazeera’s bureau in Ramallah in the West Bank
September 22, 2024

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israeli troops raided the offices of the satellite news network Al Jazeera in the Israeli-occupied West Bank early Sunday, ordering the bureau to shut down amid a widening campaign by Israel targeting the Qatar-funded broadcaster as it covers the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip.

Al Jazeera aired footage of Israeli troops live on its Arabic-language channel ordering the office to be shut for 45 days. It follows an order issued in May that saw Israeli police raid Al Jazeera’s broadcast position in East Jerusalem, seizing equipment there, preventing its broadcasts in Israel and blocking its websites.

The move marked the first time Israel has ever shuttered a foreign news outlet operating in the country. However, Al Jazeera has continued operating in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and in the Gaza Strip, territories that the Palestinians hope to have for their future state.

Israel acknowledges raid on Al Jazeera

The Israeli military acknowledged conducting the raid 12 hours later, alleging without providing evidence that the newsroom was “being used to incite terror, to support terrorist activities and that the channel’s broadcasts endanger ... security and public order.”

Al Jazeera denounced Israel’s “unfounded accusations” as it continued broadcasting live from Amman, Jordan, even as Israeli troops welded shut its office doors in Ramallah and confiscated its equipment.

“Al Jazeera will not be intimidated or deterred by efforts to silence its coverage,” it said.

Armed Israeli troops entered the office and told a reporter live on air that it would be shut down, saying that staff needed to leave immediately. The network later aired what appeared to be Israel troops tearing down a banner on a balcony used by the Al Jazeera office. Al Jazeera said it bore an image of Shireen Abu Akleh, a Palestinian-American journalist shot dead by Israeli forces in May 2022.

 

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FFS

 

[Mr.Bishie]

Not a lot being reported from the West Bank, but just had this message from my friend Medyan;

“ In the West Bank the situation is also quite grim. The economy has collapsed, while attacks from settlers keep increasing including in the village my family members live. It is also much more difficult for Palestinians to travel in the West Bank, and people are very concerned.”

 

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Very comprehensive article from the FT on West Bank settlers and the active collusion of the Israeli state. Does not seem to be behind a paywall at this time:

How extremist settlers in the West Bank became the law

archived version:

How extremist settlers in the West Bank became the law

 

[Duncan2]

Very comprehensive article from the FT on West Bank settlers and the active collusion of the Israeli state. Does not seem to be behind a paywall at this time:

How extremist settlers in the West Bank became the law

Nope paywalled for me

 

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Nope paywalled for me

Archived version now included

 

[Johnny Vodka]

What would you do with this twat?

Israeli settlers make West Bank olive groves a battleground

Donald Trump's foreign policy appointments so far indicate his administration will take a much softer line on illegal Israeli settlements on the West Bank and some may even support Israel's plans - announced by its finance minister this week - to annex the territory completely.

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