Year of settler violence has changed landscape of occupied West Bank Having been absent for a year, I almost didn’t recognise the road from Jericho to Ramallah. Entire communities in the Jordan Valley, Bedouin communities, have disappeared. All I saw was what remained of their homes and barns. They were torn down and burned by Israeli settlers. I did see several young Israeli settlers, armed, taking over the land, putting up fences to mark their new claimed territory, setting up an outpost with an Israeli flag. When I tried to pull out my phone and take pictures or capture this on video, the driver I was with asked me not to do that because he didn’t want to be marked by the Israeli settlers, who roam the area freely and who can call the Israeli army. He lives in the Jordan Valley, and he feared retribution. So really, it’s quite remarkable in the span of 12 months how much has changed and the freedom with which Israeli settlers roam. While Netanyahu now has to play nice with Trump and adhere to the ceasefire, as far as Israel is concerned, in the occupied West Bank, the agenda of this government is of taking over land, of allowing settlers to not only take up more arms, but to use them quite freely and to assist them by deploying the Israeli army.
Al Jazeera
Updates: Israel blocking vast majority of Gaza aid agreed under ceasefire
Israeli strikes on Gaza this week have killed more than 100 people after the killing of an Israeli soldier.
TIL "Doorrijden is wellicht niet het eerste waar mensen aan denken als ze gesloten slagbomen zien, maar ProRail laat weten dat de slagbomen speciaal zijn ontworpen om af te breken. Ter verduidelijking: het doorrijden wordt aangeraden als je al op het spoor staat en tussen de bomen in vast komt te staan, niét als de bomen al dicht zijn en je nog op de normale weg staat."
RTL.nl
ProRail waarschuwt na botsing trein en vrachtwagen:
"Liever schade aan een slagboom dan een mensenleven in gevaar", zegt ProRail. De waarschuwing volgt op de aanrijding tussen een vrachtwagen...
Israelis gather to block aid heading to Gaza near border Video gathered by Reuters news agency shows extremist Israelis attempting to block aid trucks heading to the Gaza Strip near the Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) border crossing, one of just two opened by Israel after the ceasefire went into effect. This is not the first time Israelis have gathered to try to block life-saving aid to the Gaza Strip, where our correspondents report that the hunger crisis remains acute despite a pause in Israeli bombings.
Al Jazeera
Updates: Gaza humanitarian crisis ‘unchanged’, Israel keeps restricting aid
These were the developments in Gaza and the occupied West Bank on Friday, October 24.
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"Court summons sought for British citizen accused of serving in Israeli military An initial hearing is expected within weeks after the International Centre of Justice for Palestinians applied for the court summons A legal group has applied for a court summons to prosecute a British-Israeli who allegedly served in the Israeli military, with an initial hearing expected in the coming weeks. The case is the first such application since Britain recognised the state of Palestine in September, which makes Palestine a "friendly state" in legal terms. Court documents submitted on Monday by the International Centre of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP), seen by Middle East Eye, detail alleged violations of the Foreign Enlistment Act (FEA). According to the act, it is a crime for a UK national to serve in the military of a foreign state at war with a friendly state. The British-Israeli dual national allegedly served in the Israeli military's Lebanese border unit and in the occupied West Bank." Full article :
Middle East Eye
Court summons sought for British citizen accused of serving in Israeli military
An initial hearing is expected within weeks after the International Centre of Justice for Palestinians applied for the court summons
 #israel #genocide #uk #britain #ukpol
Only ‘trickle’ of food aid getting to northern Gaza By Hani Mahmoud Reporting from Gaza City The entire northern part of the Gaza Strip has not been receiving any aid trucks over the past 10 days. The crossing on the northern part of the Strip has been blocked for more than 50 days now – close to two months of ongoing blockade. So, whatever’s available in the markets now, people are eating the stuff that’s on commercial trucks. We did walk around and check some of the markets, and we asked every single vendor where they are getting their items, the products, the fresh produce from, and they’re getting them from business owners and traders who were approved by the Israeli military to allow in some commercial trucks. But they were only allowed to sell in the central and southern parts of the Strip. They’re just allowing a trickle of these items and products into the northern part of the Strip.
Al Jazeera
Updates: Gaza humanitarian crisis worsening despite Israel, Hamas ceasefire
These were the developments in Gaza and the occupied West Bank on Thursday, October 23.
"But it was his invitation to Robinson that outraged many Israelis: Two people, including a rabbi, were arrested outside Chikli’s home earlier in the day after protesting Robinson’s visit. British-Israeli strategist Raoul Wootliff shared their outrage. ⁠“Tommy Robinson is a racist thug who has built a criminal career on spreading hate, including antisemitic libels. Watching him treated like a visiting dignitary by the Israeli government is an obscene insult to both ordinary Israelis and Jews in the UK,” he said. Wootliff also questioned why the Israeli government had rolled out the red carpet for a far-right agitator with nothing approaching a government position. “Diaspora minister Amichai Chikli has turned his ministry into a platform for the far right, attacking the Board of Deputies and dismissing Jewish communities who fight this hatred every day,” he said. “It is a betrayal of the people he is meant to protect.”"
The Observer
Tommy Robinson receives warm reception in Tel Aviv
The British far-right activist was invited to Israel by a government minister
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https://www.timesofisrael.com/tommy-robinson-draws-crowd-of-1000-in-tel-aviv-amid-controversy-protester-attacked/ "Tommy Robinson draws crowd of 1,000 in Tel Aviv amid controversy; protester attacked Supporters praise free speech while critics denounce antisemitic past; heckler violently accosted by attendees after calling the controversial figure a ‘racist’" #israel #tommyrobinson #fascism #racism #antisemitism