There are plenty of conflicts in the world that feel stuck, immobile, trapped in amber. Think of the Korean peninsula. Or Taiwan. Or Kashmir. But nothing feels quite as hopelessly fixed in place like the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Certainly nothing about this week's violence in Israel and Gaza has done anything to change that impression. On the contrary, it has given us renewed reason to recognize the wisdom of adopting an attitude of studied.
Israeli repression links the violence in Gaza and Jerusalem
May 14, 2021 Share
The growing ferocity of Israel’s military offensive on Gaza amid continued rocket attacks by Hamas has largely overtaken the original crisis that triggered it just 50 miles away in Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem. The current crisis began earlier this month with Palestinian demonstrations against the imminent expulsion of some eighteen families in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in order to put Israeli settlers in their place. The expulsions are part of a broader effort by radical settler groups and Israeli authorities targeting the homes of dozens of Palestinian families. Palestinian demonstrators were met with a massive show of force by Israeli authorities who responded with tear gas, stun grenades, sponge-tipped bullets, and beatings, leading to hundreds of injuries. As the protests spread to other parts of the city so did the violent Israeli crackdown, including nightly raids by Israe
Updated / Tuesday, 11 May 2021
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The Foreign Affairs Joint Committee is due to hear from the Israeli Ambassador on Thursday
The Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence has heard claims of intimidation and attacks on children by Isreal as part of its expansion of settlement activity in Palestinian territories.
Dr Jilan Abdalmajid, Ambassador, Mission of State of Palestine said that already this year, twelve thousand housing units have been advanced through plans , in fifty-five Israeli settlements.
An additional eleven new illegal outposts have been set up this year, she said.
Only the Nethlerlands took legal action, Dr Abdalmajid added, which sends a clear message to the Palestinian people.
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