The Escalation of Israel’s Gaza-fication of the West Bank

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In this episode of FMEP’s Occupied Thoughts, FMEP’s Lara Friedman speaks with preeminent journalist Dalia Hatuqa about the current realities of Israel violence carried out both by the Israeli military and Israeli civilians (settlers) against Palestinians in the West Bank — including the situation in the months leading up to 10/7/23; the dangerous deterioration of conditions following 10/7/23, through the onset of the current Hamas-Israel ceasefire in Gaza;  and the ongoing — rapid, dramatic — escalation of Israeli violence and destruction in the West Bank in the wake of that ceasefire.

You can see Dalia’s full bio and a compendium of her work at https://www.daliahatuqa.com. You can follow also follow her on Twitter at @DaliaHatuqa

 

Occupied Thoughts by FMEP · The Escalation of Israel’s Gaza-fication of the West Bank

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Recorded on January 23, 2025

Resources Mentioned in this Podcast

UN/OCHA report 12/27/23: The human rights situation in the occupied West Bank including East Jerusalem, 7 October – 20 November 2023

Wikipedia — The Huwara rampage

Times of Israel 1/1/24: 2023 ‘most violent’ year for West Bank settler attacks, watchdog says [“Yesh Din says 10 Palestinians killed, dozens of homes torched; in two months after Oct. 7 massacre, 242 incidents reported; UN office counts over 1,200 throughout year“]

Dalia Hatuqa on X 8/28/24: “The Gazification of the West Bank: Israeli forces kill 11 Palestinians in Tubas and Jenin overnight as the army announces a large scale operation in the northern West Bank refugee camps that will involve more aerial power. More bloodshed & destruction expected in the coming days \ This will reportedly be the largest invasion on the northern West Bank since 2002. Whatever the Israeli army is getting away with in Gaza is expected to be seen in the WB. Already Israel’s FM suggested that Pals be “evacuated” from targeted cities like in Gaza. Darker days ahead.

+972 Magazine 12/4/24: The West Bank villages wiped off the map by Israeli settler violence [“Since October 7, over 50 rural Palestinian communities have been forced to abandon their homes amid intensifying attacks, threats, and harassment by Israeli settlers — almost always with the backing of the army and police.”]

Amnesty International 2/5/24: Shocking spike in use of unlawful lethal force by Israeli forces against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank

Vladimir Jabotinsky, The Iron Wall (We and the Arabs), 1923

News 14 (Israel, Hebrew-language) 1/22/25: Our forces attacked terrorist infrastructure from the air and hit a number of terrorists [“A senior security official told News 14 yesterday: ‘Following the cabinet’s decision, we are embarking on a large-scale campaign in northern Samaria, which could also take months. At its end, the terrorist camps will cease to exist as terrorist strongholds – what we did in Gaza will also be done in them.’“]

Wikipedia – a href=”https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Ay%C5%9Fenur_Eygi”>Killing of Ayşenur Eygi [American citizen human rights activist killed by the IDF in the West Bank 9/6/24]

Yesh Din 5/10/22: Plundered Pastures: Israeli settler shepherding outposts in the West Bank and their infringement on Palestinians’ human rights

Adalah 1/10/23: New Israeli Government’s Policy Guidelines Indicate Officials’ Intent to Commit Crimes under Intl. Law

Israeli NGO policy paper January 2023: What Israel’s 37th government’s guiding principles and coalition agreements mean for the West Bank