Israel Sends Tanks into West Bank Amid "De Facto Annexation" of Palestinian Lands

[Uncle Joe]

Israel has sent tanks into the occupied West Bank for the first time in 20 years, as the Israeli military escalates its offensive that has already displaced 40,000 Palestinians. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said Palestinians living in the Jenin, Tulkarm and Nur Shams refugee camps will not be allowed to return to their homes. On Friday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the occupied West Bank and was photographed holding a meeting inside a Palestinian home that had been seized by the Israeli military. On Saturday, Israeli forces fatally shot two Palestinian children — one 12, the other 13 — in separate incidents. “What we are seeing is an intensified campaign aimed at annexation of the West Bank,” says Mariam Barghouti, Palestinian writer and journalist based in Ramallah.

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1. Warmonger Netayahu strikes again. Seems he won't stopped until all the Palestinians are run out of...

the West Bank and Gaza. He's also sent tanks in to parts of Syria now.

These warmonger moves are just making more generational enemies for Israel...and more war to come.

[claudette]

4. 👍

[Mosby]

2. What has been annexed?

Nothing.

I think they are preparing for the death of Abu mazen, by dealing with the clan fighting going onin Jenin etc.

Ya'll know when he dies there is going to be an all out civil war in the "West bank" between competing clans vying for control of Fatah and the PA.

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6. And all that speculation you just made gives Netanyahu to make...

more warmonger aggression into Palestinian territory?

How so as this seems to guarantee more war to come?

[Mosby]

7. Per the oslo accords

Israel has rights to be in the WB.

Abbas is a dictator. So yes, there is going to be more war, between the Palestinians.

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10. So you agree with Netanyahu's aggression...

that will just lead to more war because of Israel taking Arabs lands?

When the ceasefire was agreed to and the process begun most were relieve and happy for a respite from war. Now more aggression from Netayahu.

Why the constant warmongering?

[claudette]

14. They have

the right to build illegal settlements and kill Palestinians there? I think not

[Mosby]

15. Your question is a non sequitur.

Why aren't Jews allowed to build houses in Judea and Samaria?

Why should Palestine be Jew Free? Is that something you support?

[claudette]

16. They are

not allowed to build ILLEGAL settlements in the West Bank of PALESTINE

[claudette]

3. And they

wonder why some people don’t like them?

[EYESORE 9001]

8. SRSLY?!?

[regnaD kciN]

9. "It's just because people are antisemites!"

[claudette]

13. Yes

[Bayard]

5. trump has given him the green light

[Crowman2009]

11. Wonder what excuse the Israeli govt. apologists on DU have to say about this?

Because I don't recall any hostages in the West Bank. Oh! I better get ready to be called an anti-semite in 3...2...1...

[2naSalit]

12. Seems like they are just...

dying to become a pariah state.