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Security forces admit harassment. All Palestinians are vulnerable. They're unsafe anywhere. They're terrorized unjustly. Young children are treated like adults.
Throughout the West Bank, peaceful demonstrations are attacked. On Sunday, a Burin village encampment was demolished. It was on privately owned Palestinian land.
Residents erected it Saturday. They had every right to do so. Israeli security forces targeted them. They declared Palestinian land a closed military zone. Doing so has no legitimacy.
An official IDF statement lied. It pointed fingers the wrong way. It blamed Palestinians for security force belligerence.
Entire Palestinian communities are being uprooted. Three main areas are targeted. They include Mount Hebron, the Khan al-Ahmar region, and northern Jordan Valley.
Palestinians are dispossessed. They have no say. Land belonging to them for generations is stolen. Jewish development is prioritized. Communities struggling to survive are disappearing. Might over right denies what's rightfully theirs.
Cleansing the Jordan Valley is longstanding. It includes some of Palestine's most fertile land. It's being stolen dunum by dunum. The entire area reflects a patchwork of remaining zones in which Palestinians remain.
Residents are impoverished. Basic infrastructure is lacking. Oslo stole 90% of Jordan Valley land. Half of what remained is gone. Israel maintains full civil and military control.
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