*The real estate events peddling land in Israeli settlements in the West Bank appear to flout US and international law.* by Eleanor Goldfield, Truthout, April 13, 2024 https://truthout.org/articles/israeli-firms-are-working-overtime-to-sell-stolen-palestinian-land-to-us-jews/ . . . A recent press release from the Palestinian Assembly for Liberation (PAL) Law Commission pointed out <https://palwarcrimes.org/pal-law-presser-march-2024-english> that these land sale events “are illegal under the Fair Housing Act of 1968 and Civil Rights Act of 1965, since registration, entry, and participation are denied on the basis of identity (i.e., race, ethnicity, national origin, and religion).”
The commission added that these events violate not only U.S. law but also international law with regard to hosts “exhibiting and offering properties on West Bank settlements recognized as illegal by the U.S. Department of State and by international law” including “Article 49 of the Geneva Convention … . . . Tamara Nassar at *The Electronic Intifada* reported in late March that “Israeli forces and settlers have injured nearly 5,000 Palestinians in the West Bank since 7 October, more than 700 of them children.” *The Express Tribune*, a Pakistani partner paper of *The New York Times* <https://tribune.com.pk/about>, reported on March 30 that some 27,000 decares of land <https://tribune.com.pk/story/2461072/israel-illegally-confiscated-27000-decares-of-west-bank-land-since-oct-7-palestinian-authority> (roughly 6,600 acres) in the West Bank have been confiscated by Israel just since October 7. This displacement and violence looks many different ways, from airstrikes and targeted demolition by “military operations,” to physical attacks by armed settlers, to what a friend of mine once called “paper genocide” vis-a-vis Palestinians not having Israeli-issued building permits — permits basically no Palestinian can get because of the apartheid regime’s discriminatory permitting policies. Zuberi points out that, like the violence against Palestinians, these land sale events “have been occurring over a significant period … well before the recent events in Gaza.” Though an escalation in violence is clear, we must be careful to see October 7 and its aftermath as a continuation of this colonial violence, rather than a beginning. Likewise, the current critical attention being given to land sale events is a credit to the growth of the Palestinian movement, not an indication of Israel having adopted a new colonialist tactic. . . . -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#29891): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/29891 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/105511472/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
