Rumors of peace talks notwithstanding, Israel’s daily and long-term goals remain the same: Kill, wound, and displace as many Palestinians as politically and militarily feasible and take their land. Repeated actions by the governments of Israel and its sponsor, the United States, demonstrate a belief that Palestinians do not have equal standing as human beings or political rights that Israelis do.
True to form, this WaPost headline’s use of the word “transform” sugar coats the brutal facts of Israel’s expansion into the West Bank that the reporters lay out in the story.