How Israeli oppression is about to spark 3rd Palestinian Intifada

At least seven dead in Jerusalem synagogue attack, Israeli police say

Israeli police say at least seven people were killed and three were injured in a shooting near a synagogue in Jerusalem on Friday amid high tensions in Israel and the Palestinian territories.

This violence can not be understood without context.

Here are the things that Israel did in the occupied territories all in one day on the 20th of January…

Israeli Navy opens fire on

Palestinian fishing boats

Israeli Army positions open fire

on Gaza farmland

Home invasion and military occupation

Occupation settler agricultural

sabotage and plunder

Night peace disruption

in West Bank village

8 attacks –

7 Israeli ceasefire violations

4 raids including home invasions

27 wounded – 1 abducted

11 acts of

agricultural/economic sabotage

11 taken prisoner

Home invasions: evening, Tora village

Peace disruption raids: 11:10, Ras Karkar – 05:25, Ojeh village – 14:55, Salfit.

Palestinian missile attacks: none.

Ceasefire violation – Israeli Navy attack – economic sabotage: Northern Gaza – 09:00, the Israeli Navy opened fire on, and pursued, Palestinian fishing boats off al-Sudaniya.

Ceasefire violation – Israeli Army attack – agricultural sabotage: Northern Gaza – 14:00, an Israeli Army position, behind the Green Line, opened fire towards agricultural land east of Jabalia.

Ceasefire violation – Israeli Army attack – agricultural sabotage: Central Gaza – 08:30, Israeli forces, positioned behind the Green Line, opened fire on farmland east of Deir al-Balah.

Ceasefire violation – Israeli Army attack – agricultural sabotage: Khan Yunis – 09:00, an Israeli Army position, behind the Green Line, opened fire towards agricultural land east of al-Qarara.

Ceasefire violation – Israeli Navy attack – economic sabotage: Khan Yunis – 18:00, the Israeli Navy opened fire on, and pursued, Palestinian fishing boats off Khan Yunis.

Ceasefire violation – Israeli Navy attack – economic sabotage: Khan Yunis – 21:00, Israeli gunboats opened fire on, and pursued, Palestinian fishing boats off Khan Yunis.

Ceasefire violation – Israeli Navy attack – economic sabotage: Rafah – 00:20, the Israeli Navy opened fire on, and pursued, Palestinian fishing boats off Rafah.

Israeli Army attack – 1 wounded: Tulkarem – afternoon, Israeli Occupation troops opened fire on and wounded one person, Yazan Rabih Khaliliyeh, and then took him prisoner.

Home invasion and military occupation: Jenin – evening, in Tora village, raiding Israeli forces invaded the home of a resident, Mohammed Hassan Zaid Al-Kilani, and occupied the house for use as a military post.

Israeli Army assault with stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Tulkarem – 15:00, in Shufa village.

Israeli Army assault with rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters – 5 wounded: Qalqiliya – 12:35, Israeli Occupation forces, firing rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters towards protester, at the closed eastern entrance to Kafr Qaddum, wounded five people and caused a number of tear gas casualties.

Israeli Army assault with rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Nablus – 10:25, Israeli forces, firing rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters, wounded two people among a group of protesters facing settlers who had seized Jureish village land and posted mobile homes on it to create a settlement outpost.

Israeli Army assault – 13 tear gas casualties: Nablus – 13:10, the Israeli Army, near the village of Beit Dajan, fired rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters towards protesters, causing 13 tear gas casualties.

Israeli Army assault with stun grenades and tear gas canisters – 5 tear gas casualties: Nablus – 13:10, the Jabal Sabih area of ​​Beita: stun grenades and tear gas canisters fired. Five tear gas casualties.

Israeli Army assault with rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Nablus – 13:50, the Spring area: rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters were fired towards protesters, wounding three people, causing a number of tear gas casualties.

Israeli Army assault with rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters – 3 wounded: Bethlehem – 19:25, al-Khadr, rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters fired. Three people wounded.

Israeli Army assault with rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters – 2 taken prisoner: Hebron – 13:00, Bab al-Zawiya area, rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters fired; two people taken prisoner.

Israeli Army abduction: Hebron – 14:50, al-Tuwani area, east of Yatta, Israeli troops abducted a 17-year-old youth: Moath Issa Abu Eid.

Israeli Army assault – agricultural sabotage: Hebron – the Israeli Army fired stun grenades and tear gas canisters towards people planting crops on land threatened with seizure. Israeli forces stole 100 seedlings and caused a number of tear gas casualties.

Israeli Army assault with stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Tulkarem – 15:00, Shufa village.

Israeli Army assault with rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters – 5 wounded: Qalqiliya – 12:35, Israeli Occupation forces, firing rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters towards protesters at the closed eastern entrance to Kafr Qaddum, wounded five people and caused a number of tear gas casualties.

Israeli Army assault with rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Nablus – 10:25, Israeli forces, firing rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters, wounded two people among a group of protesters facing settlers who had seized Jureish village land and posted mobile homes on it to create a settlement outpost.

Israeli Army assault – 13 tear gas casualties: Nablus – 13:10, the Israeli Army, near the village of Beit Dajan, fired rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters towards protesters, causing 13 tear gas casualties.

Israeli Army assault with stun grenades and tear gas canisters – 5 tear gas casualties: Nablus – 13:10, the Jabal Sabih area of ​​Beita: stun grenades and tear gas canisters fired. Five tear gas casualties.

Israeli Army assault with rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Nablus – 13:50, the Spring area: rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters were fired towards protesters, wounding three people, causing a number of tear gas casualties.

Israeli Army assault with rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters – 3 wounded: Bethlehem – 19:25, al-Khadr: rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters fired. Three people wounded.

Israeli Army assault with rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters – 2 taken prisoner: Hebron – 13:00, Bab al-Zawiya area: rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters fired; two people taken prisoner.

Israeli Army abduction: Hebron – 14:50, al-Tuwani area, east of Yatta: Israeli troops abducted a 17-year-old youth: Moath Issa Abu Eid.

Israeli Army assault – agricultural sabotage: Hebron – the Israeli Army fired stun grenades and tear gas canisters towards people planting crops on land threatened with seizure. Israeli forces stole 100 seedlings and caused a number of tear gas casualties.

Occupation settler agricultural sabotage: Qalqiliya – 19:00, Israeli Occupation settlers invaded Jit village farmland, uprootingand cutting down a number of olive trees.

Occupation settler agricultural sabotage – plunder: Bethlehem – Israeli settlers raided agricultural land in al-Khadr, uprooting and seizing 25 olive tree seedlings.

Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Ramallah – 11:10, Israeli Occupation forces raided the village of Ras Karkar, taking prisoner two people.

Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Jenin – 05:25, forces raided the village of Ojeh, taking prisoner one person.

Raid: Salfit – 14:55, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled Salfit.

Restrictions of movement (7): 14:15-16:30, northern entrance to Tuqu’ – 00:30, al-Kushok road junction – Beit Hanoun (Erez)crossing closed – al-Mantar-Karni crossing closed – al-Shujaiyeh crossing (Nahal Oz) closed – Sufa crossing closed – al-Awda Port closed.

Numbers for other people reportedly taken prisoner: Jerusalem 2, Hebron 1

…Israel’s brutal and illegal occupation of Palestine is always obscene, but you know shit just got real when ever Israel’s own retiring Military Chief is attacking the new Israeli Government as extreme…

Israel’s outgoing army chief rebukes far-right government

IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi speaks during a candle lightning ceremony with Israeli soldiers on the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, in Jerusalem, on Nov. 29, 2021. Kochavi on Friday, Jan. 13, 2023 warned against plans by Benjamin Netanyahu’s new coalition to grant more control to pro-settler lawmakers and make other changes to the Israeli security establishment, joining a loud chorus of criticism against the new right-wing government.

…Israel’s new far right Government are Zionist Fascists who have been ratcheting up more extreme violence against Palestinians and the threat of a new intifada is brewing…

Speculation that Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories are on the brink of a third intifada, or Palestinian uprising, surfaces whenever there is a rise in violence in the decades-long conflict. Unfortunately, the convergence of several different elements means that this grim possibility is more likely in 2023 than ever before.

According to the UN, this year has been the deadliest for Palestinians living in Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank since the organisation started counting fatalities in the territories in 2005, with 140 Palestinians killed.

Most have died in an Israeli campaign of near-nightly raids, which began in March and shows no sign of slowing down or stopping. The bloodshed is galvanising a new generation of Palestinian fighters who are too young to remember the peace process of the 1990s.

A surprise three-day aerial offensive on the blockaded Gaza Strip this summer killed another 49 Palestinians, and Palestinian terrorist attacks have killed 30 Israelis – the highest number since 2008.

Other developments this year that hark back to the violence of the 2000-2005 intifada include Israel’s return to targeted assassinations in the West Bank, the use of sieges on Palestinian neighbourhoods and entire cities, and the first bus bombings in Jerusalem in years.

On the political front there is also a marked deterioration of affairs. The elderly Palestinian Authority president, Mahmoud Abbas, is in ill health, and his death is expected to further destabilise an already combustible situation.

In Israel in November, the most rightwing coalition in history won national elections: many soon-to-be cabinet ministers in Benjamin Netanyahu’s incoming government are bent on expanding illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank, loosening the rules of engagement for the Israeli police and army, and provoking the Palestinians by expanding the Jewish presence on Jerusalem’s sacred Temple Mount.

With a weak and divided opposition in the Knesset, there is little to stop them.

…at some point this extreme Israeli Government are going to cause human rights abuses that the NZ Government won’t be able to ignore.

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