Am Abend des 19. November

Wie weit ist eine „Vereinbarung“ über ein (kurzes?) Schweigen der Waffen und die Freilassung von Geiseln noch entfernt?

Jack Khoury weist in der Haaretz zu Recht auf die wachsenden Spannungen an der „dritten“ Front, der Westbank hin, hier ein paar Zitate aus dem Beitrag:

„If, before the war, incidents were focused on the northern West Bank, between Nablus and Jenin, since October 7 there has not been a city or refugee camp in which clashes have not been recorded.

In addition to the large number of dead and wounded, there has also been a drastic increase in the number of people arrested in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. Close to 3,000 people have been detained since the start of the war. The Palestinian Prisoners’ Administration notes that such a large number of arrests in such a short time has not been seen since the Second Intifada.
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Israel can continue to crush the Gaza Strip under the banner of “hunting Hamas” and it can bulldoze the West Bank under the slogan of “fighting terrorism,” but in between, we must understand that with force and more force there will be no horizon for either side. For every fatality, another generation of young Palestinians will emerge and will join the struggle against Israel, seeing themselves as freedom fighters.

Every time Israel punishes the Palestinians by deducting taxes it collects on their behalf, it puts another nail in the coffin of the PA. Every expropriation of land for the construction of another outpost, every roadblock, every closure, every narrowing of civilian living space, closes another window of hope for change.

A month and a half after the war began, someone in Israel needs to realize that another attack and more force will only increase the anger and frustration among another generation of Palestinians. (…)“

„In Israel, October 7 is often described – and rightly so – as a trauma that will lead to fundamental change, both social and political. The question is what kind of change Israel hopes for. A society that aspires to change for the better must rise from a crisis and think about reality. Because even after the crushing of Hamas and the paralyzing of the PA, the Palestinian people will not go away – not in the Gaza Strip and not in the West Bank.“