Israel accused of trying to ‘eliminate’ living conditions for Palestinians in West Bank
Summary
A human rights group called B’Tselem says Israel is working to remove the conditions that allow Palestinians to live normal lives in the West Bank. Their report says Israel uses violence, movement limits, economic pressure, and building settlements to harm Palestinian communities and replace them with Jewish ones.Key Facts
- B’Tselem published a detailed report accusing Israel of attacking many parts of Palestinian life in the West Bank.
- The report lists five types of actions: violence, movement limits, economic pressure, social and political damage, and ethnic cleansing.
- Since October 2023, 1,107 Palestinians have been killed by Israel in the West Bank.
- The report says Israeli state bodies, led by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, aim to create fear and push Palestinians out.
- Israeli settlements and Jewish-only infrastructure are expanding where Palestinians once lived.
- The report calls this process an ongoing political effort to create permanent Jewish presence and fragment Palestinian society.
- One example shows a man carrying his disabled daughter around a roadblock set by the Israeli army.
- The increase in pressure on Palestinians reportedly began after a Hamas attack on southern Israel in October 2023 but is based on earlier plans from 2017.
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