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Since late December, Palestinians living in the village of Battir, west of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, have been cut off from significant portions of their land. A group of Israeli settlers simply arrived in the area one day — which UNESCO has designated as a world heritage site — and set up a new outpost, with a few small shacks for living in and for keeping their livestock.

As a result, the farmers and shepherds of Battir have completely lost access to land that used to be the source of their livelihood. “This area became forbidden for Palestinians to reach — settlers may shoot any Palestinian who is found there. The settlers wear army uniforms and move under the army’s protection,” Allyan continued, noting a trend by which the enlistment of settlers into the army’s reserves amid Israel’s war on Gaza has made it harder to distinguish between settlers and soldiers.

Over the last five months, large swathes of Palestinian-owned land in the West Bank have been effectively annexed by Israeli settlers. In some areas, like Battir, settlers have established completely new outposts — nine of them, according to a report by Peace Now.

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[-] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 31 points 8 months ago
[-] harderian729@lemmy.world 24 points 8 months ago

Fuck Zionists.

They are the new Nazis. Treat them as such.

[-] mellowheat@suppo.fi 3 points 8 months ago

New? If this is just a recent thing, Russia clearly beat them to it.

[-] Plague_Doctor@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago

Isreal is the size of New Jersey and has nearly 200, 000 less citizens than New Jersey. You don't see New Jersey trying to annex and Occupy more land in New York State or Pennsylvania.

[-] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 months ago

You don't see New Jersey trying to annex and Occupy more land in New York State

I feel like your just describing long Island

[-] Plague_Doctor@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Ah shit you right.

[-] federatingIsTooHard@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

You don’t see New Jersey trying to annex and Occupy more land in New York State

i literally had a nj resident tell me "at least we have philly".

[-] Ranvier@sopuli.xyz 1 points 8 months ago

New Jersey is coming for New York's land!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey_v._New_York

If you wondered why only the center portion of Ellis Island is in New York, this is why.

In seriousness unlike New Jersey (or at least new jersey before it become extremely urbanized) a good portion of Israel's land is desert that's not very useful for farming or grazing. Not an excuse though, especially when the west bank and Gaza have less percentage of arable land than Israel as is for a denser population. Your point stands.

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago

Being reported as a "propaganda outlet" and given that we've been hit by multiple spam bots lately, it seems worth examining.

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/972-magazine/

Shows a high factual rating with high credibility, so I'm inclined to keep it, but I'm open if anyone has information to the contrary.

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