OPINIONS
Mon 19 Jun 2023 10:50 am - Jerusalem Time
The earth is calling.. Is there any answer?
The decision of the Israeli government to facilitate settlement construction in the West Bank, including Jerusalem, without its approval, as is the case until yesterday, except for it being a challenge to international resolutions, including UN Security Council Resolution 2334, which condemned settlement construction and considered it illegal and called not only for its cessation. And even removing it, it also carries with it several goals, most notably the preparation for the annexation of the West Bank to the occupying state.
Settlement expansion, which will be headed by the extremist Minister of Finance, means confiscating more Palestinian lands to expand settlements as well as construct settlement roads. More than 750,000 settlers are present in the settlements built on Palestinian land.
And if we take into account the crimes committed by herds of settlers against our people, their land, property and sanctities, then this increase in the number of settlers means a doubling of these crimes, within the framework of the attempts of the occupying power to force our people to leave their land, which was announced by more than one Israeli minister and official that Ethnic cleansing is coming and it is only a matter of time and when the circumstances become clear.
Those who bear responsibility for what is happening in the West Bank, in addition to Jerusalem, are not only the occupying state, the United States, and Western countries with a colonial past and present, but also the Palestinian, Arab and Islamic side, which does not move a finger except for statements of denunciation and denunciation that have become meaningless to the occupying state.
America and many Western countries are known for their support for the occupying state, and their shy criticism of the occupying state is nothing but ashes in the eyes to give the occupying state more time to implement the policy of annexation, expansion and ethnic cleansing.
Continuing to bet on America and other European countries is a losing bet by all standards and criteria. The bet must first be on our steadfast people, who face the bullets of the occupation and herds of settlers with the bare chests of their children, and refuse to surrender, submit and raise the white flag.
The time has come for the Palestinian side to take practical steps on the ground to confront the persistence of the occupation, which sees the current weak and divided Palestinian situation as an opportunity in attempts to pass its plans.
We have lost or are on the way to lose Jerusalem permanently, and now it is the turn of the rest of the West Bank, without moving a finger on the ground, so how long will we remain in this situation and the long-standing pattern?!!
Inaction in confrontation will increase the occupation's ferocity, and history will not be merciful to anyone who does not prioritize the supreme national interest over partisan and personal interests.
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