As settler violence surges, West Bank Palestinians fear new displacement – WaPost
“B’Tselem, an Israeli human rights group, says at least seven Palestinians have been killed by Israeli settlers since the war in Gaza began; more than 100 Palestinians in the West Bank have been killed by Israeli forces over the same time period, according to the United Nations. Some 500 Palestinians have been driven from their homes…
“…the victims of settler violence are overwhelmingly civilians. Haunted by memories of displacement, Palestinian families fear they are living through another period of forcible dispossession.
“In a rare direct condemnation of the violence, President Biden said last week that attacks by ‘extremist settlers’ amounted to ‘pouring gasoline’ on fires already burning. ‘It has to stop,’ he said. ‘They have to be held accountable.’
“But international attention and Israel’s security forces are focused on Gaza, and Palestinians say they are often targeted by Israeli police officers in charge of protecting them.
“After a settler shot and killed Bilal Saleh, 38, on Saturday in the village of Sawiya, Israeli police at the scene asked his brother Hashem for eyewitness testimony. As he approached their jeep, Washington Post reporters saw uniformed officers pull him aside for questions, then handcuff him. Hashem — his shirt still stained with his brother’s blood — was shoved into an unmarked truck with civilian plates and driven away with a military escort.
“Israeli police told Hashem’s family he is being held on charges of supporting Hamas.”
Bilal went out to harvest his olives, an Israeli settler shot him – Al Jazeera
Israeli settler kills Palestinian man harvesting olives as violence surges in the West Bank – AP
Palestinians in East Jerusalem describe living in fear – CNN
Under the cover of war, Israeli conquest of Palestine and displacement of indigenous population continues. Politicians talk while settlers on the ground clear out Palestinians and take their land. Read:
“Under the Cover of War: The Zionist Expulsion of the Palestinians” – Rosemarie Esber
“Under the Cover of War is an important resource for anyone seeking to understand the full story of the 1948 Palestine war and the roots of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Rosemarie Esber meticulously documents and poignantly recounts the first phase of the Zionist conquest of Palestine and the expulsion of the indigenous Palestinians-an estimated 84 percent of whom were children under 15, pregnant and nursing mothers, the elderly, and the infirm. As this compelling history shows, the human tragedy of Palestine’s ethnic cleansing entailed the demonization of the Palestinian Arabs, the incitement of violence by Jewish nationalist leaders, and a weak response from an apathetic international community. War provided a cover for systematic expulsions and the founding of the State of Israel on Palestinian land, while British colonial officials did little but watch. An array of unpublished military and diplomatic sources supports the Palestinians’ own account of their Nakba (catastrophe or disaster), based on new, original refugee interviews. This little-known story of human suffering makes a convincing case that redressing Palestinian losses is vital for regional and world peace.”
The US continues financing Israeli expansionism, Zionism, and displacement of the Palestinian population:
House Israel aid bill includes $14.3 billion by slashing IRS funds – NBC
Bernie Sanders’s failure to back Gaza ceasefire disappoints US supporters – Al Jazeera