BREAKING: Yet another Palestinian community, A’nizan (South Hebron Hills), is being forcibly transferred from their lands as a result of settler violence.
The 4 families/35 residents of A’nizan are packing up their belongings and leaving their lands as we speak.
BREAKING: As we speak, the community of Khirbet Zanuta (South Hebron Hills) is packing up their village and leaving their lands as a result of settler terrorism.
Forcible transfer is taking place in front of our eyes and yet we remain silent.
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[1] BREAKING: 2.5 hours ago a bulldozer demolished 3 water cisterns and 2 water tanks in the Palestinian village of Susya in the South Hebron Hills. In addition to uprooting many trees and sealing up one of the caves of the community.
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BREAKING: Just now in Shi'b al Butum, South Hebron Hills, the IDF destroyed 3 homes and 3 water tanks. More demolitions continue. Making life for Palestinians more impossible than it already is.
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[1] BREAKING: Now in Tuba (Masafer Yatta, Firing Zone 918) Settlers accompanied by soldiers arrived at the village, opened water tanks of the Awad Family and emptied them to the ground.
[1] These days in Israel, in response to Hamas’ brutal massacre, calls to ethnically cleanse Gaza, deliberately targeting civilians on a mass scale, and other dehumanizing language, have become common.
Here are a few examples of this discourse over the last few days.
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As the world's eyes are on Gaza, settlers in the West Bank continue to use the opportunity by escalating their terror attacks against Palestinians & their property.
Here are just 3 settler attacks from yesterday in the South Hebron Hills. As usual, no arrests were made.
BREAKING Leaked IDF-Shin Bet memo: Israeli police are not enforcing the law on settlers in the West Bank under the instruction of National Security Minister Ben-Gvir.
[1] Incitement, Racism, & Extremist Politics have spread amongst the rank and file of IDF units. Artists were invited to perform for the troops and are emboldening these trends and especially the call to reestablish settlements in Gaza.
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After expelling residents from Khirbet Zanuta, settlers came and fenced the area of the village in order to take over the land and prevent residents from returning.
Some of the settlers were from the Meitarim Farm of Yinon Levy (1 of the 4 settlers sanctioned by the USA).
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BREAKING: Another morning of house demolitions in the South Hebron Hills. The Israeli Civil Administration has demolished a Palestinian house in Laseifer.
This morning the IDF demolished a Palestinian school in the village of Al-Sfai, Masafer Yatta (Firing Zone 918). Look at the children retrieving their textbooks which were scattered on the ground.
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Israel’s Transportation Minister Miri Regev standing next to a map of Greater Israel (excluding Gaza). No Green Line. No Palestine. But let’s focus on the fact that Palestinian textbooks don’t include Israel on the map.
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Israeli Jewish terrorists, mainly from the nearby unauthorized outpost of Meitarim Farm, strengthened by their complete impunity from the Israeli authorities, have brought us to where we are now - 250 residents of Khirbet Zanuta are forced to leave their lands.
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[1] Hamas’ war crimes are an opportunity for the Israeli Right to advance their messianic agenda beyond the IDF response in Gaza. From rebuilding settlements in Gaza, to intensifying the takeover of Haram al Sharif/Temple Mount, & pogroms in the WB.
We must prevent this.
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[1] Last night, settlers entered the Wadi Jheish (Southern Susya, South Hebron Hills), took down the wind turbine used for electricity and broke their satellite dish which was used by several villages in the area to connect to the internet.
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Photos by: Wadi Jheish residents
While all eyes are on Gaza, settlers escalate their terror attacks on Palestinian communities in order to forcibly transfer them.
See this B'Tselem report from 10 days ago (bear in mind, since its publication, more communities have been expelled).
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92 Israeli public figures published a statement this morning in Haaretz thanking
@benandjerrys
for their decision to stop selling ice cream in illegal Israeli settlements.
[1] Yesterday, soldiers raided the village of Tuba in Masafer Yatta (Firing zone 918), took residents' phones to prevent filming, & searched all of the village houses.
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Hundreds of Israeli teenagers gathered in an illegal outpost yesterday, singing “avenge but one of my two eyes of Palestine.” And yet, the world is obsessed only with alleged incitement in Palestinian textbooks.
Today’s hasbara talking point:
In response to increased intl attention on settler violence, Israel Hayom, a national tabloid, has claimed that the violence significantly dropped in 2023 compared to the same period in 2022.
Speaking from the ground, this is categorically false.
After having called for an end to settler violence in the West Bank, what more needs to happen before President
@JoeBiden
puts his money where his mouth is?
@USPalAffairs
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The residents of Khirbet Zanuta have suffered from ongoing violence from Mikneh Yehuda Farm - Asael and Meitarim Farm, which together also recently expelled Widada and Radeem. See below.
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[1] 2 days ago settlers entered the Abu Safi family compound in the Pal community of Radeem in the South Hebron Hills. They damaged their solar panels and punctured their water tank.
Settlers are trying to expel the family, as they did to the Amer family from Radeem 5 days ago
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As the world’s eyes are on Gaza, settlers are left more unbridled to cleanse Area C of Palestinians.
Forcible transfer is accelerating on steroids - today, yesterday, last week, last fortnight, and at this rate, there are many more ahead of us. The intl community must intervene.
[1] More incitement by Israeli political leaders, media, & public figures.
Calls to ethnically cleanse the Gaza Strip, to resettle it, for collective punishment, and other vile descriptions of violence, are rife.
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#4
on this issue.
[1] More incitement by Israeli political leaders, media, & public figures in response to Hamas’ brutal massacre.
Calls to target Gazan civilians, to resettle Gaza, and to ethnically cleanse it, are rife.
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thread on this issue.
On May 4, the Israeli supreme court greenlighted what could be the greatest displacement of Palestinians in the OPT since the early 70s.
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#SaveMasaferYatta
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[1] Yesterday from Netanyahu: “I’m proud I blocked a Palestinian state.” Already from day 1 of Netanyahu’s government in 1996 it was obvious that he was working against the possibility of a Palestinian state beside the state of Israel.
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The Dome of the Rock was erased from a photo of Jerusalem in the office of the Appeals Committee of the Jerusalem planning authorities. A picture - or what’s left out of it - is worth a thousand words.
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A’nizan is just across the road from Khirbet Zanuta, a village which started to pack up its belongings yesterday, also as a result of repeated settler violence. See my previous thread below.
BREAKING: As we speak, the community of Khirbet Zanuta (South Hebron Hills) is packing up their village and leaving their lands as a result of settler terrorism.
Forcible transfer is taking place in front of our eyes and yet we remain silent.
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[5] All this is happening despite a promise from the State to the Supreme Court to not carry out any demolitions in the village of Susya until further notice.
This is the maddening reality in the West Bank these days.
Reports are coming in that settlers shot and murdered Bilal Muhammad Saleh (40), while he was harvesting his olives in al-Sawiya.
You can see him wearing a blue shirt in this photo just taken today.
I’ll spare you from the horrible video footage from the scene.
[2] Lior Narkis, a popular israeli singer, in a performance for soldiers:
“Gaza, you black, you trash can. “Gaza you b**ch*
Gaza you daughter of a huge wh*re like your mother Gaza
Gaza you wh*re”
Lior Narkis, popular Israeli singer, touring IDF bases and singing to Israeli soldiers:
“Gaza you black woman, you trash”
“Gaza you b**ch*”
“Gaza you daughter of a huge wh*ore like your mother Gaza”
“Gaza you whore”
Hate crime? No, this is normal in Israel, nothing to see here.
During my service in Hebron, we would burst into Palestinian homes to demonstrate our presence in order to create a sense of being chased amongst the Palestinian population. The settlers who now burst into Palestinian homes in Tuba have learned from us.
אתמול דרס אדם קבוצה של מפגינים בכ"ס. בתל אביב שוטרים תקפו מפגינים. האלימות הזו לא החלה אתמול, והחסינות של פעילי ימין מפני החוק שורשיה בגדה המערבית. ברגע זה מתנחלים חמושים פולשים לכפרים טובא ומעייר אל עביד ונכנסים לתוך בתי התושבים בגיבוי חיילים. סרטונים בשרשור. צילום: תושבי טובא.
I always knew this was coming. MK Ariel Kellner from the Likud claims that
@BtSIsrael
is an antisemitic organization according to the IHRA definition. This is the nonsense that comes out when antisemitism becomes a political tool.
[2] Hebron is home to 200k+ Palestinians and ~850 settlers. The segregation of the city has become the main IDF strategy to protect settlers after the settler Baruch Goldstein committed a massacre in Feb 1994 where he murdered 29 Palestinian worshipers, & wounded over 120 more.
[10] The Border Police Guarding the Tomb/Mosque have extended this religious segregation to the surrounding area. This is why
@RepBowman
&
@MarkPocan
were asked to identify their religion, in order to determine if they were Jewish or Muslim.
I was with them in Hebron that day.
[3] The madness of this story is that the driver of this bulldozer is Ynon Levy, a settler from the nearby unauthorised outpost - Meitarim Farm. See my post here about him.
[11] I wonder whether it was Ynon Levy, from the Meitarim Farm, that demolished the village. Ynon has a bulldozer, and in November 2022 he was hired by the ICA to demolish the School of Khirbet A-Safai in Masafer Yatta.
[2] “If all the captives are not returned immediately, then turn the Strip into a slaughterhouse. If a hair falls from their head - execute security prisoners. Violate all norms on the way to victory…”
David Mizrahy Verthaim -Editor & Journalist
[5] Bring down buildings!! Bomb without distinction!! Stop with this impotence. You have ability. There is worldwide legitimacy! Flatten Gaza. Without mercy! This time, there is no room for mercy!
Revital Gottlieb - Likud MK
Check out the vest patch on violent militants on the streets of Yaffo. The Punisher symbol has been adopted by Proud Boys and those who stormed the Capital. The Bibi-Trump alliance is alive and well.
BREAKING: Settlers, accompanied by an armed man in uniform (looks like a soldier), entered the village of Tuba and broke into the residents homes to intimidate them.
The settlers continued to torment them by playing and swinging in the village playground.
[3] Today, many important streets in downtown Hebron are segregated on different levels. On some streets Pal car traffic is restricted, on some streets commercial life is forbidden and shops are welded shut. In fact, ~1.5k Pal shops are closed in the center of the city.
[3] Kobi Peretz, a popular IL singer, was invited to sing for Golani soldiers. You can see him leading the famous anti-Palestinian chant: "may your village burn, may the Gazans burn".
[1] In the dark days after Hamas' brutal massacre, statements by leading voices among Pal citizens of IL have been a beacon of light. Here are just a few.
Jewish-Palestinian partnership is essential and possible in order to achieve a future of peace and to end the occupation.
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Hey
@POTUS
, see
@bezalelsm
celebrating the approval of thousands of housing units in settlements in the West Bank today. And the development of settlement infrastructure.
He seems like a good candidate for US sanctions.
[1] BREAKING: The village of Wadi Tiran (near Zanuta North, Dhahiriya, South Hebron Hills), is made up of 4 families amounting to 42 people (of which 22 are children) is under threat to leave within 24 hours by settlers. Here are the details.
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Photo by: Oneg Ben Dror
[5] For the majority of Pal families (apart from 3) who live on these “sterilized roads” have their front doors welded shut and are forced to leave only by making their way through back entrances.
[4] Some streets closer to the settlements were called by the IDF during my service “sterile roads”. On these roads, Palestinians are forbidden from driving, opening shops, and even walking.
Jewish sovereignty river to the sea. Arabs [there are no Palestinian people] will remain as subjects, or leave, or die if they resist. This is the vision of
@bezalelsm
for IL-Pal.
Here is a short guide/long thread to Smotrich’s Decisive Plan, 2017.
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[6] These segregation policies, together with settler violence, & day-to-day IDF activities have turned downtown Hebron into a ghost town. Look at these before & after photos of life in downtown Hebron.
[6] “Nakba to the enemy now! This day is our Pearl Harbor. We will still learn the lessons. Right now, one goal: Nakba! A Nakba that will overshadow the Nakba of 48. A Nakba in Gaza and a Nakba for anyone who dares to join!..”
Ariel Kallner - Likud MK
[4] Ynon arrived in Susya accompanied by men in IDF uniform. When the lawyer representing the Susya residents spoke to the ICA, he was told that they are unaware of any enforcement activity in Susya.
[4] Ariel Zilber, pop singer, visited reservists in the north and praised Meir Kahana - founder of the terrorist org. Kach.
"Kahane was right
Isn’t it right that Kahane was right
Kahane is right
He is also right today and he will be right tomorrow"
Settlers near Pnei Hever, armed with US made M4s, stopped a Palestinian car to search and harass the Palestinians in the car. They can do this because they know that the entire might of the IDF is backing them, and that if the Palestinians respond, it won’t end well for them.
[5] Kobi Peretz apparently loves the chant “may their village burn.” Here he is with the 13th Battalion of the Golani Brigade. Soldier’s are dancing with a torah scroll, chanting: “May their village burn, May Gaza be erased Gaza erased"
12 Israel-based peace and human rights orgs sent a letter to EU foreign policy chief
@JosepBorrellF
and EU Foreign Ministers urging them to fully acknowledge the Israeli government’s acts of annexation and take concrete measures against them.
Read the full text below.
Now in the occupied West Bank:
@israelpolice
has decided to confiscate a Palestinian car that is lacking proper paperwork. They have called an ambulance to extract the car’s passenger, a person who is paralyzed with ALS. The most moral police force in the world.
Next time they tell you that it is Palestinian textbooks and incitement that brings Palestinian children to hate Israel, please show them these photos (cred. Guy Butavia).
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[1] 2 days ago settlers entered the Abu Safi family compound in the Pal community of Radeem in the South Hebron Hills. They damaged their solar panels and punctured their water tank.
Settlers are trying to expel the family, as they did to the Amer family from Radeem 5 days ago
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[6] An IDF Officer inside a Gazan School delivers a “Zionist humanitarian teaching mission in Gaza” that includes the call to return of settlements to Gaza (Gush Katif).
“Today, we will learn a new lesson,
Gush Katif… we are here”
[12] "I want a big revenge" "I really hope that our revenge, that of the State of Israel, on the cruel enemy - will be a very big revenge. I don't call them human animals because that would be insulting to animals…"
Sara Netanyahu - PM’s Wife
[1] The incitement from Israeli political leaders and public figures in response to Hamas’ brutal massacre, continues. Here are a few more examples of this discourse in recent days.
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on this issue
[1] These days in Israel, in response to Hamas’ brutal massacre, calls to ethnically cleanse Gaza, deliberately targeting civilians on a mass scale, and other dehumanizing language, have become common.
Here are a few examples of this discourse over the last few days.
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The Ben & Jerry's factory in Israel is a microcosm of the diversity of Israeli society. Today’s victory is a victory for all those who know that the struggle against BDS is, first and foremost, a struggle for partnership and dialogue, and against discrimination and hate.
3 settlers came from a nearby outpost to the village of Tuba (Masafer Yatta, Firing Zone 918) and used knives to pierce all 11 of the village’s water tanks.
It's surprising that
@SpeakerMcCarthy
is so out of touch with IL’s ruling party, the
@Likud_Party
. Unlike McCarthy, leaders from the Likud don’t deny the Nakba – in fact, they fully acknowledge it & threaten Palestinians with another one.
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[11] The Rabbi of the training base of the Nahal Brigade: Stated in a speech to soldiers: “our country, the whole country… including Gaza, Lebanon, the whole promised land… Gush Katif is so small compared to what we will achieve, with God's help”
Israeli officer: “The happiest month of my life as long as I live over 40 years… the land is ours. The whole country! All of it! Including Gaza! Including Lebanon! The whole promised land! We’re going to come back big time! Gush Katif is this small compared to what we’ll reach!”
[7] After the Goldstein massacre in 1994 the Tomb of the Patriarchs/Ibrahimi Mosque was divided in two. One part functions as a synagogue, the other part functions as a mosque.
[8] “Gaza started a war with IL today…When you are at war with another state you don't feed them, you don't provide them with electricity or gas or water or anything else.”
Giora Eiland - was an IDF Major General & the former head of IL NSC
[9] “The world finally understands who the animals we are dealing with are... This allows the IDF to exact a much heavier price from Gaza. Not only from Hamas. Everyone who is celebrating now in Gaza - should cry. It's that simple.”
Ofer Hadad - Journalist & TV Anchor
[7] A soldier in Gaza filmed himself explaining their graffiti on a wall there. “The people of IL… We have 2 options here: either we choose to establish Gush Katif, or we return and find ourselves on 7.10.2030 in exactly the same situation”
[8] While the restricted streets in downtown Hebron are segregated according to nationality, the Tomb of the Patriarchs/Ibrahimi Mosque is segregated based on religion between Muslim & Jews. Non-Muslims and non-Jews are usually allowed on both sides.
Just yesterday, Israel demolished a Palestinian school in Jubbet Ad Dhib. Oh yes, I’m sure Palestinian students loved Israel before reading their school textbooks.
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Before and after - the EU-funded Palestinian school in Jubbet Ad Dhib in the West Bank demolished by Israel this morning.
This is Israel's reciprocation after top EU officials' overtures and wooing of Israel's new hardline government in the last days >>
[8] Hanan Ben Ari, IL pop singer, at a concert in the IDF base of Tzalim, chants for revenge and the return of Gush Katif. The soldiers answer with the famous right wing song calling for revenge: “Avenge but one of my two eyes from Palestine.”
[14] “it's an entire nation out there that is responsible. it's not true this rhetoric about civilians not aware not involved, it’s absolutely not true…”
Isaac Herzog - President
[9] For 10 days a year, the entire structure is open for each religion exclusively following important religious holidays. In Hebron, these are called “exceptional Jewish days” or “exceptional Muslim days.”
[16] Betzalel Taljah violent settler from the South Hebron Hills on his social media: “As long as Gaza is not erased, as long as it is not an inseparable part of the State of Israel, we simply will not live in security.”