US Administration colludes with Israeli occupation, stands with it to annex West Bank.

By: Madeeha Al-A’raj

The ‘National Bureau for Defending Land and Resisting Settlements stated in its latest weekly report , that according to the ‘Times of Israel Newspaper,’ ‘The Israeli occupation government s settlement plans receive full American support, and adoption of its Zionist narrative. US House Speaker, Mike Johnson made a dangerous statement during a meeting held by Israeli PM Netanyahu last week in the Shiloh settlement, northeast of Ramallah in the central West Bank, accompanied by a number of Republican representatives.’ Johnson said that the USA recognizes Israel s historical right to sovereignty over the West Bank of the Jordan River, adding‘The Holy -script-ures teach that the mountains of Judea and Samaria were promised to the Jewish people, and they rightfully belong to them. But many around the world see it differently. This land is of great importance to our faith and to us. We stand fully with you.’ Johnson s statements were not the first in the Trump Administration.
US Ambassador Mike Huckabee had previously spoken last June, saying that Israel is too small and that Washington no longer fully supports the idea of establishing a Palestinian State. He proposed establishing that state elsewhere instead of demanding that Israel to do so, and suggested that a plot of land be allocated in one of the Muslim countries for the establishment of a Palestinian state instead of Israel demanded this, and the 69-year-old ambassador said, ‘Does it have to be in Judea and Samaria? i.e. The name the Israeli government uses to refer to the West Bank.
Meanwhile, Israeli threats from extremist ministers regarding the annexation of the occupied West Bank are escalating, as part of efforts to impose absolute control over the cities of the West Bank and parts of occupied East Jerusalem. In a provocative raid carried out by the Israeli FM, ‘the Tarsala site, accompanied by the so-called head of the West Bank settlement council ‘Yossi Dagan’ and a number of settlers,’ the raid was ‘with the aim of reviving settlements evacuated 20 years ago’ as part of the disengagement decision.
This came months after the cabinet approved the legalization of the settlement within the ‘Shomron settlement council’. Smotrich appeared in a photo taken in an abandoned building next to racist graffiti scrawled on its walls, including ‘Death to Arabs’ and ‘people of Israel are returning to Sanur.’ The ‘Shomron settlement council’ published the photo with ‘Death to Arabs,’ before later modifying it to remove the racist phrase.
Smotrich considered that ‘the Knesset s repeal of the ‘disengagement law’ and the cabinet s decision to establish 50 settlements, including the rebuilding of Sanur, express the Israeli people s confidence in the settlers and their appreciation for those who, dedicate their lives to settlement in our country.’
As part of the ongoing settlement plans within the systematic efforts of the occupying state to annex lands, the Israeli occupation forces have pasted copies of a ‘decision’ to transform areas of land in the Sabastia town, northwest of Nablus, into an ‘Israeli archaeological site’ on the village s pillars. According to the mayor of Sabastia, Moh’d Azem, the town s residents were surprised by the transforming areas of the town s land, which is considered one of the oldest and most important archaeological and historical sites in the West Bank, into an ‘Israeli archaeological site.’
The Sabastia Municipality condemned the decision issued by the Israeli occupation authorities, which stipulates the conversion of 1,775 dunams of the town s land,´-or-about a third of its area, in a step that is considered a continuation of the plan to Judaize the town and obliterate its national and cultural identity, within the framework of what is known as the ‘Samaria Garden settlement project’.
Meanwhile, the Masoudiya area is also exposed to the same plan, with the decision to consider the Masoudiya train station an ‘Israeli archaeological site’, as the occupation authorities pasted the decision in several places in the area during the current week.
List of Israeli Occupation and Settlers Assaults over the
Last Week Documented by the National Bureau:
Jerusalem:
- Forcing a Jerusalemite Adham Bassam Awisat to self-demolish his home in the Jabal al-Mukaber town in occupied Jerusalem, under the pretext of lacking a license, after a decision was issued by the occupation municipality.
- Handing over demolition orders in the town of al-Eizariya, east of occupied Jerusalem. These notices included several facilities and commercial stores, starting from the Martyr Uday al-Tamimi junction to the al-Qimma Mall, in preparation for the implementation of the ‘Fabric of Life’ settlement road.
- Notifying 3 residential buildings of demolition in the Qalandia town, northwest of occupied Jerusalem. They include about 12 apartments, under the pretext of lacking a license.
- Demolishing 4 facilities in the town of al-Judeira, north of Jerusalem, under the same context where they demolished a two-story house, a park, a shack, and walls, under the pretext of building without a license.
- Demolishing the house of Falah Barqan, which was built 23 years ago and has an area of 135 square meters and is home to 8 people in the town of Silwan, in the Wadi Qaddum neighborhood.
- Storming the house of prisoner Ahmed Fayez Subaih in the Hizma town, northeast of occupied Jerusalem. The Jerusalem Governorate reported that the occupation forces gave the family of Subaih 1 hour to vacate their home, in preparation for its demolition.
- Forcing citizen Hamza Ibrahim Amira to demolish his home in the Sur Baher town in occupied Jerusalem, under the pretext of not having a permit.
- Invading the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque by settlers, led by Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, coinciding with what is known in Israel as the ‘anniversary of the destruction of the Temple’, in a provocative move aimed at imposing a new reality inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. 1,251 settlers stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque in less than 3 hours, in one of the largest organized incursions witnessed by the compound in recent times. The intruders were accompanied by Talmudic prayers, dancing, and loud chants that filled the mosque in an unprecedented provocative scene. A number of Knesset members from right-wing parties participated in the incursions, including Amit Halevi of the Likud Party, while settlers spread out near King Faisal Gate, chanting Talmudic songs to provoke the residents of Jerusalem on the morning of this sensitive day.
Hebron:
- Establishing a settlement outpost in the lands of the town of Idhna, under the protection of Israeli forces, on lands near the shrine of Nabi Saleh, east of the town, where they placed mobile rooms and facilities, after carrying out bulldozing and leveling works on those lands.
- Burning a vehicle belonging to foreign solidarity activists, furniture and water tanks, and attacked citizens homes, including a house where a group of foreign solidarity activists reside in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron.
- Bulldozing citizens lands in the village of Birin, east of Yatta, south of Hebron, from all -dir-ections, with the aim of establishing new settlement outposts, paving roads and building farms for settlers under the protection of the occupation army.
- Cutting down more than 100 grape vines east of the town of Yatta, south of Hebron, planted on an area of 4 dunams, owned by citizen Nabil al-Nawaj a in the Ashkara area, southeast of Yatta, and close to the archaeological ruins of Susya.
- Assaulting the elderly Saeed al-Amour in Khirbet Al-Raki, while he was on his land near his home, and they broke his crutch, which he leans on due to the amputation of his leg after being shot by settlers 4 months ago. and then transferred to Yatta Governmental Hospital due to his bruises.
- Performing Talmudic rituals in the village of At-Tuwana, south of Hebron, under heavy protection from the occupation army. Moreover, settlers attempted to run over a woman and a number of citizens in the Um Nir area adjacent to the village of Susya in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, in the southern occupied West Bank.
- Releasing their sheep into trees and agricultural lands belonging to the Al-Hamamda family in Khirbet Al-Mafqara in Masafer Yatta, and chased the shepherds and landowners, preventing them from reaching their property.
- Establishing a new settlement outpost near the shrine of Nabi Saleh, west of the city of Hebron, where they placed mobile housing units and equipment at the site, in an attempt to impose a new reality on the ground.
- Closing a water spring in the Al-Baha area in Adh Dhahiriya, south of Hebron. Groups of armed settlers carried out a series of provocative and violent acts in the vicinity of and near citizens’ homes in several areas of Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron.
- Conducting provocative tours in and between homes in the Wadi Al-Rakhim community, chanting insults and obscene phrases against citizens. The same happened in Shaab Al-Batm, where settlers stormed the vicinity of the home of citizen Moh’d Al-Jabarin in a provocative manner, which sparked a state of fear and terror among his family members, including children and women.
Bethlehem:
- Establishing a new settlement outpost in the Deir Alla area, east of Bethlehem Governorate, near the village of Kisan. They erected several tents in the same location where more than 15 Palestinian families were displaced 2 weeks ago. They seized aluminum panels used as roofs for the residents homes, in addition to solar panels, and burned the remaining belongings of the displaced families.
- Demolishing a building and industrial facilities in the Qabr Hilweh area in the village of Dar Salah, east of Bethlehem, before proceeding to demolish a five-story building belonging to Ziad Adwi, under the pretext of lacking a license, the occupation forces demolished 5 commercial and industrial facilities built on an area of 6 dunams. The targeted facilities included: a laundry, a garage for car repair, a blacksmith shop, a tourist chalet, and a hydraulic shop.
- Notifying citizens to vacate their land. Moh’ad Ibrahim Atallah, head of the Beit Iskaria village council, stated that the occupation forces stormed the village and verbally notified him to vacate a 20-dunam plot of land planted with grape trees, which belongs to him personally and his brothers. He pointed out that the notification included a ten-day deadline to implement the decision.
- Demolishing a house under construction and bulldozed land in the village of Artas, south of Bethlehem, belonging to Osama Melhem. They also demolished a concrete wall surrounding the land of Ihab Melhem, claiming it was built without a license.
Ramallah:
- Storming a residential area in the village of Burqa, east of Ramallah, and carried out provocative acts.
- Attacking a farm belonging to Wadih Alqam in the Turmusaia, north of Ramallah, cutting down trees and a barbed wire fence. They also wrote racist slogans calling for the killing of Arabs and taking revenge on them on the walls of the farm.
- Ulldozing a commercial facility belonging to Khamis Sirawi in the agricultural suburb, north of Ramallah. In the town of Beit Liqya, west of Ramallah
- Demolishing a café in the Al-Zaytouna Junction area, in the Beit Liqya town, west of Ramallah belonging to a citizen from the Asi family.
- Attacking the Al-Mughayir town, northeast of Ramallah, from the western side, specifically the Marj Sa i plain area between Al-Mughayir and Abu Falah, and were confronted by unarmed citizens.
Nablus:
- Killing Moein Sobhi Asfar, 24 by settlers gunfire in the Aqraba town. Salah Jaber, the mayor of Aqraba confirmed that armed settlers from the new outpost established on citizens lands south of the town, attacked the southern area, and unarmed citizens confronted the attack, before the occupation forces stormed the place and fired live bullets at the citizens. Furthermore, 7 citizens were also injured by bullets, and were transferred to the hospital.
- Attacking the house of Moh’d Hashem in the Jalud village, southeast of Nablus, and threw Molotov cocktails, which led to damage to the wall of the house. Within the context, settlers stormed the Aqaba area in the town of Qablan and the Osarin plain, south of Nablus, and attempted to attack citizens property.
- Attacking the Duma village, south of Nablus, under the protection of the Israeli occupation army, amid heavy gunfire, which led to the outbreak of clashes in the area. A citizen was injured with burns, another as a result of falling from a high place, and a number of others suffered from suffocation from toxic and tear gas, after the Israeli occupation forces and settlers stormed ‘Joseph s Tomb’ east of Nablus.
- Storming the archaeological area in the Sebastia town, north of Nablus, and settlers also attacked a number of citizens in the village of Majdal Bani Fadel, south of Nablus.
- Bulldozinglands in the village of Salem, east of Nablus, overlooking the Beit Dajan and Beit Furik plains.
Qalqilia:
- Notifying the demolition of an agricultural room east of Qalqilia, in the northern West Bank, under the pretext that it is located in areas C. It belongs to citizen Abdul Latif Al-Ra’i and its area is about 50m2, in addition to a fence surrounding the land with an area estimated at 4 dunams.
Salfeet:
- Chopping a number of olive trees in the village of Farkha, south of Salfeet, in the Al-Minqaa area, belonging to Adel Yassin and Fathi Al-Ashqar.
- Injuring a number of citizens in an attack carried out by settlers west of the Deir Ballut town, west of the city of Salfeet, near the Apartheid Wall in the northern occupied West Bank, where a group of settlers attacked citizens in the area and sprayed them with hot pepper gas, which led to burns to the face and eyes.
Jenin:
- Seizing agricultural land in the village of Dahr al-Abed in the Jenin Governorate. Landowner Jihad Amarneh said that the occupation forces placed orange markings around his and his family s 13-dunam agricultural land and began bulldozing it to pave a settlement road, adding that the occupation bulldozers began paving a road from the settlement outpost built on the Khirbet Masoud Mountains, passing through his seized land and working on it.
Tulkarm:
- Handing over orders to the owners of agricultural lands west of the city of Tulkarm, in the northern occupied West Bank, ordering them to evacuate their lands, paving the way for their seizure within a specified period of time. The lands, located between the ‘Gishori factories’ and the Annexation Wall to the west, have been a primary source of livelihood for Palestinian families for decades.
Jordan Valley:
- Torching the houses of the Arab al-Malihat Community in the al-Mu arrajat area, northwest of Jericho, forced them again to leave the area after they had returned following a forced displacement that lasted for nearly a month as a result of attacks by the Israeli occupation and settlers. They burned 6 residential barracks inhabited by 20 families belonging to Ibrahim Ka’bneh, Jamal Malihat, Atallah Malihat, Jibril Ka’bneh, and Moh’d Suleiman from Arab Al-Malihat, who insisted on returning to their land despite all attempts to prevent them and pressure from the occupation. Seizing the vehicle of Zakaria Ka’bneh during the displacement from the community, following the settlers’ attack.
- Releasing their livestock in the vicinity of citizens’ homes in the village of Shalla Al-Auja, north of Jericho. Moreover, settlers poisoned a number of sheep in the Shalla Al-Auja Community, north of Jericho, belonging to Moh’d Hassan Harizat.
- Demolishing a number of facilities in the Deir Hajleh village, east of Jericho, belonging to Ibrahim Salem Abu Dahouk and his sons, including his home, his children’s home, and a chicken coop, severely beaten him in front of his children.
- Destroying a water tank and seized a residential tent and an electricity generator were damaged, and a water pipeline was damaged east of Tubas city, belonging to farmer Anan Ahmed Ibrahim Daraghmeh in the Al-Safah area east of Tubas, and destroyed an 800m-long water pipeline belonging to Raed Hamdan Daraghmeh.
- Storming the Yarza Community east of Tubas and seized a residential tent and its contents, belonging to Moh’d Ali Jamil Ibrahim. Settlers attempted to steal livestock in Khirbet Yarza, east of Tubas. They stormed the village, pursued shepherds in the area, and attempted to steal livestock belonging to Fawzi Anbousi.
- Releasing their livestock in the vicinity of citizens homes In the village of Shalal Al-Auja, north of Jericho.
- Demolishing a school under construction in the Aqaba village, east of Tubas. Moreover, settlers grazed their sheep among citizens homes in the Shalal Al-Auja community, north of Jericho.

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