On the frontline of the Occupation – more threats in Masafer Yatta
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Leah Levane
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The news from Masafer Yatta gets worse on a daily basis. The blatant injustice for Palestinians is clear within this Guardian piece from writers in the area; pushed off their own land to make way for the Israeli Army to practise military manoevres, preparing for the next war. To get more idea about the area and what is happening, see these moving and powerful photographs. We encourage you to support the communities there by joining up to Save Masafer Yatta
This article was originally published by The Guardian on Wed 28 Sep 2022. Read the original here.
‘Every day is worse than the one before’: a Palestinian community fights for survival
One of the biggest expulsion decisions since the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories began in 1967 has left an entire community at risk.
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And it isn’t only in Israel/Palestine:
A deadly decade for land and environmental activists – with a killing every two days
29th September 2022, London – Since 2012, Global Witness has been gathering data on the killings of land and environmental defenders. In that time, a grim picture has come into focus – with evidence suggesting that as the climate crisis intensifies, violence against those protecting their land and our planet remains persistent. Research has found that a total of 1,733 people have been killed over the past ten years, that’s one person killed every two days.
The report highlights that the control and use of land and territory is a central issue in countries where defenders are threatened. Much of the increasing killing, violence and repression is linked to territorial conflicts and the pursuit of economic growth based on the extraction of natural resources from the land.
https://www.globalwitness.org/en/press-releases/deadly-decade-land-and-environmental-activists-killing-every-two-days/
This is the second big story about Palestinian suffering which the Guardian has run in two days. The other one, “No place like home: my bitter return to Palestine” by Fida Jiryis is also worth reading.
I think this is an attempt by the powers that be at the Guardian to assuage their own guilt. They cannot run the really big domestic story about Israel/Palestine – Al Jazeera’s expose of the antisemitism smear campaign against Corbyn and his supporters “The Labour Files” (3 episodes – on YouTube), because the Guardian was centrally involved in attacks, with 1,215 articles on ‘Labour antisemitism’ in 3 years: https://declassifieduk.org/how-the-uk-security-services-neutralised-the-countrys-leading-liberal-newspaper/