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A change of facts on the ground

Israel has relentlessly been building settlements on Palestinian land. The world has tut-tutted but done nothing to stop what is now some 500,000 + Israelis living on Palestinian land.

Now the Palestinians have taken up the Israeli's "game" - and the Israelis don't like it one bit!

The (illegal) Israeli eviction of the 20 tents and 200 Palestinians of Bab al-Shams in the West Bank's disputed "E1" is not the end of the story, most observers say, but the beginning of a smart new form of popular resistance that turns the Israeli penchant for citing "facts on the ground" against itself. Photos, Twitter, and more on Israeli lawlessness, what the village means to the author of the original "Bab al-Shams," what it means to many others.

"Bab Alshams is the gate to our freedom and steadfastness. Bab Alshams is our gate to Jerusalem. Bab Alshams is the gate to our return...For decades, Israel has established facts on the ground as the International community remained silent in response to these violations. The time has come now to change the rules of the game, for us to establish facts on the ground - our own land."

See also this commentary, here.

 

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