Israel continued raids in the northern West Bank, including Nablus and Qalqiliya, killing 5 Palestinians in a week. Meanwhile, the Israeli judicial overhaul continues reverberating with the adoption of a new bill.
Israel’s judicial overhaul will not make a qualitative difference for Palestinians, but it does signal that the intensity of the Zionist colonial project is ramping up.
Two weeks after its massive onslaught on Jenin, the Israeli army has turned its attention to Nablus, continuing the same low-intensity counterinsurgency campaign that it has waged against Palestinian resistance for the past two years.
The Jenin Brigade has condemned the Palestinian Authority’s continued arrest of resistance fighters. As tensions rise, the camp enters the most dangerous phase of the counterinsurgency effort to eradicate it.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas arrived in Jenin refugee camp, marking the beginning of the PA’s attempt at reestablishing a foothold in the city. Elsewhere, Israeli invasions of Palestinian cities and towns continue unabated.
Benjamin Netanyahu’s security cabinet announced a decision that Israel “would work to prevent the collapse” of the Palestinian Authority as Mahmoud Abbas seeks to re-establish PA control in Jenin.
Twelve Palestinians, including at least four youths, were killed by Israeli forces in Jenin this week during a massive military operation on the Jenin refugee camp that lasted 48 hours. Over 120 Palestinians were also injured during the raid.
After failing to eliminate the Palestinian resistance in Jenin despite repeated invasions, the Israeli army has now launched its largest attack on the city in over 20 years, including over 150 armored vehicles and 1,000 ground troops.
In the past six months alone, Israel has approved the construction of 13,000 new settlement units, breaking the previous mark for the most settlement units approved in a single year.
The transfer of unprecedented powers over the occupied West Bank to Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich has deepened the rift between Israel’s military-security establishment and the rising settler bloc.