The Roots of Evil: Right-Wing Israeli Settler Group Accuses Palestinians of Land Theft

Israeli settler groups are turning the Israel-Palestine narrative on its head, accusing Palestinians of trying to illegally steal land in the West Bank’s Area C.

Miko Peled
By Miko Peled
Khan al-Ahmar Area C feature photo

Jerusalem -- In a move designed to shock Israeli settlers in the West Bank into action, activists from the right-wing settler organization “Regavim” hung Palestinian flags along the main West Bank settler roads last week.  Regavim claims that there is a Palestinian take over of Area C and that the Israeli government is not doing enough to fight

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Proposed Israeli Law Would Open 60% of Palestinian West Bank to Annexation

The proposed bill is just the latest part of a long-standing effort by Israel to annex the West Bank through creeping property purchases, the recognition of illegal settlements and control of critical resources like water.

Whitney Webb
By Whitney Webb
Israeli police push Palestinians protesting the planned demolition of their West Bank village of Khan al-Ahmar, July 4, 2018. Majdi Mohammed | AP

TEL AVIV -- Amid warnings from the United Nations that Israel is soon to formally annex Palestine’s West Bank, a proposed law set to be decided by Israel’s Ministerial Committee for Legislation would allow Israeli Jewish citizens to purchase land in the occupied territory, paving the way for its eventual incorporation into Israeli territory.

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