21.06.2024, 16:26
Zitat:Is Israel’s Smotrich fulfilling his dream of annexing the West Bank?https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/21...-west-bank
A quiet takeover of occupied West Bank has been cooking for 18 months. Are the far right going to get their way?
By Simon Speakman Cordall
Published On 21 Jun 2024
21 Jun 2024
The Israeli army’s Civil Administration handed more control over the occupied West Bank to the Settlements Administration, led by far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who lives in an illegal settlement himself.
Now Smotrich and his Settlements Administration control more things, like building regulations and the management of farmland, parks and forests.
Since he entered government, Smotrich has pushed openly for more Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank – illegal under international law – as steps towards annexation.
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Israel occupied the West Bank in 1967, as well as Gaza and East Jerusalem – the longest military occupation in modern history.
But, even occupation has rules.
According to international law, the occupying power cannot move its citizens into occupied land. Israel’s Supreme Court confirmed this in 2005.
That did not stop Israelis from building illegal settlements on stolen land. And it did not stop Israeli settlers – supported by security forces sometimes – from attacking Palestinians to force them off even more land.
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