Summary

Israeli settlers in the West Bank, emboldened by Trump’s return and a far-right Israeli government, are pushing for formal sovereignty over the territory.

Settlement activity has surged to record levels under Prime Minister Netanyahu, with nearly 6,000 acres designated as state land in 2024 and dozens of new outposts established.

While settlers see this as fulfilling Biblical claims, Palestinians view it as erasing hopes for a future state.

Critics warn annexation could jeopardize regional stability and U.S.-brokered normalization efforts, such as those with Saudi Arabia.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
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    2 days ago

    The “a vote for Kamala is a vote for genocide” people were literally saying before the election that Palestinian genocide cannot get worse because genocide is genocide.

    So I guess this isn’t worse?

    • The Quuuuuill@slrpnk.net
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      2 days ago

      i don’t understand that crowd at all. how do you look at kamala’s promise to stay the course, and donald trumps promise to send even more aid, and not understand it is possible to send more. there is not a ceiling to more. our military industrial complexeis very capable of delivering more.

    • The_Terrible_Humbaba@slrpnk.net
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      2 days ago

      This is from June 2020.

      Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he is planning to effectively annex parts of the occupied West Bank in what would be a major - and highly controversial - act.

      This is from July 2023.

      Israel Is Officially Annexing the West Bank

      A quiet bureaucratic maneuver by Netanyahu’s government has begun transferring control over the occupied territory from military to civilian leadership—violating international law.

      Here’s an entire wiki page about all they’ve been doing in the West Bank since 1967.

      This is nothing new, it’s just a next step that would have been taken regardless.

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
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        2 days ago

        Then I guess it would have been a better idea to vote for Harris to avoid all the stuff that will be new. You know, like the new concentration camps in the U.S.

        • EmpireInDecay@lemmy.ml
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          2 days ago

          Democrats iftas have been paving the way for those concentration camps, but that’s a deflection from the conversation. Harris and Biden was shit for Palestine and didn’t deserve another chance to continue the path they were headed. Liberals refusing to hold their people accountable allowed this to happen.

              • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
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                1 day ago

                It’s a two party system. It was going to be either Harris or Trump. That’s just a hard fact. You didn’t want Harris. There was only one other outcome. So you got your wish.

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                  1 day ago

                  And voters keep it a two-party system. And it’ll never get better if people don’t start holding their politicians accountable, which means that if they don’t work for the benefit of the worldwide public they don’t get reelected.

                  • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
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                    21 hours ago

                    Yes they do. And because of that, the choices were Harris or Trump. There was no imaginary third option in 2024.

                    Again, you didn’t want Harris, so you got your wish.