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Israel turning the West Bank into Gaza [1]
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Date: 2025-05-04
First, please see this update on Freedom Flotilla Coalition’s Ship Conscience being attacked and denied assistance.
On Saturday, a delegation of Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) volunteers from 13 countries attempted to reach the ship Conscience to provide support to the crew and volunteers onboard. Their boats were intercepted by the Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) who not only failed to provide aid to the bombed and damaged Conscience, they forced the delegation to turn back to Malta and go through immigration and customs under threat of arrest. This is the second day in a row where Maltese authorities have blocked FFC access to its ship, crew and participants.
The freedom flotilla sails in support of Palestinians.
West Bank
This installment adds on to three previous reports of Israeli oppression of Palestinians in the West Bank. Ongoing and escalating movements against Palestinians demonstrate an Israeli determination to remove Palestinians from their ancestral West Bank homes, as they are doing in Gaza. Video and accounts below originate from media reports, the producers of No Other Land, and on the ground eyewitnesses with Veterans for Peace and the Center for Jewish Nonviolence.
Democracy Now! detailed a report from Basel Adra, Oscar winning producer of No Other Land, on a recent settler attack on his neighbor Saeed that resulted in amputation of Saeed’s leg. Saeed and his son were both arrested and each was fined 5000 Shekels. Eyewitnesses report that Palestinians are often arrested and fined after being attacked by Israeli settlers. Despite the attacks and arrests, Palestinian spirits remain strong.
Settlers are known to move their sheep to graze on Palestinian land. Settlers also call the Israeli army to stop Palestinian farmers from working their own fields. Even though it is private property, military officers typically take the words of settlers as fact. Soldiers then declare an area a closed military zone and evacuate the Palestinians, while settlers remain. This is standard operating procedure in area C of the West Bank. In the following video, the settler in green is notorious in this area. He gives instructions to the army. The captain then "explains" that everyone must leave the area while settlers remain. When asked to see the "orders" she curtly replies that her word is the law.
Numerous settlers appear to coordinate with Isreali military. Some with guns and drones.
For decades, since before Rachel Corrie, it has also been standard practice to demolish Palestinian homes.
The demolition of homes and water for 30 Palestinians and their livestock in the video below occurred on April 29.
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