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    Re: Occupation good for Palestinians, says Israeli opposition chief Archived Message

    Posted by Mary on September 12, 2019, 8:44 am, in reply to "Occupation good for Palestinians, says Israeli opposition chief"

    You can only weep as you read this -

    Palestinians on annexation plan: ‘We are already destroyed’
    Jordan Valley residents fear Netanyahu pledge could kill off notion of a future state of Palestine
    11 September 2019

    'Atiayat lives in the small town of Auja, just a few miles north of Jericho. Like many Palestinians, he is a refugee, displaced from his ancestral village decades ago by Israeli troops. Now he is deputy mayor of the local municipality and sits at his desk, a photo of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat behind him.

    Under Netanyahu’s suggestion, Auja and Jericho will not be brought into Israel but squeezed into a cutoff area, save for three roads to connect it to other Palestinian towns. Including them would have meant recognising tens of thousands of Palestinians as Israel citizens – something that horrifies many rightwingers who fear it would threaten the country’s Jewish majority.
    [..]
    Road signs often display Hebrew and frequently ignore Palestinian communities, pointing out Israeli settlements instead, while many petrol stations and shops are Israeli-run. Border crossings with Jordan are controlled by Israel, which has built military bases and even national parks in the valley.

    Ibrahim Qtishat fears his farmland could suddenly become part of another country. Photo

    For years, Palestinian farmland has been confiscated and handed to settlers, while water is diverted from Palestinian villages and people are regularly blocked from moving around.

    Ibrahim Qtishat, an agricultural engineer, has lived in Jericho for two decades. Last year, he rented a large farm outside Auja to plant dates. Now his land could suddenly become another country.

    “Most of the people in this area are farmers,” he said. “Most will lose their jobs.”

    Despite claims of electioneering, the Israeli prime minister’s plan is clear to Qtishat. “Netanyahu doesn’t want to see any Palestinians. If he doesn’t allow people to cultivate, they will leave.”

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/11/palestinians-on-annexation-plan-we-are-already-destroyed

    So sad and we are culpable in this by the government's support of Israel. Netanhayu was even at No 10 with Johnson last week. Most of the Tory MPs belong to the CFoI lobby group. Labour have LFoI and Watson is a member of Trade Unions Friends of Israel! Shame on Fatberg Slim and the rest of them.

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