ARMED ISRAELI SETTLERS EXPLOIT GAZA TO TAKE HOMES & LANDS IN WEST BANK
November 8, 2023This powerful report from CNN reveals how extremist Israeli settlers are exploiting the war on Gaza to terrorise, intimidate and chase poor Palestinian families in the West Bank out of their homes and abandon their land.
One of the women interviewed tells the reporter how “the settlers come into our homes at night while we are sleeping. They beat us and kills us. They try to force us out of our homes.”
Israeli rights group B’Tselem, at least 15 Palestinian farming communities have been forcibly displaced since October 7th. Human rights activist Yehuda Shaul, said the “settlers are taking advantage that all eyes are on Gaza, to accelerate their violence because there is no protection” for the Palestinians from either army or police and “in many cases the settlers are the army.”
This is further proof of what the Palestinians have been trying to tell the UN, US, UK, the world for decades but no one was willing to stop the settlers or Israel stripping the Palestinians of their rights.
One can only hope that with the deluge of information finally making it into the mainstream and on all social media channels, the TRUTH will finally be heard, seen and acted upon.
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Armed and threatening. This is the face of Israeli settler violence in the occupied West Bank. It is these acts of aggression which are chasing Palestine families out of their homes. Piece by piece, the Palestinians in the village of Kherbet Zanuta, packed their lives away, never to return.
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In the name of the settlers, come a night where we’re sleeping. They beat us and try to kill us.
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They tried to force us out of our homes. I can’t sleep anymore. I’m too afraid. Families in this village, once home to some 140 Palestinians, tell us they have been left with no choice but to flee their homes.
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What’s happening now is another Nakba, a catastrophe. I’m 60 years old. I’ve lived here my entire life. And despite the fact that settlements in the occupied West Bank are considered illegal by many in the international community, they continue to grow and expand with the backing of Israeli authorities.
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We inherited this land from our forefathers. We’ve lived here for generations. Now it’s only getting worse. The war in Gaza has only encouraged the settlers.
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According to Israeli rights group B’Tselem at least 15 Palestinian farm and communities have been forcibly displaced since October 7th The real thing that is influencing the life of Palestinians here is the outpost up there. Yehuda Shaul, an Israeli human rights activist, says encroachments on Palestinian land are rapidly advancing, and personal attacks in the occupied West Bank have only intensified.
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The next stage is not only attacking Palestinians when they’re out in the field, going into the communities, into the homes, burning houses, slashing water tanks, beating up people, threatening women, children, elderly. And the result of it is what you see in front of your eyes. People leaving. Entire communities packing up and leaving. Settlers are taking advantage that all eyes are in Gaza to accelerate their violence because there is no protection from the Israeli army.
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There is no protection from the Israeli police. In many cases, the Israeli army is accompanying the settlers and in many cases the settlers are the army. In the nearby village of At-Tuba, a remote Palestinian community, Israel’s military keeps a watchful eye. IDF soldiers never too far away.
(IDF) Yes, you need to go, you need to go.
(reporters) Why?
(IDF) Because you…
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(reporters) Sorry?
(IDF) You need to go.
(reporters) Why? Why are we not allowed to film…
His village knows the price of settler violence all too well. Palestinians here say their attacks are edging closer each night.
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They come and threaten us, saying we have to leave or they will be back to target us. They’re all armed. They never come here without weapons. In the last week alone, residents here say Israeli settlers have slashed this village’s water tanks and cut through local power lines, an effort NGO workers say, to pressure Palestinian families to leave the area.
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What we’re seeing now is that under the cloak of the war that’s happening now, the settler activity is. Settler violence has increased tremendously over the last few weeks.
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Given this crisis is not new to the Palestinian people, but it’s a crisis that is deepening. Israel’s bombardment of the Gaza Strip said to be emboldening violent settlers across the southern Hebron Hills.
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There are now fears that smaller, more remote Palestinian villages could be next. But for Palestinians in Khirbit Zanuta, it is already too late.
