Israel Is Attempting to Create a New Status Quo in the West Bank, Locals Say

The Israeli army is creating a ‘new security reality’ in the northern West Bank to advance colonization

West Bank settlement Har Homa, viewed from Herodian Ruins photo by Alan Kotok  CC 2.0 https://www.flickr.com/photos/runneralan/11278799824/in/photostream/ By Shatha Hanaysha  for Mondoweiss On December 3, Israeli forces raided a home in the town of Qabatiya, south of Jenin, tearing down a map of Palestine hanging on the wall and confiscating another. The homeowners, a woman and her 11-year-old…

Israel Is Attempting to Create a New Status Quo in the West Bank, Locals Say

On December 3, Israeli forces raided a home in the town of Qabatiya, south of Jenin, tearing down a map of Palestine hanging on the wall and confiscating another. The homeowners, a woman and her 11-year-old daughter, were detained for several hours and subjected to on-site field interrogations as Israeli troops vandalised the rest of the house before eventually withdrawing. Noura Muhammad… Source