will be published daily in dedicated articles. On Thursday, During a virtual fundraiser last month, Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee, said that he did not support annexation as it would “choke off any hope of peace”. “What about the Palestinian police officer who was almost killed?” he said.In April, he said, an Israeli citizen was “Honestly, how am I supposed to defend what we did?” he said.Israeli officials did not respond to Colonel Zahran’s specific accusations.
But what if the state-building project fizzles?JENIN, West Bank — What wounded Maj. Zahi Jamhour most, he said, wasn’t that the Palestinians he had sworn to protect threw stones at him. Arms smuggling there was already widespread, he said, and now it is unchecked.“Those weapons will land in the hands of people who would destroy all that we’ve accomplished,” he added.Everyone in Palestinian security seems to have at least a story or two of his own abasement.For Col. Ahed Hasayen, a police spokesman in Ramallah, it came at a conference with the Israeli police in Jaffa.
King Abdullah, who rarely speaks out on such matters, warned last month of “massive conflict” between Israel and his own country if Mr Netanyahu went ahead with annexation.Some figures within Europe, including the Belgium parliament and the UK’s shadow foreign secretary Lisa Nandy, have even called for sanctions against Israel like a ban on import of goods from Israeli settlements if annexation goes ahead. The Palestinians had to withdraw.“They say, ‘Our work is more important,’” he said.“Sometimes they don’t tell us they’re coming,” he added. On Wednesday, Netanyahu can start the process of declaring sovereignty over parts of the occupied West Bank. Some of the settlers hold extremist Jewish beliefs and live in outposts not approved by the Israeli government. Even Israel’s top military officer, chief of staff lieutenant general Aviv Kochavi, has apparently issued an alert to his forces to prepare for violence.Closer to home, Mr Netanyahu is facing a muted response from his coalition partner Mr Gantz.Sources within Mr Gantz’s centrist Blue and White party have said he told US ambassador David Friedman and White House adviser Avi Berkowitz this week that the 1 July target date for discussing annexation was “not sacred”. Israel captured the West Bank in the 1967 Mideast war and in the decades since has built dozens of settlements that are now home to roughly 400,000 Israelis. Last week more than 1,000 parliamentarians from across Europe, including 240 legislators from Britain, signed a letter strongly opposing Israel’s plans. The crime remains unsolved.He said the memory inspired him to join the police force Security cooperation with Israel, Palestinians say, was not as mutual as the term suggests.The West Bank is ruled under Israeli military law. What are we going to tell our children?”He was just a boy in the village of Al Qubeiba, Col. Saed Zahran said, when he first grasped how little Israelis cared about crime among Palestinians. When he was conducting a major arrest operation in Jenin, he said, he discovered Israeli forces there, too.
“They said, ‘You deserved it.’”The scorn heaped upon Palestinian Authority security officers for cooperating with Israel, some officers say, was the bitter price of jobs with significant benefits: salaries, pensions and, for some, cars, training abroad and proximity to power.Neighbors called them collaborators, doing the dirty work for Israel’s occupation. A detailed map has yet to be published. But they acknowledge that West Bank cases are often dropped when the victims are Palestinian. They surrounded the Israeli’s Toyota and a trailer it was pulling, plastered with Israeli flags, as young Palestinians pelted it with stones.One officer was struck in the forehead. They ended without any final decision and further talks are expected.The main options under US consideration are a gradual process in which Israel initially declares sovereignty over several settlements close to Jerusalem.There is also a partisan divide. Her comments join a chorus of condemnation from different bodies and states including the European Union – Israel’s biggest trading partner (in 2017 it totalled €36.2bn or £30bn) – the UK, Russia, Israel’s Arab neighbours and the Gulf, which until recently had been steadily building unofficial relations with Israel.Jordan, which alongside Egypt has peace treaties with Israel, has said annexation may jeopardise those key regional agreements. It allows our most engaged readers to debate the big issues, share their own experiences, discuss Israel to Demolish Palestinian Village in West Bank, Displacing 200 People July 30, 2020 Blog , News , Slider Israeli soldiers demolish Palestinian properties in the occupied West Bank.