• Israeli far-right proposals on West Bank’s treatment like Gaza should be taken ‘seriously’

  • Feb 11 2025
  • Length: 4 mins
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Israeli far-right proposals on West Bank’s treatment like Gaza should be taken ‘seriously’

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  • Israel’s military operations in the occupied West Bank might not be at the same level of intensity as in Gaza during the war, but comments from top government ministers such as Bezalel Smotrich to apply the same methods should be taken seriously, says an analyst. “It might be just rhetorical, but we should take it very seriously,” Yossi Mekelberg, a senior consulting fellow at Chatham House, told Al Jazeera. “The far right [has] disproportionate influence within the government, they represent the settlers, and the idea of annexation and probably also the ethnic cleansing in Gaza and in the West Bank. We need to take it seriously.” Mekelberg noted that while the situation in the West Bank was already bad before October 7, 2023, it has worsened during Israel’s war on Gaza. “When there is talk about expelling most of the Palestinians from Gaza, it also enhances those among the far right, the settler movement that believes the same should happen in the West Bank,” Mekelberg said.
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