(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Erasing Palestinians Cultural Past and Future. [snark warning] [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-01-21 It is almost as if all this destruction was by design. What a weak and borderline useless reply by the State Department. Some may even see relevance in this 2019 election video for Benny Ganz as a promise What about the West Bank? Well: The Economist warned back in October 2023 FOR MONTHS fears have been rising in Israel and among foreign governments that a surge in violence is in the offing in the West Bank. It is the area that Palestinians view as the core of a would-be state, which for decades has been occupied and overseen by Israel’s government in tandem with the Palestinian Authority (PA), the nearest thing to a local Arab administration. It was thought that the increasing brutality shown towards Palestinians by Israelis living in settlements in the West Bank might spark an uprising, or intifada. Haaretz warns in an editorial on the 17th of January 2024 Israel's Settler Government Is Fueling a West Bank Blowup Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prefers to put Israel at risk rather than his government, which relies on a far-right craving for annexation, Jewish supremacy and war. This is the only conclusion that can be reached from his criminal disregard of the Israel Defense Forces' and the Shin Bet security service's repeated warnings. [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/1/21/2218583/-Erasing-Palestinians-Cultural-Past-and-Future?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=more_community&pm_medium=web Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/