{"id":486594,"date":"2026-06-10T23:42:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T23:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/486594\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T23:42:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T23:42:11","slug":"acceleration-of-israels-ethnic-cleansing-of-palestinians-must-spur-global-action-to-halt-west-bank-annexation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/486594\/","title":{"rendered":"Acceleration of Israel\u2019s ethnic cleansing of Palestinians must spur global action to halt West Bank annexation\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Significant\u00a0escalation\u00a0in speed and scale of\u00a0annexation measures under Israel\u2019s\u00a0current\u00a0government\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ethnic cleansing campaign\u00a0is state-led, and state-sponsored, not driven by rogue settlers or so-called extremist\u00a0ministers\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Exponential rise in state-backed settler violence\u00a0terrorizing\u00a0and expelling thousands of\u00a0Palestinians\u00a0to\u00a0annex\u00a0land\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Communities\u00a0still at\u00a0critical\u00a0risk of displacement,\u00a0those uprooted\u00a0must be protected\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>States\u00a0must\u00a0halt trade, cooperation and\u00a0investment relations\u00a0enabling\u00a0unlawful occupation,\u00a0apartheid,\u00a0ethnic cleansing\u00a0and impose sanctions on implicated officials\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The international community\u2019s\u00a0tacit or explicit support for\u00a0Israeli crimes, including genocide and apartheid,\u00a0or their failure to\u00a0act\u00a0resolutely to stop them\u00a0has\u00a0emboldened\u00a0the\u00a0Israeli\u00a0authorities\u00a0to\u00a0escalate\u00a0a brutal\u00a0campaign\u00a0to forcibly displace\u00a0Palestinians and\u00a0expand its control over land in the\u00a0West Bank, said Amnesty International. In a new\u00a0report, the\u00a0organization details how\u00a0Israeli authorities\u00a0are accelerating annexation\u00a0through a\u00a0state-driven\u00a0campaign of\u00a0ethnic cleansing\u00a0targeting\u00a0Palestinian\u00a0Bedouin and herding communities in Area C of the occupied West Bank,\u00a0while\u00a0committing the crime against humanity of forcible transfer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0report,\u00a0\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2026\/06\/israel-west-bank-ethnic-cleansing\/\" id=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2026\/06\/israel-west-bank-ethnic-cleansing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Erasing anything Palestinian: Israel\u2019s ethnic cleansing of West Bank Bedouin and herding\u00a0communities\u201d<\/a>,\u00a0exposes\u00a0how\u00a0the\u00a0Israeli government\u00a0has\u00a0made formal annexation an explicit policy\u00a0objective. It\u00a0is implementing\u00a0the settler movement\u2019s\u00a0religious nationalist agenda. It has\u00a0accelerated\u00a0settlement\u00a0expansion\u00a0and\u00a0land grabs,\u00a0increased\u00a0financial and logistical support to settlements, and it has\u00a0armed\u00a0settlers, thereby\u00a0enabling\u00a0a brutal\u00a0state-sanctioned\u00a0campaign of\u00a0settler violence and of forced displacement of\u00a0Palestinians from Area\u00a0C. This\u00a0area\u00a0constitutes over\u00a060%\u00a0of the\u00a0occupied\u00a0West Bank\u00a0and\u00a0has\u00a0long\u00a0been central to Israel\u2019s\u00a0efforts to control land and demographics, given\u00a0its natural resources, vital grazing and agricultural land,\u00a0and\u00a0relatively\u00a0small\u00a0Palestinian population.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the past three and a half years Israeli authorities have accelerated\u00a0a state-sponsored\u00a0campaign of ethnic cleansing\u00a0in the West Bank, uprooting, dispossessing and forcibly transferring Palestinian communities. This is not the\u00a0work of\u00a0rogue\u00a0actors\u00a0or\u00a0what the international community has repeatedly labelled\u00a0as\u00a0extremist\u00a0settlers, organizations or\u00a0one or two\u00a0ministers.\u00a0What\u00a0we are\u00a0witnessing\u00a0is\u00a0deliberate,\u00a0state-led\u00a0annexation, in complete violation of international law\u00a0unfolding before the eyes of\u00a0the entire world,\u201d said\u00a0Agn\u00e8s\u202fCallamard, Amnesty International\u2019s Secretary General.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur report exposes that these abuses are not the result of a few \u2018bad apples\u2019.\u00a0Settler violence is\u00a0a\u202fcore\u202fcomponent\u202fof a state-sanctioned campaign of ethnic cleansing, central to\u00a0maintaining\u00a0Israel\u2019s system of apartheid.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>What\u00a0we are\u00a0witnessing\u00a0is\u00a0deliberate,\u00a0state-led\u00a0annexation, in complete violation of international law\u00a0unfolding before the eyes of\u00a0the entire world.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Agn\u00e8s\u202fCallamard, Amnesty International<\/p>\n<p>Amnesty International\u2019s research shows\u00a0Palestinians are\u00a0being\u00a0forcibly\u00a0erased\u00a0from their\u00a0ancestral\u00a0lands, cut\u00a0off from\u00a0their\u00a0livelihoods,\u00a0and\u00a0terrorized\u00a0into\u00a0fleeing\u00a0their\u00a0homes\u00a0amidst an\u00a0unprecedented surge in settler attacks, openly condoned and actively\u00a0facilitated by an\u00a0Israeli government\u00a0that\u00a0boasts\u00a0of\u00a0its intent\u00a0to formally annex\u00a0large swathes\u00a0of\u00a0Palestinian\u00a0land.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Communities\u00a0across the Jordan Valley and\u00a0South Hebron Hills\u00a0facing displacement\u00a0continue to resist, determined to remain\u00a0on the land they have\u00a0inhabited\u00a0for generations.\u00a0Amnesty International is calling on the\u00a0international community\u00a0to\u00a0act\u00a0urgently to protect them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yet\u00a0despite states\u2019 clear legal obligations to act to bring an end to Israel\u2019s unlawful occupation and system of apartheid, the\u00a0international community has repeatedly failed to act.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe\u00a0international community has either been complicit in or far too passive in the face of Israel\u2019s repeated and gross violations of international law, and its flouting of UN General Assembly and Security Council resolutions. It must clearly signal that the era of tacit acquiescence to Israel\u2019s ethnic cleansing and annexation is over,\u201d\u00a0said Agn\u00e8s\u202fCallamard.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At\u00a0least\u202f117\u202fpredominantly Bedouin\u202fand herding\u202fPalestinian communities have\u202ffaced either full or partial\u202fdisplacement\u202fbetween January\u202f2023\u202fand\u202fApril 2026, according to\u00a0OCHA.\u00a0\u00a0By the end of April 2026, at least 5,910 people had been forcibly displaced, according to UN data.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This\u00a0has\u00a0occurred\u00a0amid\u00a0an\u00a0unprecedented surge in\u00a0acts of\u00a0state-backed\u00a0settler violence.\u00a0By the end of April 2026, Israeli settlers had\u00a0established\u00a0363 outposts in the occupied West Bank, according to\u00a0the NGO\u00a0Peace Now. Of these,\u00a0as many as\u00a0212 were created\u00a0since\u00a02023, with Israeli authorities\u00a0actively encouraging them, and\u00a0taking\u00a0almost no action\u00a0to dismantle them,\u00a0even though they are\u00a0illegal under\u00a0both\u00a0Israeli\u00a0and international\u00a0law. They included scores of herding outposts, which are used by settlers to take over large areas of Palestinian land through grazing.\u00a0This comes on top of land grabs by the Israeli government.\u00a0Nearly 58%\u00a0of the land in Area C is unregistered, and by February 2026, Israeli authorities had already seized half of this unregistered land through state land declarations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To world leaders\u00a0who\u00a0repeatedly say they oppose annexation but do nothing to stop it:\u00a0know that your\u00a0inaction is\u00a0directly fuelling\u00a0crimes against humanity.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Agn\u00e8s\u202fCallamard, Secretary General<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo world leaders that have framed the annexation and settler\u202fviolence\u202fas isolated acts of \u2018extremist\u2019 settlers or ministers and imposed\u00a0limited\u00a0sanctions against some individuals\u00a0or\u00a0organizations, Amnesty\u2019s report must be a wake-up call:\u00a0 these limited measures are woefully insufficient to address the state campaign of ethnic cleansing and the systemic violations that have been rapidly increasing before the eyes of the international community,\u201d said\u00a0Agn\u00e8s\u202fCallamard.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo world leaders\u00a0who\u00a0repeatedly say they oppose annexation but do nothing to stop it:\u00a0know that your\u00a0inaction is\u00a0directly fuelling\u00a0crimes against humanity and\u00a0has global consequences\u00a0further eroding\u00a0the rules-based\u00a0international\u00a0order.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStates, particularly those with influence over Israel, including the USA, the UK,\u00a0Germany,\u00a0as well as Italy and other EU\u00a0and\u00a0Arab states, must immediately ban all trade, investment and any form of cooperation or financial assistance that contribute to Israel\u2019s unlawful occupation, system of apartheid and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn addition, all states, must impose targeted sanctions, including travel bans and asset freezes, against Israeli officials directly implicated in these acts, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, Minister for Settlement and National Missions Orit Strock and\u00a0Defense\u00a0Minister Israel Katz.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Amnesty International\u00a0researched\u00a027\u00a0Bedouin and herding communities\u00a0in Area C that\u00a0were forcibly displaced\u00a0between 2023 and 2025\u00a0or\u00a0are\u00a0at risk of displacement.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The research team\u00a0interviewed\u00a045\u00a0Palestinians\u00a0from 12\u00a0communities,\u00a0who were\u00a0either\u00a0displaced or at risk of displacement,\u00a0as well as\u00a019\u00a0lawyers, activists\u00a0who\u00a0witnessed\u00a0incidents of settler violence,\u00a0journalists\u00a0and Israeli and Palestinian NGO representatives.\u00a0The organization\u00a0also\u00a0verified more than 420 videos and images,\u00a0and conducted analysis of official government statements, agreements, legislation, governance changes,\u00a0court records, maps, satellite imagery, UN and civil society reports, and\u00a0other\u00a0open-source material.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The organization\u00a0shared its findings with\u00a0the Israeli authorities on\u00a013 May. The Ministry of\u00a0Defense\u00a0responded\u00a0on 23 May\u00a0stating\u00a0that\u00a0its forces respond to incidents of settler violence, arresting\u00a0suspects,\u00a0when\u00a0necessary,\u00a0and investigating\u00a0cases\u00a0where\u00a0forces may have\u00a0failed to\u00a0comply with\u00a0orders\u00a0or\u00a0failed to\u00a0intervene to stop settler violence.\u00a0Evidence\u00a0documented\u00a0by\u00a0Amnesty International\u00a0presents a different\u00a0reality.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Evidence of Israel\u2019s intent to\u00a0ethnically cleanse and\u00a0annex Area C\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Since the 1967 occupation, successive Israeli governments have\u00a0\u2013 with varying degrees of intensity and transparency-\u00a0pursued\u00a0Judaization\u00a0policies\u00a0which seek to maximize Jewish control over land\u00a0in the West Bank while minimizing Palestinian\u00a0presence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Israel\u2019s 37th government,\u00a0formed in\u00a0late\u00a02022 and led by Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s Likud party in coalition with Itamar Ben-Gvir\u2019s Jewish Power and Bezalel Smotrich\u2019s Religious Zionism parties,\u00a0has openly and deliberately pursued\u202fformal\u202fannexation of Area C and the forcible transfer of its Palestinian residents.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The government\u2019s\u00a0coalition agreements\u00a0embed settler priorities into state policy\u00a0and legitimize the settler movement\u2019s vision of \u201cGreater Israel,\u201d\u00a0an ideology that treats the entirety of the Occupied\u00a0Palestinian\u00a0Territory\u00a0(OPT)\u00a0as an integral part of Israel.\u00a0It has done so in brazen defiance of multiple UN resolutions and the International Court of Justice\u2019s 2024 Advisory Opinion declaring Israel\u2019s occupation of Palestinian territory unlawful.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0intent\u00a0to remove Palestinians from Area C of the West Bank and annex the land\u00a0is evidenced\u00a0by\u00a0explicit\u00a0calls\u00a0by Israeli officials\u00a0for settlement expansion,\u00a0the extension of Israeli sovereignty\u00a0over\u00a0the occupied territory, measures\u00a0aimed\u00a0at minimizing\u00a0Palestinian presence in Area C\u00a0and\u00a0public\u00a0backing for settlers by key government ministers\u00a0\u2013 some of whom\u00a0are\u00a0themselves\u00a0settlers. It is also\u00a0demonstrated\u00a0by\u00a0annexation-oriented\u00a0legislation\u00a0and\u00a0by\u00a0measures transferring\u00a0powers in the West Bank from military to civilian authorities\u00a0in violation of international humanitarian law.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>State\u00a0intent is further reflected in\u00a0a\u00a0surge\u00a0in state land declarations,\u00a0simplified procedures for settlement approvals,\u00a0accelerated settlement expansion,\u00a0retroactive legalization\u00a0of\u00a0outposts,\u00a0and increased\u00a0financial and political\u00a0support for settler infrastructure,\u00a0alongside\u00a0the demolition\u00a0of Palestinian property\u00a0and\u00a0systemic\u00a0restrictions on\u00a0Palestinian\u00a0movement and\u00a0access to land and water.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Within the first three years of the government\u2019s rule, the Ministry of Settlement and National Missions\u2019 annual budget grew by 122%, reaching NIS 764 million (USD 254.5 million) by 2026.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to Peace Now,\u00a0plans for the construction of 50,785 settlement housing units were\u00a0advanced\u00a0by the government between 2023 and 2025. In 2025 alone, the Higher Planning Council approved 27,941 units, the highest annual figure ever recorded.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The total number of new settlements declared by the government had reached 102 by 30 April 2026. This is by far the largest number of new settlements authorized by one government in Israel\u2019s history.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In\u00a0parallel, Israeli authorities demolished 3,407 Palestinian\u00a0homes and\u00a0structures\u00a0in Area C\u00a0between January 2023 and April 2026, displacing 2,996\u00a0Palestinians, according to OCHA.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile,\u00a0settlers,\u00a0often with direct state backing or\u00a0the direct participation of\u00a0the\u00a0Israeli military, have\u00a0subjected\u00a0Palestinian Bedouin and herding\u00a0communities\u00a0to a\u00a0litany of\u00a0coercive and\u00a0repressive measures, leaving\u00a0many with no option but to\u00a0abandon\u00a0the lands they have lived\u00a0and herded\u00a0on\u00a0for generations.\u00a0They have been\u00a0subjected to sustained\u00a0state-backed settler\u00a0violence,\u00a0which, combined with\u00a0increased demolitions and the long-standing denial\u00a0of basic services\u00a0by Israeli authorities,\u00a0effectively\u00a0renders\u00a0their areas uninhabitable.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Together, these interconnected\u00a0coercive\u00a0measures\u00a0reveal a deliberate,\u00a0coordinated\u00a0state strategy to expand Israeli\u00a0control\u00a0over Area C while\u00a0driving\u00a0the displacement of Palestinian communities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One emblematic case is\u00a0Khirbet Zanuta (Zanuta), a\u00a0village in Area C of the West Bank,\u00a0home to around 250 Palestinian Bedouins who had lived there for generations. In 2021, a group of settlers established an illegal outpost known as\u00a0Meitarim\u00a0Farm only 1km away from\u00a0Zanuta, and\u00a0initiated\u00a0a sustained campaign of harassment, threats and violent attacks against the Palestinian community,\u00a0including\u00a0blocking access to farmland and grazing areas, eventually forcing\u00a0residents\u00a0to abandon their homes and livelihoods.\u00a0The entire community was\u00a0displaced following a series of violent settler raids that escalated after 7 October 2023. The village, surrounded by settlements and outposts\u00a0had long faced demolition orders and restrictive planning policies that made legal construction\u00a0nearly impossible.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Despite two rulings\u00a0issued by the Israeli Supreme Court in July 2024 and February 2025 ordering authorities to\u00a0facilitate\u00a0residents\u2019 return and protect them from settler violence, residents have been unable to return\u00a0due to ongoing\u00a0settler attacks\u00a0and the destruction of\u00a0key infrastructure. Adel al-Till, a former\u00a0Zanuta\u00a0resident, said: \u201cThe settlers were armed and kept attacking us\u2026We were afraid, it was terror.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Satellite imagery,\u00a0interviews\u00a0and video evidence reveal that today\u00a0Zanuta\u202fno longer exists; it\u00a0has been extensively destroyed and\u00a0totally\u00a0depopulated.\u202f\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Exponential\u00a0rise in state-backed\u00a0settler violence\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0long-standing campaign of\u00a0settler\u00a0violence against Palestinians in the West Bank\u00a0surged\u00a0dramatically\u00a0under the current Israeli government\u00a0leading to record levels of killings and injuries,\u00a0displacement,\u00a0property\u00a0destruction\u00a0and unlawful land appropriation.\u00a0Israeli settlers\u00a0have\u00a0adopted\u00a0increasingly\u00a0aggressive tactics to forcibly displace Palestinian communities through attacks on homes and property; persistent harassment, threats and physical assaults; and systematic targeting of livelihoods by restricting access to grazing land and water sources, stealing or killing livestock, and destroying agricultural fields and crops.\u00a0According to OCHA between 2020 and 2024 there was a\u00a0nearly sevenfold\u00a0increase in settler-related attacks on Palestinian Bedouin and herding communities resulting in casualties.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Videos and images\u00a0verified by Amnesty International\u00a0show break-ins, arson, and widespread vandalism of homes, schools, vehicles, and agricultural assets, alongside the destruction of water sources, solar panels, and food supplies.\u00a0Interviewees also reported widespread physical violence, including beatings with sticks and rifle butts, stone-throwing, stabbings, and\u00a0other attacks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Despite Israel\u2019s obligations as an occupying power to protect the lives and livelihoods of the occupied population\u00a0and to prevent and investigate settler violence,\u00a0Israeli authorities actively facilitate such attacks\u00a0not only\u00a0by arming settlers\u00a0and allowing the army and police to support or participate in attacks\u00a0against Palestinians but also by\u00a0granting\u00a0perpetrators near-total impunity.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After\u00a0the Hamas-led\u00a07 October 2023\u00a0attacks, Israeli authorities\u00a0loosened\u00a0criteria for private firearms licences,\u00a0issuing\u00a0thousands of settlers with firearms and uniforms, making it difficult for Palestinians to distinguish between\u00a0soldiers and settlers.\u00a0By January 2026, more than 240,000 Israeli citizens had received firearm licences\u00a0\u2013 a 15-fold increase compared to\u00a0the annual average of 8,000 licenses\u00a0prior to the\u00a0policy change.\u00a0\u00a0These policies resulted in a sharp increase\u00a0in\u00a0armed settler attacks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We face constant harassment by the settlers, but we will not give in\u2026 The land is our identity, and if we are forced out of it,\u00a0we\u2019ll\u00a0die. Just like fish if taken out of water.<\/p>\n<p>Najiyyah Bisharat, from the Makhoul herding community<\/p>\n<p>Amnesty\u2019s report documents how Israeli settler violence was used as a deliberate tool of forced displacement in three emblematic cases across Area C:\u00a0Zanuta\u00a0in the South Hebron Hills and Ein Samia in the central Jordan Valley\u2014both fully displaced in 2023\u2014and a cluster of small communities in the northern Jordan Valley\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Ein\u00a0al-Hilweh, Makhoul, and Al-Farisiya, which remain at\u00a0real\u00a0risk of displacement.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the northern Jordan Valley, at least 38 communities\u00a0\u2013\u00a0home\u00a0to around 7,000 Palestinians\u00a0\u2013\u00a0are\u00a0threatened with displacement.\u00a0Nearly 90%\u00a0of the area\u00a0is\u00a0designated\u00a0as state land, military firing zones, nature reserves, or archaeological sites- all\u00a0tools Israel uses to restrict Palestinian access to grazing and water sources and coerce their displacement.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Najiyyah Bisharat, from the Makhoul herding community, said:\u00a0\u201cWe face constant harassment by the settlers, but we will not give in.\u00a0It\u2019s\u00a0about our love for our land and for our work. The land is our identity, and if we are forced out of it,\u00a0we\u2019ll\u00a0die. Just like fish if taken out of water.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pervasive impunity\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>By\u00a0failing to prevent\u00a0and\u00a0actively\u00a0facilitating\u00a0settler violence,\u00a0including\u00a0through the consistent\u00a0failure\u00a0to hold perpetrators to account, Israeli authorities have deliberately created an environment of pervasive impunity,\u00a0thereby\u00a0fuelling\u00a0further\u00a0settler\u00a0violence.\u00a0In several cases documented by Amnesty,\u00a0Palestinians who reported settler violence were themselves interrogated,\u00a0fined\u00a0or\u00a0arbitrarily\u00a0arrested\u00a0by the Israeli authorities,\u00a0who\u00a0under international law\u00a0are\u00a0obligated\u00a0to protect them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Settler and settler\u00a0organizations are\u00a0further\u00a0emboldened by the impunity they have\u00a0enjoyed\u00a0for decades.\u00a0Even where\u00a0individual\u00a0settlers\u00a0or groups have been sanctioned by foreign states, they have faced little to no consequences in Israel.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For example,\u00a0Yinon Levi,\u00a0a settler involved in a series of documented violent attacks against Palestinian communities,\u00a0who\u00a0has\u00a0been\u00a0sanctioned\u00a0by\u00a0the UK\u00a0and\u00a0the EU, was filmed shooting dead unarmed Palestinian\u00a0human rights defender and teacher\u00a0Awda al-Hathaleen\u00a0in\u00a0Umm\u00a0al-Kheir on 28 July 2025.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Although\u00a0briefly\u00a0arrested on suspicion of\u00a0\u201cinvoluntary manslaughter,\u201d\u00a0Levi was released the next day and placed under house arrest for only three days. He later\u00a0was free to\u00a0return to harass\u00a0Palestinians\u00a0and\u00a0work\u00a0on\u00a0establishing\u00a0a new outpost on the lands of\u00a0Umm\u00a0al-Kheir.\u00a0Nearly\u00a0a\u00a0year after the attack,\u00a0Yinon Levi has\u00a0yet to be\u00a0indicted.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithout\u00a0accountability,\u00a0Palestinian communities across the West Bank\u00a0will\u00a0vanish\u00a0before our eyes.\u00a0For too long, the world has\u00a0ignored the\u00a0immense, unfathomable suffering\u00a0of Palestinians\u00a0being\u00a0uprooted and erased from land they have\u00a0inhabited\u00a0for generations.\u00a0States\u00a0must\u00a0do everything in their power to\u00a0put an end to Israel\u2019s campaign of ethnic cleansing and annexation\u00a0in Area C of\u00a0the West Bank. They must\u00a0press the Israeli authorities to\u00a0immediately\u00a0to dismantle\u00a0all Israeli settlements and outposts\u00a0and allow\u00a0all\u00a0displaced Palestinians to return\u00a0to their homes,\u201d said\u00a0Agn\u00e8s\u202fCallamard.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll states must support and cooperate with the International Criminal Court\u2019s investigation into the situation in the State of Palestine, as well as\u00a0open\u00a0their own investigations into crimes under international law committed in the\u00a0OPT.\u00a0\u00a0The\u00a0message to\u00a0Israel\u00a0must be\u00a0unequivocal:\u00a0its long-standing\u00a0impunity\u00a0is over,\u00a0there\u00a0can\u00a0be\u00a0no business as usual\u00a0until\u00a0Israel\u2019s\u00a0apartheid, ethnic cleansing, and unlawful occupation\u00a0end.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Significant\u00a0escalation\u00a0in speed and scale of\u00a0annexation measures under Israel\u2019s\u00a0current\u00a0government\u00a0 Ethnic cleansing campaign\u00a0is state-led, and state-sponsored, not driven by rogue&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":486595,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":["post-486594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=486594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486594\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/486595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=486594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=486594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=486594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}