A Nagib Husseinthe loss that hurts most is that of Your garden. Eight months have passed since the Israeli army forced him to leave his home in the Nur Shams refugee camp, in Tulkarem, north of the Occupied West Bankbut he continues to think about his haven of peace in the middle of the concrete labyrinth of the camp. “All plants, and flowers were dead, even the garden I planted full of LIMONEROS “laments El Periódico. The only thing left is the photographs that one day a daring neighbor managed to take. They are blurred, because he made them in a hurry. Yes Israeli soldiers They caught him there, in his neighborhood, the consequences could be lethal. In the images, you also see the toys of your children lying on the ground. Life, pause.
Hussein goes to Tulkarem every day as part of his work in Doctors Without Borders. In addition, his new and forced home – “still without furnished at all, with what I win we buy more furniture” – is a just 20 kilometers. However, Nagib cannot return home. He Displacement of more than 40,000 Palestinians of their homes in the refugee fields of northern the occupied West Bank is another newly released reality imposed by the State of Israel In the last two years. The attack of Hamás of October 7, 2023 and the subsequent Israeli military offensive in the Gaza Strip They opened the ban for an acceleration of changes on the ground in all occupied Palestinian territories.
Fight against Palestinian identity
“For years, and in the last two even more, Israel has tried History of Palestinian refugees It shows that they have connections with the interior of the Israeli border until they were expelled in 1948″denounces Yair Dvirspokesman for the Israeli organization for human rights B zelem. It is one of the two Israeli oenegés who describe the actions of his government in Gaza as genocide. “After October 7, this government took the opportunity that this war and the genocide to further deepen occupation and move towards a Formal Annexation of Bank “he tells this newspaper.
With the attention placed on the atrocities committed in Gaza, the Israeli authorities have precipitated violence in the Palestinian territories in different ways. Only last year the Construction of almost 30,000 new housing units in dozens of illegal settlements, according to international law, distributed by the Palestinian land. This is a 250% more that five years ago. In parallel, the Soldiers and settlers attacksoften hand in hand, against the local Palestinian population they have caused more than 1,050 deaths. Hundreds of fatalities were children. To tens of thousands of Palestinians with Work permits in Israel They are taken by denying two years, causing their economic ruin.
More than 11,100 Palestinian prisoners
Los Road blocks and access to villages and cities Palestinas lengthen paths of a handful of kilometers to a whole day. Through daily military raids In any corner of the occupied West Bank, Israeli troops have arrested thousands of people. There are currently around 11,100 Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli prisons, according to the organization of support for prisoners and human rights Addameer. “We are still trying to adapt to the situation, with daily assaults” of the Israeli army, he laments Rushdan batulfrom the northern Nablus. Before October 7, 2023, most military raids concentrated in the refugee fields of this important Palestinian city, but now they have arrived to settle in the heart of this historic city.
“It is depressing how things are; we are witnessing Exodus of young peoplebecause they have no options here, “he tells this newspaper.” When they think about getting a job, it is difficult, because there is an economic deficit, and those who work in the government [de la Autoridad Palestina] does eight months that do not receive their salary Complete due to the lack of funds due to war, “says this 30 -year -old girl, who prefers to hide her identity under a fictional name for fear of reprisals. During the last months, Israeli authorities have stopped transfer Mahmud Abas. It doesn’t matter if you are obliged to do so. “The situation is bad everywhere”find the bat.
Objective: Annexation
Behind all these actions, there is a great goal: the formal annexation of the occupied West Bank. Although in recent years the changes were already in that direction, now the ultra -rightist partners of the Prime Minister’s government Binyamine Netanyahu They do not hide. They proclaim him to hype and saucer. “Three weeks ago, [el ministro de Finanzas, el colono radical Bezalel] Smotrich He showed a map with his vision of annexation, according to which only a few Palestinian cities would continue to be Palestine acting in the West Bank as if it belonged to it “he points out.
One of the most obvious advances in the last two years is Proliferation of advanced positions or settlements. They are smaller than settlements, but are located in key places. “Once a new settlement is built in the top of a hillhundreds or thousands of acres are already occupied, and, due to the presence of settlers in this settlement, and the violence they exert against any Palestinian that attempts to access the surrounding lands, manage to seize many more lands, preventing the native population from cultivated”adds Dvir. “The number of new settlements of this type in the last two years is countless; there is dozens and dozens throughout the West Bankit is impossible to register them all, “says the spokesman for B zelem.
“The violence of the settlers is, in fact, an informal branch of state violence; they are not two different phenomena, it is part of the same system that works under the same vision, which is to concentrate as much land as possible with the least amount of Palestinians”
In addition, practically anyone can inaugurate one of these advanced stalls by placing four walls or a caravan at the top of a hill. “The Israeli system is cooperating with this and contributing to the case with money and budget of different government offices, with the help of the army, connecting them to water and electricity, or building a New road To connect them to each other, “says Dvir. The Israeli State is present in the West Bank occupied in different ways.” The violence of the settlers is, in fact, a informal branch of state violence; They are not two different phenomena, it is part of the same system that works under the same vision, which is to concentrate as much land as possible with the least amount of Palestinians, “he emphasizes.
Dream
“That the formal annexation of the occupied West Bank occurs soon or not It depends on international pressurebut, in the last two years, they have done the same as in the past: speaking and speaking without converting any of their words into action To protect the Palestinians, “concludes Dvir. From his refuge just twenty kilometers from his house, Nagib Husein witnessed the Birth of your twin children. His pregnant wife had to leave his home in the Nur Shams field a cold February night. He gave birth to children of Refugees twice. The Husein family comes from a small village near the now Israeli city of Haifaon the Mediterranean coast.
“I am a refugee, my father is a refugee, my mother is a refugee, my grandparents are refugees, and my children will inherit the displacement; our name became displaced”
Before they were born, Nagib already left An inheritance to your children. “I am a refugee, my father is a refugee, my mother is a refugee, my grandparents are refugees, and my children will inherit the displacement; Our name became displaced “he confirms, hopeful for giving his little ones a better future. To demonstrate deep love to the land of their ancestors, the original and the reception, Nagib planted that vegetable patch on the ground that the shelter gave him. Now, the last image that treasures is that of an still high and splendid tree, full of Lemons of an insulting yellow. The skin of the fruit absorbs the Mediterranean sun of the Palestinian climate, waiting for someone, very soon, come to pick them up.
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