The situation in Israel and Palestine - part 1
for February 15 – 21, 2023
🔻Political protests in Israel and judicial reform
▪️Mass protests continue in Israel against the judicial reform (https://t.me/rybar/42756) and the strengthening of the executive branch.
On Saturday, Sunday and Monday, rallies were held in Tel Aviv, Haifa, Beer Sheva, western Jerusalem and other cities.
Against the backdrop of demonstrations, President Yitzhak Herzog again called on the authorities and the opposition to seek compromises on the bills put forward by the ruling coalition. He expressed fear that the imminent split could lead to the collapse of the country. ▪️However, this did not help: bills on legal reform and changing the procedure for selecting judges to the Supreme Court were approved by 63 deputies and passed the first reading. ❗️Expectedly, the coalition of right-wing, ultra-right and ultra-orthodox parties did not follow the opposition and protesters. With a high probability, the bills will pass both the second and third readings in the parliament controlled by the current authorities. 🔻Israeli-Palestinian conflict ▪️Residents of the Shuafat camp and several other settlements began riots after the Israeli security forces campaign to arrest Palestinians in the West Bank of the Jordan. The escalation of the conflict is taking place against the backdrop of the legalization of Jewish settlements, the harsh actions of the Israeli authorities and the previous terrorist attacks by Arab radicals against the civilian population. ▪️Representatives of the US State Department, the Foreign Ministries of France, Germany, Italy, Great Britain, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia condemned the decision of the Israelis to legalize nine of their outposts in the Palestinian territories. In this context, Shira Liebman, Director General of the Judea and Samaria Settlement Council, sounded entertaining when she called for stimulating housing construction in these regions in the West Bank. This is actually a direct call for further expansion into the territory of Palestine by the head of a large association of municipalities. ▪️At the same time, some Israeli media (https://www.7kanal.co.il/news/248147) claim that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to persuade the Minister of National Security and the most radical far-right member of the government, Itamar Ben-Gvir, to stop the "anti-terrorist operation" in East Jerusalem. ▪️According to the American publication Axios (https://www.axios.com/2023/02/20/israelis-palestinians-secret-talks-west-bank), representatives of Netanyahu and the Palestinian National Authority are allegedly conducting secret negotiations to resolve the conflict. According to this information, Israel asked not to submit their steps to the UN Security Council and other international organizations, and in response, the Palestinians demanded an end to the endless incursions into Arab cities in the West Bank. ▪️At the same time, the Israeli authorities continue to demolish the homes of terrorist families, and also use other forms of pressure on the Arab population. 🔻Other political events ▪️The Union of Journalists of Israel is trying to fight the bill of the MP from the Likud party, Prime Minister Boaz Bismuth, to ban the publication of audio and video recordings without the consent of the subject. In their opinion, this can cause significant damage to the freedom of the press. The Inspector General of the Israeli Police ordered the creation of a special working group to combat incitement to violence and terrorism, headed by the aforementioned far-right minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.
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Against the backdrop of demonstrations, President Yitzhak Herzog again called on the authorities and the opposition to seek compromises on the bills put forward by the ruling coalition. He expressed fear that the imminent split could lead to the collapse of the country. ▪️However, this did not help: bills on legal reform and changing the procedure for selecting judges to the Supreme Court were approved by 63 deputies and passed the first reading. ❗️Expectedly, the coalition of right-wing, ultra-right and ultra-orthodox parties did not follow the opposition and protesters. With a high probability, the bills will pass both the second and third readings in the parliament controlled by the current authorities. 🔻Israeli-Palestinian conflict ▪️Residents of the Shuafat camp and several other settlements began riots after the Israeli security forces campaign to arrest Palestinians in the West Bank of the Jordan. The escalation of the conflict is taking place against the backdrop of the legalization of Jewish settlements, the harsh actions of the Israeli authorities and the previous terrorist attacks by Arab radicals against the civilian population. ▪️Representatives of the US State Department, the Foreign Ministries of France, Germany, Italy, Great Britain, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia condemned the decision of the Israelis to legalize nine of their outposts in the Palestinian territories. In this context, Shira Liebman, Director General of the Judea and Samaria Settlement Council, sounded entertaining when she called for stimulating housing construction in these regions in the West Bank. This is actually a direct call for further expansion into the territory of Palestine by the head of a large association of municipalities. ▪️At the same time, some Israeli media (https://www.7kanal.co.il/news/248147) claim that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to persuade the Minister of National Security and the most radical far-right member of the government, Itamar Ben-Gvir, to stop the "anti-terrorist operation" in East Jerusalem. ▪️According to the American publication Axios (https://www.axios.com/2023/02/20/israelis-palestinians-secret-talks-west-bank), representatives of Netanyahu and the Palestinian National Authority are allegedly conducting secret negotiations to resolve the conflict. According to this information, Israel asked not to submit their steps to the UN Security Council and other international organizations, and in response, the Palestinians demanded an end to the endless incursions into Arab cities in the West Bank. ▪️At the same time, the Israeli authorities continue to demolish the homes of terrorist families, and also use other forms of pressure on the Arab population. 🔻Other political events ▪️The Union of Journalists of Israel is trying to fight the bill of the MP from the Likud party, Prime Minister Boaz Bismuth, to ban the publication of audio and video recordings without the consent of the subject. In their opinion, this can cause significant damage to the freedom of the press. The Inspector General of the Israeli Police ordered the creation of a special working group to combat incitement to violence and terrorism, headed by the aforementioned far-right minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.
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