Israel s illegal settler population in the occupied West Bank increased at a dramatic rate last year despite the Biden administration in the US rejecting Israel s push to build more settlements in.
For Amro, it s not just the Israeli government that s fostering a climate of tolerance toward Jewish terrorism. He emphasized that the previous American administration as well has helped provoke settler attacks against Palestinians. The settlers told me many times that they are backed up by Trump. I saw a lot of settlers be proud of attacking Palestinians, be open about annexation and apartheid all of this behavior came out during the Trump administration. According to a recent report from West Bank Jewish Population Stats, the settler population in the West Bank grew at a higher rate under Trump, increasing by 13% since 2017, when Trump took office. Settlement watchdog group Peace Now reported settlement construction and infrastructure serving the settlements also increased during Trump s term. From 2017-21,11,815 tenders for settlement construction were issued and 33,756 housing units were promoted in the settlements. For comparison,10,331 housing units were promoted in t
Emboldened by Trump and Netanyahu, Jewish Settler Terrorism is Spiking Comments
OCCUPIED WEST BANK On the night of Jan. 28, Alaa Sawafteh was driving back with his family to Tubas from Ramallah in the occupied West Bank when his car was attacked by around 30 Israeli settlers.
The Israelis, from the nearby settlement of Beit El, smashed the car windows, opened the doors, and struck his three-year-old son’s face with a rock, leaving him with a scar on his forehead. Sawafteh’s family was supposed to be celebrating his son’s birthday, but instead the family spent the night in the hospital.
The ongoing battle over illegal construction in Judea and Samaria
View of the Jewish settlement of Nokdim, in the West Bank. Oct. 24, 2017.
(JNS) - According to Gabi Harow, a resident of the Israeli settlement of Nokdim in Gush Etzion, there have been massive changes in the landscape since he moved to the community with his family in 2012. The amount of illegal Arab building and the takeover of the land have grown tremendously, he told JNS. You see structures going up all the time in our area and in the nature reserves between our community and the Judean Desert.
Harow said that Nokdim has been slowly, slowly losing its 150 acres of agricultural space.