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[00:00:00] Escalation. at the
[00:00:02] Arqoub, we will continue this A new electoral list registered that
[00:00:06] will contest the upcoming Israeli
[00:00:08] to what we are experiencing today in elections. There are at
[00:00:10] the West Bank. Israel is least eight parties, part of
[00:00:12] whose political program, which they put forward
[00:00:15] and advocate, is based on the complete displacement
[00:00:19] of Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza Strip,
[00:00:22] and also from within the Green Line. What is noticeable
[00:00:27] operations in that area, in in Israel currently, as published by the Hebrew newspaper
[00:00:31] by the Israeli occupation Davar Rishon, and also by its newspaper Haaretz,
[00:00:33] through social science
[00:00:36] of Nablus city. experts and intelligence experts, is the shift
[00:00:39] of support for the idea of displacing
[00:00:42] Palestinians from the margins to
[00:00:47] the army
[00:00:47] extend to Ramin village in the center. And all of that
[00:00:48] army and military is due to the dominance of
[00:00:51] the religious motive in strategic thinking in
[00:00:54] Israel. Without a doubt, these calls will intensify
[00:00:58] and are intensifying
[00:01:01] They use loudspeakers to yell daily as we approach the election date. However,
[00:01:05] the matter is not related to the elections.
[00:01:08] the occupation constantly raids, with There is an ideological goal within Israel that is being
[00:01:12] crystallized, around which there is consensus within Israel, which
[00:01:16] is the complete negation of the Palestinian from the map,
[00:01:19] whether Palestinians in the Gaza Strip or Palestinians in the West Bank,
[00:01:23] and also from within the
[00:01:26] Green Line. I mean, are we facing a temporary
[00:01:30] security measure or a new Israeli approach
[00:01:33] to dealing with the West Bank? What is happening in the West
[00:01:37] Bank is a project adopted by
[00:01:41] and launch attacks on this Israeli government, based on
[00:01:45] killing the two-state
[00:01:48] option as a solution to the conflict
[00:01:52] between
[00:01:55] However, the clear goal the two parties, as they believe. Now, the pace
[00:01:59] of
[00:02:01] is being accelerated in order to prevent
[00:02:05] through a permanent military presence and confine Palestinians within
[00:02:06] also a presence of settlers on the areas classified as A
[00:02:09] and B,
[00:02:16] a presence of settlers on population centers. Settlement outposts which are within a range not exceeding 40% of the area aimed at imposing facts on the of these two areas. Also, the northern
[00:02:19] West Bank is being separated
[00:02:22] from its center by a transverse
[00:02:25] settlement strip starting from the east in
[00:02:28] the Yitzhar
[00:02:30] governorate, where the occupation prevents and Immanuel
[00:02:35] coincide with settlements in the west. This is a plan to separate Nablus and Jenin from
[00:02:38] the central West Bank
[00:02:43] of vehicles eye hundreds of vehicles and stop army. The matter is not the natural expansion and growth of the Nablus and Jenin governorates, and also
[00:02:47] the Ramallah governorate. In the other
[00:02:50] transverse section, in
[00:02:53] the Iwun area, in the vicinity of Jerusalem, there is
[00:02:56] a massive settlement project to isolate the holy
[00:03:00] city and the future capital
[00:03:05] from these soldiers who close Sharaf checkpoint, which it maintains on and the Palestinian capital from the central West Bank
[00:03:08] and its south. These two
[00:03:11] projects are strategic projects.
[00:03:16] any village is forbidden The Israeli government is accelerating
[00:03:20] where is the scene heading their implementation to create facts
[00:03:20] these facts on our people, preventing on the ground
[00:03:22] them from accessing vast areas that are not easy to overcome or reverse
[00:03:24] in the future if
[00:03:28] a solution of two states
[00:03:32] Pressure is now being exerted is proposed as a solution to the conflict. I mean, what has changed
[00:03:35] militarily or politically inside Israel to make
[00:03:38] Netanyahu's government push for
[00:03:42] more Israeli forces
[00:03:46] and incitement and operations in the West Bank? The
[00:03:49] the governorate. current Israeli government, as we approach the election
[00:03:52] date,
[00:03:55] here about a very serious danger the explanation for what is happening in Israel, as desired by
[00:03:58] senior military experts and analysts
[00:04:03] and the eruption of a third intifada in that is being imposed at this in Israel, such as Amiram and Israel in the Hebrew newspaper Haaretz, says
[00:04:08] to what extent is this that senior officers believe that the closer
[00:04:12] we get to the election
[00:04:13] at this time, imposing date, and given the pressure exerted
[00:04:16] by the American administration on the Israeli
[00:04:20] army and on Netanyahu in arenas such
[00:04:24] as the Lebanese, Syrian, and Iranian
[00:04:27] arenas, the remaining arena for Netanyahu
[00:04:30] currently to curry favor
[00:04:33] with the Israeli public is the West Bank by resorting
[00:04:37] to and pushing things towards
[00:04:40] escalation
[00:04:41] and this is accompanied by and giving settlers free rein
[00:04:44] to burn houses with their inhabitants, and even attacking and accelerating the pace of settlement.
[00:04:47] All of that is to satisfy the settlers,
[00:04:51] of the project is being completed in addition to serving the ideological goals of the right wing, which are based
[00:04:54] on eliminating the two-state
[00:04:57] solution as a proposed idea
[00:05:00] to resolve to change
[00:05:03] the reality that the West
[00:05:07] of the Palestinian presence Bank and Gaza Strip are experiencing.
[00:05:10] The editor of Israeli affairs at Palestine TV, Anas Abu
[00:05:15] discussion with you, of course, but let's now move to
[00:05:18] Nablus with our correspondent Muhammad Al-Khatib
[00:05:21] to get the latest developments and updates
[00:05:24] on the ground in light of the escalating attacks
[00:05:27] and violations by the occupation army and settler gangs in
[00:05:30] various parts of the governorate. What is the situation
[00:05:33] in Nablus governorate at this moment,
[00:05:36] Muhammad?
[00:05:40] Yes, greetings to you and the esteemed
[00:05:43] viewers. We are now at the Deir Sharaf checkpoint, located west
[00:05:48] This checkpoint, which the occupation closes,
[00:05:51] and all checkpoints surrounding Nablus city are closed, or some
[00:05:55] are open and closed in both directions, and some allow vehicles
[00:05:58] to pass after a while, but they are subject to extensive inspections
[00:06:02] and military procedures by the occupation army. Here,
[00:06:05] hundreds of Palestinian vehicles are lined up
[00:06:08] on both sides near this military checkpoint, in addition
[00:06:12] to a large presence of the occupation at
[00:06:15] its entrance. This applies to most military
[00:06:18] checkpoints surrounding Nablus city, especially the western,
[00:06:22] southern, and southeastern areas. We are talking about Deir
[00:06:25] Sharaf, Surra, Al-Murabba', Awarta,
[00:06:28] and also Beit Furik checkpoints. These checkpoints are experiencing major
[00:06:32] and suffocating traffic jams and the policy of collective punishment
[00:06:35] practiced by the occupation army against our people here in Nablus governorate.
[00:06:39] However, more dangerous than that are the calls coming from
[00:06:42] extremist settlers from terrorist groups operating here
[00:06:46] in Nablus governorate, specifically in the southern area, to organize
[00:06:50] marches and gatherings
[00:06:54] Palestinian villages and towns here in Nablus governorate through
[00:06:57] social media belonging to these
[00:07:01] extremist gangs, in addition to their private groups.
[00:07:05] Calls to go out to intersections and areas
[00:07:09] close to settlements to close roads
[00:07:12] and intersections. In light of these
[00:07:16] calls, the occupation army has responded to these calls
[00:07:19] and implemented a policy of collective punishment, closing
[00:07:23] most military checkpoints surrounding Nablus city. And just before we went
[00:07:26] live, a group of settlers
[00:07:29] attacked citizens' vehicles in the vicinity of Jabal Sabih
[00:07:33] in Beita town, where the so-called Yitzhar
[00:07:36] settlement was established on the lands of citizens in that area,
[00:07:40] amid a large military presence. And this
[00:07:43] is also at the Za'tara checkpoint, located south
[00:07:46] of Nablus city. We will see
[00:07:49] in the camera's
[00:07:52] lined up here at this military checkpoint due to
[00:07:56] the military measures taken by the occupation. We are talking
[00:07:59] here about the deliberate closure by occupation
[00:08:02] soldiers during rush hour, when citizens
[00:08:05] return from their work to their homes, and university students. Here we see
[00:08:09] these vehicles lined up on both sides of the road, which
[00:08:12] the occupation prevents from passing through the Deir
[00:08:17] the western area of Nablus city.
[00:08:20] As I mentioned to you at the beginning of the message, this applies
[00:08:23] to most military checkpoints surrounding
[00:08:26] Nablus city. And here we pause a little at these measures,
[00:08:30] that the occupation army, in every incident or in every
[00:08:33] issue fabricated by settlers or Israeli occupation forces, whether by
[00:08:37] shooting at citizens under the pretext that there is an operation or a stabbing
[00:08:41] or a run-over, the occupation deliberately carries out such
[00:08:43] policies against the Palestinian citizen
[00:08:47] who faces the occupation system, starting from
[00:08:50] occupation soldiers, all the way to settler militias
[00:08:54] who are currently issuing
[00:08:56] threats
[00:08:58] against Palestinian citizens to launch attacks
[00:09:02] on them, whether in villages and towns or at intersections. We are talking
[00:09:07] on the road linking Nablus and Ramallah governorates.
[00:09:11] And there, the so-called Alei settlement, which
[00:09:14] includes the most extremist elements of these terrorist
[00:09:18] groups, and which always closes these roads and is present
[00:09:21] at the intersections between the
[00:09:24] Shiloh settlement, which is also close to the main
[00:09:27] road, and there are militias and dozens of settlers
[00:09:31] from time to time. However, we also talk about
[00:09:35] other details. The villages and towns
[00:09:38] here, the Bedouin communities and hamlets, are subjected to a frantic
[00:09:42] and large attack by settler militias, especially we are talking about
[00:09:45] Khirbet al-Marajim, where residents are subjected
[00:09:49] daily to attacks by settler militias, starting
[00:09:53] with shooting, attempting
[00:09:57] citizens. We are talking about armed
[00:10:00] settlers, fully armed,
[00:10:03] possessing communication devices belonging to the occupation army
[00:10:07] and long rifles that are brandished in the faces of citizens, shooting
[00:10:10] and besieging houses from time to time in
[00:10:14] Khirbet al-Marajim to force the Palestinian citizen who is present in this
[00:10:18] area on his land and property to leave by force and under
[00:10:21] the weight of the settlement threats that this terrorist
[00:10:25] gang is carrying out, a policy of targeting
[00:10:28] the Palestinian citizen and pressuring him
[00:10:32] to leave his land and property. The situation is
[00:10:35] also similar in the archaeological Al-Masoudiya area, located northwest
[00:10:39] of Nablus city, and specifically, its lands
[00:10:42] belong to Burqa village. Electricity
[00:10:46] lines were cut by settlers from the homes of citizens located in
[00:10:52] the area, and they even prevent anyone from reaching
[00:10:55] these electricity poles and lines so that they can
[00:10:59] be repaired by settler militias who are
[00:11:02] present in the area and who recently established a settlement outpost
[00:11:06] on citizens' lands in the northwest Nablus area, specifically in the Al-Masoudiya lands that
[00:11:12] the eastern area of Tulkarm governorate. We are talking
[00:11:15] here about continuous aggression that escalates day
[00:11:18] after day in Nablus governorate.
[00:11:22] And this is accompanied by extensive raids and searches conducted
[00:11:26] by the occupation army, whether here in Nablus city or in its four refugee camps, or even
[00:11:30] in the governorate's countryside, which
[00:11:33] only a few hours separating one raid from another, and sometimes
[00:11:37] in a single hour, three or four raids are recorded,
[00:11:40] as part of a policy in which the occupation government seeks to impose
[00:11:44] a fait accompli on the Palestinian citizen and a policy of flexing muscles against
[00:11:47] an unarmed citizen facing a complete system armed with weapons
[00:11:51] and military vehicles. The occupation army has reached the point
[00:11:53] of using massive military
[00:11:56] vehicles and tanks in Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp, west of Nablus city, and
[00:12:00] closed it three days ago to the movement of citizens
[00:12:03] and launched a wide raid and search campaign that affected dozens
[00:12:07] of homes and subjected citizens to field interrogation.
[00:12:10] All of that is under flimsy pretexts and excuses used
[00:12:13] by the occupation army to justify these military operations
[00:12:17] and continuous aggression against our people.
[00:12:20] on the ground is that the Israeli occupation forces seek to impose
[00:12:24] a reality here in the governorate and the rest of the country
[00:12:30] in city centers, or even in refugee camps and in the countryside
[00:12:33] of the governorates, cutting off their parts and confining Palestinian
[00:12:37] are being established at an accelerated pace at a time when Palestinian citizens
[00:12:41] are prevented from accessing their land and property, and even local
[00:12:44] authorities, villages, towns, and village councils
[00:12:48] are prevented from connecting water and electricity lines to
[00:12:51] areas near settlements to strengthen the resilience
[00:12:55] of citizens who face the occupation army and settler militias,
[00:12:58] and even the natural and geographical expansion of villages is now restricted
[00:13:02] due to what these settlement gangs and the occupation army are doing,
[00:13:06] and the so-called civil administration that carries out demolition
[00:13:09] and eviction orders to stop construction in
[00:13:13] an effort to undermine Palestinian existence
[00:13:16] for the sake of establishing settlement outposts and expanding
[00:13:19] existing settlements and seizing more
[00:13:22] Palestinian land so that these settlements can be
[00:13:26] connected to each other. The area east of Nablus,
[00:13:29] specifically we are talking about the villages of Salem, Azmout, Deir al-Hatab,
[00:13:32] even Beit Furik and Beit Dajan,
[00:13:35] in these areas, more than 10 settlement
[00:13:39] outposts were established in a record time, in which the
[00:13:42] occupation raced against time to impose
[00:13:47] of land, in addition to the hamlets and Bedouin communities that
[00:13:51] were evacuated, as happened in Yanoun, as well as in Khirbet.
[00:13:57] on the residents of Khirbet al-Marajim, as well as in Khirbet al-Tuwaya, which
[00:14:00] belongs to Aqraba town, located south of Nablus city, through organizing
[00:14:04] attacks and stealing livestock
[00:14:07] and targeting Palestinian citizens in that area through
[00:14:10] shooting and giving settlers free rein, which has become the most
[00:14:14] successful tool for the extremist government in emptying Palestinian land
[00:14:18] here in Nablus governorate and in the rest of the governorates. However,
[00:14:21] the image of the occupation manifests itself in its ugliest forms through
[00:14:25] the policy of collective punishment
[00:14:28] moment on our people at the checkpoints and military
[00:14:31] points surrounding Nablus city and in the governorate
[00:14:35] in general, which the occupation is closing
[00:14:38] a strict military cordon on citizens
[00:14:41] and preventing their movement. And if some vehicles pass,
[00:14:45] it is subject to strict military procedures, inspection,
[00:14:49] subjecting citizens to field interrogation, and even detaining vehicles.
[00:14:52] We tried to advance towards the Deir Sharaf checkpoint,
[00:14:55] but vehicles are lined up here,
[00:14:58] and we could not reach the area due to the occupation's closure
[00:15:02] of this military checkpoint, which it closes to the movement
[00:15:05] of Palestinian citizens at this moment.
[00:15:09] Thank you very much, Muhammad Al-Khatib, our correspondent from Nablus, for all
[00:15:12] these clarifications and details you provided us with regarding the situation
[00:15:16] in the governorate. And our dear viewers,
[00:15:19] we note that the occupation forces are currently raiding
[00:15:23] the ATC Clinic hospital in Al-Masaif neighborhood in Ramallah
[00:15:27] city, coinciding with the raid campaign they are carrying
[00:15:31] out in various areas of the governorate, with the tightening
[00:15:34] of military measures at all entrances
[00:15:38] and exits. And to talk more about this topic,
[00:15:41] our colleague Hassan Abu Al-Rub joins us via phone,
[00:15:45] who has been detained since the early morning hours at
[00:15:48] the Mikhmas checkpoint, like all our Palestinian
[00:15:52] people. Hassan, first of all, welcome,
[00:15:56] and we wish you and all our people safety. Could you tell
[00:15:59] us about the situation at this checkpoint and the congestion
[00:16:03] of vehicles and the suffocating
[00:16:05] traffic jam caused
[00:16:08] forces at this checkpoint? Yes,
[00:16:11] first of all, greetings to you, my colleague, and to our dear viewers and followers.
[00:16:15] For more than three hours until this moment, from Jenin
[00:16:19] to Ramallah, we have not yet arrived, as there is
[00:16:23] a large number of occupation vehicles in
[00:16:27] the area of Ain al-Haramiya.
[00:16:30] Palestinian citizens are forbidden from taking the road or the
[00:16:34] street or even turning right, meaning going to Ramallah.
[00:16:39] at vehicles to return from where they came, and they are
[00:16:42] not allowed to return as there is another checkpoint
[00:16:46] preventing Palestinians or vehicle owners from returning. This
[00:16:50] forced us to proceed on the street that
[00:16:53] leads in an attempt to reach through what
[00:16:56] is called Beit El Street, but this street is also completely
[00:16:59] closed, and we went to the Jaba'
[00:17:03] checkpoint. Thousands of Palestinian vehicles coming
[00:17:06] from the southern West Bank are stuck at this checkpoint
[00:17:10] without anyone being allowed to advance a single
[00:17:13] meter. And there is a large number of occupation soldiers and
[00:17:16] occupation police also in an unprecedented scene with this
[00:17:19] large number of army personnel besieging the area
[00:17:23] and assaulting vehicle owners by yelling
[00:17:26] and demanding them to stop and taking the keys
[00:17:30] of some vehicles at the Jaba' military checkpoint near Ramallah,
[00:17:33] and they are forbidden from advancing a single step forward.
[00:17:36] Honestly, an unprecedented scene. Great
[00:17:39] suffering for Palestinian citizens under the scorching
[00:17:42] sun and the stopping of vehicles and the disembarkation
[00:17:46] of some vehicle owners under the pretext that they did not
[00:17:49] stop far enough from the checkpoint, despite the fact that there are three
[00:17:52] or four lanes for vehicles. I mean,
[00:17:55] even what can be seen, I
[00:17:58] took some photos with my mobile phone,
[00:18:01] I will provide them to you later, but the scene
[00:18:05] is honestly difficult, the Israeli talk
[00:18:08] about what was described as
[00:18:12] their search for a wanted Palestinian, but on the ground,
[00:18:16] there is a systematic collective punishment policy
[00:18:19] that affects all Palestinians of all ages, some of whom are going
[00:18:23] to work, or to the hospital, or to university. All these
[00:18:26] lives have been completely disrupted, a complete paralysis on the roads,
[00:18:30] the closing of iron gates erected at the entrances of villages
[00:18:33] or towns, so that no one can go to a village,
[00:18:37] meaning to enter one of the villages to stay away
[00:18:42] the streets and roads, but he cannot. He stops in the street
[00:18:46] completely for several hours without being allowed to pass to any
[00:18:50] village, even entering
[00:18:53] to any Palestinian citizen, and staying on the streets. We are not allowed
[00:18:57] to move forward or even return from where we came.
[00:19:01] Thank you, colleague Hassan Abu Al-Rub for all these clarifications
[00:19:04] and details, and we wish you and all our people safety.
[00:19:08] Our dear viewers, we draw your attention to this
[00:19:11] breaking news, which states that a young man was martyred by occupation bullets
[00:19:15] and his body was seized near Haddad Tourist
[00:19:19] Village, east of Jenin city. We will certainly
[00:19:22] be with our correspondent Amna Bilala
[00:19:26] shortly, but I will turn to my guest in the studio,
[00:19:30] Anas Abu Arqoub, editor of Israeli affairs at Palestine
[00:19:33] TV. We had talked about Netanyahu's decision
[00:19:37] to support more Israeli
[00:19:40] forces in the West Bank governorates. So, in your opinion,
[00:19:46] decision linked to Netanyahu's calculations
[00:19:49] within the ruling coalition
[00:19:53] and the pressures he faces from the Israeli right?
[00:19:56] I mean, everything that Benjamin Netanyahu and this government do
[00:20:00] aligns ideologically with his desires and
[00:20:03] his ideological goals, which are based
[00:20:07] on ending the Palestinian presence in the West Bank and Gaza
[00:20:10] Strip, and ending the Palestinian presence within historical
[00:20:13] Palestine.
[00:20:16] However, this is currently
[00:20:18] being intensified
[00:20:21] and more forces are being deployed across
[00:20:25] the West Bank, and the deployment of the occupation
[00:20:29] army is being strengthened across the geography of the West
[00:20:32] Bank.
[00:20:34] All of this is to serve preconceived
[00:20:37] goals that
[00:20:40] aim to reduce the size
[00:20:45] in areas classified as A, B,
[00:20:48] and C, to strengthen
[00:20:51] settlement expansion.
[00:20:54] A statement was issued a short while ago by the so-called
[00:20:58] Central Commander, Avi
[00:21:01] Bluth, who actually studied in the Yitzhar
[00:21:05] settlement in one of the religious schools known for
[00:21:08] instilling extremist ideas in the minds
[00:21:11] of its students. He pledged to continue
[00:21:15] what he called the West Bank
[00:21:18] and to intensify arrest operations
[00:21:21] and raids, and what he calls providing
[00:21:25] protection for settlers in
[00:21:28] the entire West Bank. A short while ago,
[00:21:32] a statement was also
[00:21:34] issued by
[00:21:37] saying that they arrested
[00:21:40] a young man who claimed to have carried out
[00:21:44] a shooting near Ramallah, which
[00:21:48] resulted in Mustafa's
[00:21:50] death. Despite all that, the inflammatory
[00:21:53] statements and instructions
[00:21:56] continue, which are the most dangerous,
[00:21:59] issued by the political and military levels
[00:22:03] in Israel. Thank you,
[00:22:06] Anas Abu Arqoub, editor
[00:22:10] of Israeli Affairs at Palestine TV, for all this information
[00:22:13] you provided us with. So,
[00:22:16] our dear viewers, we continue
[00:22:20] with you in this live coverage,
[00:22:23] and we talk about or watch these
[00:22:26] images that appear on Palestine
[00:22:30] TV of the occupation forces raiding
[00:22:33] the ATC Clinic hospital in Al-Masaif neighborhood in Ramallah
[00:22:37] city at this time. As we mentioned, it is a continuous
[00:22:40] raid campaign that affects various
[00:22:43] areas, towns, and cities
[00:22:46] of the West Bank. And also here,
[00:22:50] there is talk of a martyr in Jenin
[00:22:53] city, specifically in Haddad Tourist
[00:22:56] Village, and the seizure of his body, in addition
[00:23:00] to the tightening of military measures in various
[00:23:04] areas of the governorate. And also,
[00:23:07] we are talking about a suffocating traffic
[00:23:10] jam that is currently affecting all
[00:23:14] military checkpoints in Ramallah and Al-Bireh
[00:23:20] citizens from entering and exiting until this
[00:23:24] moment. This led
[00:23:26] to a suffocating traffic jam
[00:23:29] and the piling up of hundreds, even thousands,
[00:23:33] in this hot weather, where
[00:23:37] our people are certainly suffering from these difficult
[00:23:41] conditions in light of the occupation's tightening of its military
[00:23:44] measures in various governorates
[00:23:47] of the country.
[00:23:50] Also, dear viewers, we are joined
[00:23:53] via phone now
[00:23:57] by colleague Nehro Jumhour, a specialist
[00:24:00] in Israeli affairs.
[00:24:02] Nehro, welcome. So, in light of what is happening in
[00:24:06] the West Bank governorates,
[00:24:10] in the West Bank in the coming days,
[00:24:12] in your opinion? Yes, greetings to you, colleague,
[00:24:16] and to all esteemed listeners and viewers.
[00:24:20] In fact, the new Zionist project is now being implemented,
[00:24:23] which concerns the process of decisive action. This is not
[00:24:27] a spur-of-the-moment reaction, it is a state
[00:24:30] project, a project that aims to destroy
[00:24:32] the demographic structure within the West
[00:24:36] Bank through what we see today at checkpoints
[00:24:40] not need any pretext to proceed with these escalating projects,
[00:24:44] or even with the Jewish terrorism that we witness every day.
[00:24:47] They infiltrate Palestinian villages and cities,
[00:24:51] causing destruction, and they are now moving from
[00:24:54] destroying Area C to carrying out acts of aggression
[00:24:58] in Areas A and B without any accountability
[00:25:01] or oversight, neither international agreements nor even
[00:25:05] agreements signed with these groups. This means
[00:25:08] that Israel now believes that this
[00:25:11] is the right moment to impose facts on the ground
[00:25:14] that will lead to two main goals. The first
[00:25:18] and was previously committed to. It aims to undermine the chances
[00:25:21] of establishing a Palestinian state, and perhaps Netanyahu, through these settlements
[00:25:25] and through these terrorist
[00:25:29] organizations that are spreading throughout the West Bank
[00:25:32] in its cities and villages, has been able to achieve
[00:25:36] this goal. And now the second point
[00:25:41] through Netanyahu's partner in government, Smotrich, the author of the decisive
[00:25:45] plan that he published in 2017,
[00:25:48] which calls for the liquidation of the Palestinian
[00:25:51] presence and states that the Palestinian presence will only be a demographic
[00:25:54] process without any national aspirations. This
[00:25:57] is part of the Nakba process that the occupation state
[00:26:00] is managing against the Palestinian people, a process
[00:26:04] that is old and new, and its pace is increasing
[00:26:07] today. But practically, this is one of the stages that
[00:26:11] our people have experienced and lived through, whether since the Nakba and before
[00:26:14] it, or even today, and what will follow
[00:26:18] in terms of escalating measures against the Palestinian
[00:26:21] people. All these developments. Are we
[00:26:24] facing a new Israeli approach to dealing with the West
[00:26:28] Bank? As I told you in my explanation,
[00:26:33] the current formula is the formula that Israel is completing.
[00:26:36] Israel does not conduct its policies on the ground as a reaction, but rather conducts
[00:26:40] the process with a complete and integrated
[00:26:43] plan, primarily to liquidate the Palestinian
[00:26:46] presence, to liquidate the Palestinian cause,
[00:26:49] to liquidate the Palestinian political project, and they want
[00:26:53] the relationship between the Palestinian citizen and the land
[00:26:57] to be a residential relationship, meaning that he only takes
[00:27:00] residential rights without any national aspirations.
[00:27:04] And this is the plan or the first item in Smotrich's
[00:27:08] When he stated that the Palestinian people must renounce
[00:27:11] their national aspirations, meaning they must acknowledge that this is the land of
[00:27:15] Israel and that this is the state of the Jewish people, according to the Israeli concept,
[00:27:18] this is the applied formula, and therefore it is not a reaction
[00:27:22] as much as it is a complete and integrated plan. If we listen to
[00:27:26] Smotrich, for example, when he talks about an issue or
[00:27:29] his upcoming electoral project, if he were re-elected,
[00:27:32] we are practically talking about the project of Judaizing the Galilee,
[00:27:36] similar to the Judaization of the West Bank. This is a complete
[00:27:39] project that views the Palestinian, wherever they are, whether in
[00:27:43] Gaza, where they are now, meaning, molten lead is raining down on their heads
[00:27:47] and massacres are occurring, or even in the West Bank, all the way to the Palestinians
[00:27:50] inside, whose rights are being eroded by racist laws,
[00:27:54] and the doors are being opened
[00:27:57] for their future expulsion, meaning that the Zionist project cannot be
[00:28:00] completed as long as there is a Palestinian.
[00:28:03] As long as the Palestinian is steadfast in his land, as long as they exist, even in any form,
[00:28:07] and that is why we see that these Israeli
[00:28:10] aggressions and the dangerous escalation are,
[00:28:14] meaning, an unprecedented escalation
[00:28:17] ground, taking advantage, of course, of the complicity
[00:28:20] of the international system and the collapse of regional states.
[00:28:24] I mean, all conditions now allow Israel to
[00:28:27] to further advance its expansionist and settlement project.
[00:28:30] I mean,
[00:28:32] also all these aggressions and developments in the West Bank
[00:28:37] Jewish holidays. How do you
[00:28:40] interpret the occupation army and settler gangs'
[00:28:43] exploitation of Jewish holidays to escalate their attacks
[00:28:47] and violations in the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem?
[00:28:49] Also, one of the most prominent of these exploitations is what is said by
[00:28:53] the Israeli Minister of Defense, the so-called Minister of National Security,
[00:28:57] Itamar Ben Gvir, who calls on
[00:29:00] the Supreme Court to open the doors of Al-Aqsa Mosque on Saturday
[00:29:04] for Jewish incursions into Al-Aqsa Mosque.
[00:29:07] We also notice that through
[00:29:10] the past days, the increasing
[00:29:13] and escalating incursions, and also
[00:29:16] the Israelization, which is in itself a meaning that the electoral situation now
[00:29:19] allows for an escalation language, not just the holiday situation.
[00:29:23] These scenes inside Israeli circles, inside Israeli
[00:29:26] studios, before October 7th, this was
[00:29:30] one of the basic materials because
[00:29:36] they are the cause of these events due to
[00:29:39] the continuous incursions into Al-Aqsa Mosque before
[00:29:43] October 7th and also
[00:29:46] what happened to the prisoners at that time in many cases.
[00:29:49] Now, Ben-Gvir is re-producing the same tools
[00:29:52] and paving the way for escalation once again.
[00:29:55] The most dangerous, according to Israeli reports, we are not talking about settler
[00:29:58] reports, but rather official reports and official studies.
[00:30:02] They say that violence
[00:30:06] the West Bank may not be
[00:30:09] due to the economic hardship, nor even
[00:30:12] due to repeated
[00:30:14] army raids, as much as it is settler
[00:30:17] aggressions that have started to transform from
[00:30:21] marginal groups in the Zionist project to the core
[00:30:24] and within the decision-making camp
[00:30:27] in Israel. This is one of the red flags
[00:30:31] that the Israeli media focuses on, meaning that
[00:30:34] settlers may, through their actions and their
[00:30:38] terrorist aggressions, lead to a state
[00:30:41] of escalation and intifada in the West Bank,
[00:30:44] the dominant and prevailing right-wing rhetoric
[00:30:48] against all the Palestinian people, which is represented by Netanyahu,
[00:30:51] Ben-Gvir, Smotrich, and among these is the exploitation
[00:30:54] of holidays to practically obliterate the Palestinian people, to eliminate
[00:30:58] the Palestinian people. And these are phrases that have become
[00:31:01] present and widely circulated within
[00:31:04] the Israeli media. There is a plan to uproot the Palestinian
[00:31:07] people. This plan is not recent and is not a reaction
[00:31:11] or linked to a specific event, but rather a continuous
[00:31:15] chain of events that Zionism has led since
[00:31:18] the first Zionist migration in 1882, leading
[00:31:25] moving towards achieving this plan, which is the ultimate goal
[00:31:29] for the occupation state. Yes, colleague Nahar
[00:31:32] Juma, specialist in Israeli affairs, you were with us via phone. Thank
[00:31:36] you for all these clarifications and details. And our dear
[00:31:39] viewers, we continue with this coverage. And now we move
[00:31:42] via phone to Jihad Yassin, correspondent
[00:31:46] for traffic conditions. Jihad, please update us on the situation
[00:31:50] at the military checkpoints amidst tightened
[00:31:53] military measures at all entrances
[00:31:57] and exits of Ramallah and Al-Bireh governorates, and how these
[00:32:00] closures have affected the movement of citizens. Greetings
[00:32:03] to you, Marah, and to all followers and viewers. Yes,
[00:32:07] generally, for more than four hours, the occupation forces
[00:32:10] have closed all entrances
[00:32:14] to the governorate of Ramallah and Al-Bireh, and the villages of Ramallah
[00:32:17] governorate, eastern, western, northern, and southern. All entrances
[00:32:21] to Ramallah governorate are still completely closed.
[00:32:24] We start with the Jaba checkpoint, completely closed. The Ram
[00:32:28] entrance is completely closed. Qalandia is experiencing severe
[00:32:32] traffic jams due to the prohibition of vehicles passing through
[00:32:36] the Jaba checkpoint, north of Ramallah city. The northern Al-Bireh
[00:32:39] entrance is also completely closed. The Ein Siniya gates for those leaving
[00:32:43] towards the north are closed. Completely, with the presence and deployment
[00:32:46] of the army. Also, Za'tara checkpoint and Rawabi roundabout
[00:32:49] and the western Ramallah area are all completely closed
[00:32:53] for citizens passing through these checkpoints.
[00:32:56] The western Ramallah area also had the Battir road completely closed towards
[00:33:00] the villages, towards the Beit Ur
[00:33:04] side. All these areas have had these entrances
[00:33:07] closed. Currently, Ramallah governorate is closed in all
[00:33:10] directions. No citizen can leave or enter the
[00:33:14] governorate. Naturally,
[00:33:18] there is currently
[00:33:21] the external roads. Currently, on the
[00:33:24] Nablus-Ramallah road, there is near what is called the settlement
[00:33:28] of Eli Shilo, there is
[00:33:31] the external roads here. On the Tulkarem-Nablus road,
[00:33:34] also near what is known as the Saneed area,
[00:33:38] there is a large presence of settler flocks.
[00:33:41] The entrances to Nablus city are currently completely closed.
[00:33:45] The Deir Sharaf checkpoint, the Maraba checkpoint, have been closed.
[00:33:49] And the Maraba checkpoint has been closed. Awarta checkpoint
[00:33:52] also. All four checkpoints have been closed by the Israeli
[00:33:57] limited to Ramallah governorate only. Nablus governorate
[00:34:01] has also had all its checkpoints completely closed, in addition to
[00:34:04] the intensified measures and checkpoints in the Jericho area towards
[00:34:08] the road connecting Ramallah and Jericho. All of them are
[00:34:11] closed. So, we currently urge all citizens not to travel
[00:34:15] and to rest until the situation calms down. All roads are completely
[00:34:19] closed, in addition to
[00:34:22] the presence of settler mobs on the external roads
[00:34:25] and between governorates. And there are calls from the
[00:34:29] settlers to go out and attack villages
[00:34:31] and Arab citizens in general. Please exercise caution
[00:34:35] and do not travel currently due to the closure of all roads
[00:34:39] and checkpoints. Thank you, Jihad Yassin, traffic conditions
[00:34:42] correspondent, for all these clarifications and details. And now
[00:34:45] we move to Jenin and our correspondent Amna Bilal. Amna,
[00:34:48] welcome back to us. The martyrdom
[00:34:52] of a young man by Israeli occupation forces' bullets and the retention of his body in
[00:34:56] Haddad village east of Jenin city.
[00:34:59] Details of the young man's martyrdom and what the situation looks like now in
[00:35:04] Yes, back to you
[00:35:09] again, my colleague Marah. Just now,
[00:35:11] the General Authority for Civil Affairs announced the martyrdom
[00:35:15] of the young man Sami Hassan Zawaideh, who is
[00:35:18] 32 years old and resides in Jenin
[00:35:22] refugee camp and is displaced from inside the camp. The young man,
[00:35:25] returning to the course of events, was
[00:35:28] wounded by bullets from the Israeli occupation army an
[00:35:32] hour ago when he arrived with one
[00:35:35] of his friends at the Haddad
[00:35:39] tourist village, located east of Jenin governorate. They were surprised
[00:35:42] by the presence of a checkpoint belonging to the Israeli
[00:35:46] occupation army, which had been set up
[00:35:50] earlier. Immediately, the Israeli occupation army
[00:35:53] began firing heavily and without prior
[00:35:56] warning. The army started shooting