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New Israel government vows change, but not for Palestinians

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June 15 2021, 3:26 pm
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June 15, 2021: Israel’s fragile new government has shown little interest in resolving the decades-long conflict with the Palestinians. Meanwhile Jewish ultra-nationalists are already staging provocations with the aim of splitting the coalition and returning to right-wing rule.

In doing so, they risk escalating tensions with the Palestinians weeks after the 11-day war in Gaza was called off due to an informal ceasefire. Prime Minister Naphtali Bennett’s best hope for maintaining his ruling coalition – which is made up of eight parties in the political arena – is to handle the conflict, a view his predecessor Benjamin Netanyahu shared for most of his 12 years in power. But this method failed to stop the three wars in Gaza and the innumerable small explosions.

This is because the status quo for the Palestinian includes a series of settlements in the occupied West Bank, evictions in Jerusalem, demolition of homes, deadly shootings and a series of discriminatory measures apartheid style. In Gaza, which has been under intense blockade since the Hamas militant group seized power in 2007, it is even worse. “They are talking about a change government, but it is only going to break the stalemate,” said Walid Asfaf, a Palestinian official who has been involved in protests against West Bank settlements. “Bennett is a copy of Netanyahu, and perhaps even more radical.”

Bennett said little about the Palestinians in a speech before his swearing-in on Sunday. He warned that “there will be a full-fledged response to the violence,” adding that “peace of mind will lead to economic maneuvers, which will reduce friction and conflict.”

The government faces an initial challenge on Jabal Sabeeh, a mountain in the northwest coast where dozens of Jewish settlers quickly set up a checkpoint last month, paving roads and setting up shelters that they say now house dozens. The settlement, named after an Israeli named Eviatar, who was killed in an attack in 2013, was built without the permission of Israeli authorities. Israeli troops have evacuated the settlers three times before, but they returned early last month after an Israeli was killed in a nearby shooting.

Eliminating them would embarrass Bennett and other right-wing members of the coalition, who have already been sharply criticized for allying with the center and left-wing factions to oust Netanyahu – and even to the point of death.

The ultra-nationalist government is facing a dilemma about the parade in East Jerusalem, which is scheduled for Tuesday. There is a danger of stopping such demonstrations and clashes in March, which helped fuel the war in Gaza last month. Meanwhile, Palestinians in the village of Beita have staged regular protests against the settlement. Protesters pelted stones, and the Israeli army fired tear gas and live ammunition. Three protesters were killed, including 17-year-old Muhammad Humayun, who was shot dead on Friday. Initial reports said he was 15 years old.

“I have always taught him to stand up for his rights without violating the rights of others,” his father said at a mourning ceremony attended by dozens of people in Swat. Was a natural leader. “Thank God I’m so proud of my son,” he said. Even in martyrdom he distinguished himself. Villagers fear that if the outpost remains, it will eventually swallow up more of their land, growing and merging with some of the more than 130 occupied settlements in the occupied West Bank.

Muhammad Khabisha, a resident who owns his property near the settlement checkpoint, said he could no longer gain access without a military permit. “Settlements are like a cancer,” he said. Everyone knows it starts small, and then it takes root and spreads at people’s expense until it reaches our homes.

Israel captured the West Bank, east Jerusalem and Gaza in the 1967 Mideast war, territories the Palestinians want for a future state. The settlements are seen by the Palestinians and much of the international community as a major obstacle to peace because they make it nearly impossible to create a contiguous, viable state of Palestine alongside Israel.

Bennett briefly served as head of a large settlement organization, and his party is one of three in the coalition that strongly supports the settlements.

Hagit Ofran, a settlement expert with the Israeli rights group Peace Now, says settlers have always used illegal checkpoints to challenge Israeli authorities, a trend he hopes will accelerate under the new government۔

“Because the settlers feel this government is not their government, challenging it, psychologically, will be much, much easier,” she said.

She hopes the new government will at least put the brakes on larger settlement projects, including massive infrastructure that will pave the way for future growth.

“I think it’s more easy politically to stop big budgets and big projects rather than evicting an outpost,” she said. “I would rather see that the government is stopping the big projects rather than fighting over every hilltop. The settlers have the opposite interest.”

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