Israel continues the cycle of violence and bloodshed!

Everywhere, Israel continues its aggression and its army carries out field missions of assassinations, raids, arrests, and campaigns of abuse and displacement in the northern West Bank, expanding the scope of the war to new areas in the Jenin Governorate, and by force of arms it continues to carry out the process of expelling innocent citizens in the Palestinian camps, most notably Jenin, Tulkarm and Nur Shams, without mercy or consideration for the harsh weather conditions. Despite the approach of the holy month of Ramadan, Israeli military operations are becoming more fierce, claiming the lives of many innocent people, and targeting all aspects of life in the West Bank, which the occupation has turned into a large prison, violating international law, with regard to obstructing the lives of Palestinians, as stated in a report by the Center for the Defense of Liberties and Civil Rights (Huriyat), which indicated that the Israeli occupation has turned the West Bank into a large prison, adding that the occupation authorities continue to implement the policy of collective punishment by deploying 900 military checkpoints and iron gates in the West Bank, and that after the ceasefire was declared in Gaza, the occupation tightened restrictions on the West Bank, which increases the suffering of the Palestinians, as the military checkpoints have become a trap for killing, arresting, humiliating and abusing citizens, to the point that the occupation sometimes prevents ambulances from reaching patients in a timely manner, leading to deaths.

These barriers aim to tighten control over the West Bank and strangle the lives of citizens. They are used for political reasons rather than security, within the framework of a policy of collective punishment and humiliation, and within policies that aim to separate the West Bank and impose isolation on cities and regions. These policies disrupt the educational process, paralyze the economy, and restrict the movement of citizens.

While the Israeli army is implementing escalation and persecution measures in all its aspects, the Israeli political level is the one that continues to issue threatening statements regarding the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, most notably the threat of not returning the residents of the northern West Bank to their camps, as Netanyahu said, in addition to his threats regarding the Gaza Strip and preventing the release of Palestinian prisoners, as the army continues its preparations to resume the aggression on Gaza, eagerly awaiting any opportunity, not to mention the major goals set by Netanyahu and his government, which are to eliminate the resistance, end Hamas’ rule over the Strip, disarm the Palestinians, deport the leaders and displace the population.

Haaretz summarized the tragic situation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip by saying that Israel, as usual, instead of resolving the roots of the conflict, is proving that it only understands the language of force and thinks only in the short term. Twenty-three years after Operation Defensive Shield, Israel still faces the same predicament with no real solutions.

The newspaper asked, what will more violence, collective punishment, mistreatment of civilians and military operations bring without any political solution, other than a new cycle of blood and violence, and increasing Israel's isolation on the international scene?

We assert that thinking about isolating Israel internationally has become just a media publication that has become outdated, and there is no longer any hope or expectation for the Palestinians to direct more calls to the international community to condemn Israel’s policies and crimes, because it has proven throughout the war on Gaza and the raging war on the West Bank that it cannot take effective steps to stop it and force it to respect the rights of the Palestinians according to international law that Israel violates, with American support and a terrible global silence.