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Lonestarblue

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1. As long as Israel denies Palestinians a future without their punishing control, violence will continue.
Thu Aug 14, 2025, 07:51 AM
Aug 14

The question is whether the world will continue to stand by and watch as Israel commits genocide in Gaza and continues to murder Palestinians in the West Bank to take their lands or will finally do something to hold Israel accountable for breaking multiple international laws. Here’s a NYT article today (unlocked link) on West Bank attacks by Israel settlers. Settlers are rarely, if ever, punished for murdering Palestinians or burning their homes and taking their lands. And often, the IDF helps them.

“Settlers carried out more than 750 attacks on Palestinians and their property during the first half of this year, an average of nearly 130 assaults a month, according to records compiled by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. That is the highest monthly average since the U.N. started compiling such records in 2006.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/world/middleeast/west-bank-israel-settler-attacks.html?unlocked_article_code=1.eE8.8ofn.0iYE58tO3TOm&smid=url-share

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