Genocide in the name of security, according to Israeli settler narratives

Israeli settler leaders are calling upon the Israeli government to emulate the genocidal strategy used against Palestinians in Gaza to displace and ethnically cleanse Palestinians from the occupied West Bank. In a letter to the Israeli security cabinet, Yisrael Ganz, head of the Yesha Council which deals with settlement affairs, together with other settler leaders and mayors, called for the demolition of buildings and refugee camps in the occupied West Bank. All of Israel’s settlers and the settlements in which they live are, of course, illegal under the Fourth Geneva Convention.

Israelis, though treat international law with contempt.

“After moving the population, the terrorism infrastructure should be dismantled exactly as we have done in the Gaza Strip, meaning: any incriminated building to be destroyed, every terrorist to be taken out,” he said in his letter. “This is the time to abandon a defensive posture and go forward to a posture of efficient and effective lethal offensive in Judea and Samaria [the West Bank].”

This is the time – the letter reads – because passive attention has been fixed on Gaza, before shifting to Lebanon and Syria. And while the occupied West Bank, slated for illusory state building and donor funds by the international community, served its purpose in the past by keeping the two-state “solution” alive, Israel has been stating openly that the paradigm is now defunct and inapplicable. So why should the international community have any concern over its lack of implementation now? Time is serving Israel well, but not the Palestinian people.

Genocide did not prompt the international community into action. On the contrary, it continued to stall while collecting statistical data as it always does. In the occupied West Bank, where data has already normalised human rights and international law violations, the international community will have an easier time. And, having normalised genocide and its ramifications, what can really stop Israel from repeating the same pattern of ethnic cleansing if it wants to?

Earlier this month, Ganz invoked and thus involved the international community in Israel’s expansionist decisions.

“Israeli sovereignty in Judea and Samaria will cut off the axis of evil, protect Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, and safeguard London, Berlin and New York as well,” he told the Jerusalem Post. Israel’s colonialism and genocide are now being promoted as tools that protect the West. Of course, the US, Germany and the UK would not object to such rhetoric and implementation, given their complicity in the Gaza genocide, not to mention their unquestioned support throughout decades of settler-colonial expansion.

If Israel and the international community are on board with genocide as an alleged security buffer zone, how does the latter define the victims? Collateral damage? Inconsequential? If Israel does indeed commit genocide in the occupied West Bank with the blessing of the international community — which is likely — how will human rights and international law be defined? Not only would the international community not have stopped genocide in Gaza; it would have agreed to its extension in the occupied West Bank under the guise of not only Israeli, but also international security concerns. This despite the Palestinian anti-colonial resistance being directed solely against Israel, not Israel and its accomplices.

The imbalance of power is immense and it continues to grow in parallel with the Palestinian people’s forced subjugation. Israel is openly proclaiming its role in changing the Middle East, and the world still refuses to acknowledge how Palestinians across all of colonised Palestine are being exterminated in Zionism’s quest for Greater Israel.

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20241217-genocide-in-the-name-of-security-according-to-israeli-settler-narratives/

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  • Res

    What happened is that Hezbollah got really duped by the US (Hochstein is an israeli with a US passport, aka a foreign agent), the “Lebanese government” (another US puppet regime) France and of course the zionist genocidal regime.

    Hezbollah didn’t sign a truce, they signed a surrender.

    Since Nov. 27 the israelis have bombed Lebanon everyday, have stayed in most villages they occupied and are killing at will every single day.

    This is what the MOCK “Ceasefire Monitoring Committee” does:

    Lebanon Ceasefire Monitoring Committee Fails to Stop Israeli Blatant Violations
    english.almanar.com.lb/2293304

    Representatives of the Lebanese Army, US, France, UNIFIL and the Zionist enemy convened to discuss the blatant Israeli violations of the truce which took into effect on November 27.
    The statement failed to highlight the ongoing Israeli violations of the ceasefire, disregarding any practical steps to stop them.

    THIS IS PATHETIC. Have the Lebanese not understood yet that they have been uttelry fooled and sold-out by their own politicians to the zionists?

    The real question is: WTF is Hezbollah doing? How long will they wait to resume the fight?

    IN THE MEAN TIME:
    Day 439 in Gaza: 45,097 killed, 107,244 injured by ‘Israel’
    english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/day-439-in-gaza–45-097-killed–107-244-injured-by–israel

    Israeli bombs ‘vaporizing’ civilians in Gaza’s ‘humanitarian zone’
    https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/israeli-bombs–vaporizing–civilians-in-gaza-s–humanitarian

    “The strikes in Mawasi differ from those in urban areas, as they involve large bombs creating craters up to 15 meters in diameter…”

    The only good news are that what is left of the Resistance since Hezbollah withdrew from the fight and Russia let Syria down is still fighting despite their lack of means:

    Israeli Injured as Fighters Open Fire on Israeli Bus Heading for Joseph’s Tomb in Nablus
    english.almanar.com.lb/2293062

    Gaza Resistance bombards IOF command centers, invading soldiers
    english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/gaza-resistance-bombards-iof-command-centers–invading-soldi

    Iran is demanding things but not doing anyhting to enforce their demands:

    Iran FM Calls for Israel’s Immediate Withdrawal from Occupied Territories

    They say a ceasefire may come, but yet nothing is done and if this “ceasefire” is the same as the Lebanon one, then it’s a fake.

    Palestinian official reveals Gaza ceasefire outline: Exclusive
    english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/palestinian-official-reveals-gaza-ceasefire-outline–exclusi

    The Resistance groups really need to go back in the fight to help Palestinians, that includes Iran, Hezbollah, Iraqis and Yemen (who never stopped fighting).

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