*Creating ‘irreversible’ facts on the ground* According to Palestinian historian Bilal Shalash, Israel has entered a phase where it is trying to bring its conflict with its enemies to a “decisive end.” This is clearly evidenced in its ongoing aggression in Iran and Lebanon, but the West Bank is another arena where Israel seeks to clear the deck. “Israel is motivated by the fact that its main sponsor and ally, the U.S., is trying to do the same thing at a global scale, from Latin America to Iran,” Shalash explains. “And in the case of Iran, it also happens to be the center of opposition to Israel’s domination in the region.”
“Israel has effectively dismantled all social structures that could produce any collective reaction to what it is doing in the West Bank.” “This intensified wave of Israeli repression has a new feature: it is attempting to create demographic and geographic realities that are irreversible,” he said. Those irreversible facts are the displacement of thousands of Palestinians from their homes in large parts of the West Bank and the de facto annexation of those areas. It is supposed to lead to what Shalash describes as a “‘decisive’ outcome” in which “Palestinians would be cornered in isolated ghettoes inside an annexed territory.” “They would have no political system of their own, and they would live in conditions that push them to leave the country in large numbers,” https://mondoweiss.net/2026/03/why-is-israel-trying-to-cause-an-explosion-in-the-west-bank/ *U.S. support for Israel continues to plummet, despite media’s best efforts* A fake scandal involving Rama Duwaji’s Instagram likes reveals how desperate pro-Israel pundits are grasping at straws as support for the country plummets in the U.S. https://mondoweiss.net/2026/03/u-s-support-for-israel-continues-to-plummet-despite-medias-best-efforts/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#41055): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/41055 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/118259101/21656 -=-=- 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/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
