Analysis of the position of the West Bank in the Palestinian resistance system.
During the last three decades, the West Bank, along with the Gaza Strip, has been one of the two main centers of resistance. The Hamas movement published a booklet entitled “This is our narrative; Why Al-Aqsa storm? One of the reasons for the October 7 operation against the depth of the occupied territories was Israel’s actions to exercise sovereignty in the West Bank. In other words, the planning and efforts of extremists such as Itamar Ben Gower, the Minister of Internal Security, and Betsalel Asmotrich, the Minister of Finance of Israel, with the aim of Judaizing Jerusalem or successive aggressions to destroy the small nuclei of the resistance in the West Bank caused the resistance to feel the danger and implement the plan of direct attack inside. Palestinian lands were occupied.
In the past five months, the West Bank has been under the strictest security measures by the Zionists, however, the acts of martyrdom of individuals or groups affiliated with the resistance have been able to inflict severe blows on Israel’s security structures. The initiative of resistance in the West Bank has caused Ben Guerr to ask Netanyahu to strictly limit and control the access of Muslims to the Al-Aqsa Mosque on the eve of the holy month of Ramadan. According to Maariv’s report, despite the proposal of Ben Guer, security organizations such as Shin Bet have a different opinion and demand security measures outside the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
On Thursday, the 22nd of February, the Israeli army organized attacks throughout the West Bank after the shooting near the town of “Maale Adumim”. During one of the attacks on a car in Jenin neighborhood, at least one person was martyred and around 15 people were injured. According to Ayman Nobani, Al Jazeera’s field reporter in Nablus, Israel will not stop airstrikes against the northern West Bank, especially the Jenin area. Because this area is very inspiring for the Palestinian people and is a symbol of resistance. In the continuation of his report, he predicts that these attacks will probably increase and reach an unprecedented level before the arrival of Ramadan.
The continuation of Israel’s illegal settlement policy in the West Bank is another clear example of Israel’s violation of international laws and violation of the inalienable rights of Palestinians in their homeland. According to “The Times of Israel”, the finance minister of the regime, Asmutarich, recently proposed the construction of 3,344 new houses in the West Bank to the Prime Minister in response to an operation near the town of “Maale Adumim”. According to the statistics published in the media, 144 Israeli settlements have been built in the West Bank, which hosts a total of 450,000 Zionists. Apart from the above, Israel has more than 100 illegal bases in this area.
The level of violence of the Israeli army and the Zionist settlements in the West Bank has been so severe that it caused the boycott of 4 Zionists living in this area. The US State Department issued a statement announcing that we made it clear to Israel that the settlers who were involved in this violence should be arrested and tried. Following this decision, London also announced that it had put these 4 people on its sanctions list. In response to this decision, the prime minister’s office and the extremist ministry of the Israeli cabinet opened their mouths to protest and in ridiculous statements called the Western governments supporters of Hamas!