Late on Sunday, Israel's security cabinet ratified a series of decisions pushed by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and Defence Minister Israel Katz. The new measures, which aim to expand Israel's power across the occupied West Bank, will make it easier to seize Palestinian land illegally. "We are anchoring settlement as an inseparable part of Israel's government policy," bleated Katz, the man who personally oversaw the destruction of the UNRWA facility in Jerusalem.
The IDF Killed Rachel Corrie 23 Years Ago in the West Bank
"Experts say it will fundamentally alter the civil and legal reality of the territory, removing what the Israeli ministers termed "legal obstacles" that have existed for decades against the expansion of illegal settlements in the occupied territories.
The Palestinian presidency called the decision "dangerous" and an "open Israeli attempt to legalize settlement expansion" and land confiscation. President Mahmoud Abbas's office called on the United States and the United Nations Security Council to intervene immediately.
On Monday, eight Muslim-majority countries denounced Israel for trying to impose "unlawful Israeli sovereignty" in the occupied West Bank."
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Israel, condemned as a Pariah nation and Rogue state because of its genocidal campaign in Gaza which killed nearly 72,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, has been rightfully cited as the main source of instability in the Middle East. Israel is pushing the nefarious Trumpf junta to attack Iran on its behalf, but the Kremlin won't be pleased with their strategic economic partner being attacked.
Source: Responsible Statecraft
International arrest warrants for crimes against humanity issued by the ICC remain active for Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and former IDF General Yoav Gallan. In addition, the Istanbul Public Prosecutor in Turkiye issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and 30 other suspected Israeli war criminals.
Indictments are merely allegations. To ensure a fair trial, Messrs Netanyahu and Gallant must all be presumed innocent until they are proven guilty beyond a shadow of a doubt at an international tribunal to be held for them in the Hague at future dates.
For Palestinians in the Gaza Strip or the West Bank, it makes no difference whatsoever which political party is in the White House or who controls Congress, whether it's the Republicans or the Democrats. The hardworking American taxpayer will continue to subsidize ethnic cleansing in Israel year in and year out. Gosh, why is the US hated so much by the people in the Middle East?
