{"id":2046291,"date":"2023-09-27T11:50:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T15:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/op-ed-will-israels-right-wing-government-address-the-existential-threat-of-illegal-palestinian-settlements\/"},"modified":"2023-09-27T11:53:06","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T15:53:06","slug":"op-ed-will-israels-right-wing-government-address-the-existential-threat-of-illegal-palestinian-settlements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/op-ed-will-israels-right-wing-government-address-the-existential-threat-of-illegal-palestinian-settlements\/","title":{"rendered":"Op-Ed: Can Israel&#8217;s Right-Wing Government Tackle Illegal Palestinian Settlements?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fop-ed-will-israels-right-wing-government-address-the-existential-threat-of-illegal-palestinian-settlements%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2046291&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>This is Part 9 of\u2063 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/op-ed-the-illegal-palestinian-settlements-youve-never-heard-of\/\" title=\"Op-Ed: Unheard of Illegal Palestinian Settlements\">10-part series exposing<\/a> the underreported \u200bjoint European\u2063 and Palestinian program to bypass international\u200b law and establish a de facto Palestinian state on Israeli land.<\/h2>\n<p>There has thus far been little political will in Israel to counter illegal Palestinian construction in Area C of the\u2062 West Bank.<\/p>\n<p>For the same reasons it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.israelhayom.com\/2021\/10\/03\/state-should-treat-violence-in-arab-sector-as-a-strategic-challenge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">allows<\/a> illegal weapons to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.israelhayom.com\/2022\/07\/19\/use-of-illegal-firearms-in-arab-sector-up-33\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">proliferate<\/a> throughout\u2062 Arab Israeli\u200c communities and \u2064Bedouins to establish \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/opinion\/article-717938\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">encampments<\/a> in the Negev, Israel\u2019s \u2064government does not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/op-ed-will-israels-right-wing-government-address-the-existential-threat-of-illegal-palestinian-settlements\/\" title=\"Op-Ed: Can Israel's Right-Wing Government Tackle Illegal Palestinian Settlements?\">give definitive enforceable orders<\/a> to\u200c its Civil Administration (COGAT) \u2014 it\u200d wants to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/diary-of-death-a-retrospective-review-of-american-crisis-by-gov-andrew-cuomo\/\" title=\"DIARY OF DEATH: A Retrospective Review of \u2018American Crisis\u2019 by Gov. Andrew Cuomo\">avoid negative press<\/a> or \u2063a \u200bmore violent \u2063confrontation with the Palestinians in the \u2063future.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli officials thus approach the problem with local Band-Aid \u2062solutions rather than a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-house-republicans-demand-national-archives-remove-trigger-warnings-for-founding-documents\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: House Republicans Demand National Archives Remove Trigger Warnings For Founding Documents\">full-frontal assault<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThey are not treating this as a \u2063war, and\u200c it is a war. It\u2019s actually \u2062more \u2062dangerous\u200c than other wars,\u201d says Brig. Gen. Amir Avivi, founder \u200bof the Israeli organization HaBirthonistim. \u201cAt \u2062the moment, the Palestinians are winning this war. In \u206320 or \u206430 years, \u2063this will be an\u2063 existential threat. We need to\u2063 wake\u200d up.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Dr. Yishai Spivak, an investigative researcher\u2063 with the Israeli nonprofit \u200dAd Kan, concurs, adding that\u200b there are\u2062 two \u2064kinds\u200d of\u200d wars that\u200c Israel \u2063is fighting with the Palestinians.<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ol>\n<li>The\u2064 terror war, \u200din which Palestinians use physical violence to harm citizens \u2064of the state of Israel.<\/li>\n<li>The non-violent or civilian \u200dwar, in which Palestinians attempt to delegitimize Israel via various channels, such\u200b as the United \u2064Nations, social media or\u200b the global BDS movement.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Another reason Israeli leadership fails to treat the issue with the seriousness it \u200ddeserves is\u200b that its \u2064ministers\u200d are generally in power for a short time and may be \u200bdismissed within their party in short order.\u200c For the\u2062 one \u2062to two\u200b years they generally serve, they\u2064 are\u200d primarily concerned\u200d with building their reputation, desperate to be internationally\u2064 accepted.<\/p>\n<p>Put simply, the political system bolsters the bureaucrats. And they know that to tackle a problem of \u200bthis nature and magnitude, they would have to take extreme actions against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/op-ed-not-secret-conspiracy-eu-encourages-palestinians-violate-international-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">European Union<\/a>, Palestinian Authority \u2064and COGAT.<\/p>\n<p>With the \u200dpainful, precarious\u200b status Israel has \u200bon the\u200d geopolitical landscape, it is unlikely that any \u2064foreseeable\u2062 coalition will set the precedent and shift\u2063 the\u200c paradigm.<\/p>\n<p>Even Jewish settler\u200c leaders have failed to respond to this as an\u2064 existential threat. In \u200bEfrat, for example, when Israelis complain to their mayor about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/op-ed-wresting-land-rights-israel-using-historic-arab-village-never-existed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">illegal Arab \u200dstructures<\/a> popping \u200bup around their neighborhoods, the most he will \u2064do, if anything, is make a phone call\u200d to COGAT, \u200cand then quickly\u200d forget about the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Many of these elected Jewish leaders in\u2062 the West Bank\u200c focus on addressing the \u2064needs of their small\u2064 communities\u2063 on a\u2062 day-to-day basis. Their effectiveness \u2063is\u200d severely compromised\u200c because they are beholden to \u200bmultiple government ministries\u2064 for favors, including the \u200dtransportation, defense, finance and interior ministries, which do not exercise direct jurisdiction over the \u201cgreen line.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>These mayors have a limited number\u200b of\u200c asks and it is generally counterproductive to demand that structures be removed, especially when they will likely be rebuilt weeks \u2063later. For many settler leaders, as long as there is no peace \u200cprocess, the status quo\u200c is all they\u2062 have to work with.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, \u2062the\u2064 inauguration of a new, considerably more conservative government in Israel presents an opportunity for real\u200d change.<\/p>\n<p>Finance Minister\u2064 Bezalel Smotrich, who \u200cwill likely \u2062be \u2062in charge of appointing a new minister to oversee COGAT, is already taking several punitive \u200bmeasures against the PA\u2063 and has leveled harsh\u200c words at the EU, pledging to \u200bstymie their aggressive \u200dactivity, which he called \u201ccontrary to \u200binternational law and incompatible with \u200bbasic rules\u2063 of diplomacy in relations between\u2063 states.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dozens of Knesset members denounced the EU\u2019s confidential June 2022 document providing an\u2063 \u201coverview of\u200d the EU\u2019s\u200b approach in its\u2062 Area C programme\u201d as a severe breach of the EU-Israel relationship whose gravity\u2064 cannot be overstated.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cUnder the thin veneer of the EU\u2019s civility and manners and the \u2063seeming concern for human rights, the same old blood libels can be found, along with the same\u2062 flames of\u200b primitive \u200bhatred \u2062that seek this time\u200c to persecute \u2014 not the individual Jew,\u2062 but the tiny Jewish \u2063state,\u201d they wrote in a joint \u2064letter.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It may \u2064even be\u2063 that right-wingers \u2062such as Smotrich and others have risen to \u200dpower precisely because of growing\u2064 Israeli\u2062 frustration over fundamental threats such as this one having long gone ignored.<\/p>\n<p><em>Part 10 will be published next week.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Part 8 can be read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/op-ed-israel-must-adopt-zero-tolerance-policy-toward-illegal-palestinian-settlements\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Part 7 can be read \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/op-ed-palestinians-set-israels-system\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Part 6 can be read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/op-ed-conveniently-forgotten-context-israels-six-day-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Part 5 can be read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/op-ed-eu-usurps-power-democracies-bestows-upon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Part 4 \u2062can be read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/op-ed-funded-eu-palestinians-abuse-environment-erase-jewish-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Part 3 can be\u2064 read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/op-ed-wresting-land-rights-israel-using-historic-arab-village-never-existed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Part 2 \u2063can be read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/op-ed-not-secret-conspiracy-eu-encourages-palestinians-violate-international-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Part 1\u200d can\u2062 be read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/op-ed-illegal-palestinian-settlements-never-heard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/op-ed-will-israels-right-wing-government-address-existential-threat-illegal-palestinian-settlements\/\">Op-Ed: Will Israel&#8217;s Right-Wing Government \u2062Address the\u2062 Existential \u200dThreat of Illegal Palestinian\u200b Settlements?<\/a> \u2063 appeared first \u200don <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The \u200dWestern \u200dJournal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2>Oversee the construction and development in\u200c Area C, has expressed a strong stance against illegal Palestinian construction. Will this lead to a more proactive approach\u200d in addressing the issue<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Aeli frustration with the lack of action on\u2062 illegal Palestinian construction in Area C.<\/p>\n<p>This underreported joint \u2062European and Palestinian program to establish a de facto Palestinian state on Israeli land is a clear violation of international law. However, there has been little political will in Israel to \u2062address this issue. The\u2063 Israeli government \u2064avoids taking definitive action, fearing negative press or a more violent confrontation with the Palestinians in\u2063 the future.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of a full-frontal assault, Israeli officials approach the problem with local \u2064Band-Aid solutions. Brig. Gen. Amir Avivi, founder of the Israeli organization HaBirthonistim, warns that the Palestinians are winning this war,\u200b which he considers more dangerous than other wars. In\u200c the long run, this illegal construction could pose an existential threat to Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. \u200bYishai Spivak, an investigative researcher with the Israeli nonprofit Ad Kan, highlights that Israel is fighting two wars with the Palestinians: \u2062a\u200d terror war and a non-violent or civilian war. The non-violent war involves Palestinians attempting to delegitimize Israel through various channels such as the \u200bUnited Nations and social media.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli leadership often fails to address this issue seriously due to their short time in power and the desire to build a positive international reputation. They do not want to take extreme actions that \u2062would potentially harm their relationship with the European Union, Palestinian Authority, and COGAT.<\/p>\n<p>Jewish settler leaders, who should also see this as an existential threat, often fail to respond appropriately. Their limited\u200b authority and focus on day-to-day needs compromise their effectiveness in tackling this issue. As long as there is no \u2064peace process, many settler leaders see the status quo as their only option.<\/p>\n<p>However, with the inauguration of a new, more conservative government in Israel, there is an opportunity for \u2064real \u2062change. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who \u2063will<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is Part 9 of a 10-part series revealing a joint European and Palestinian effort to establish a de facto Palestinian state on Israeli land, bypassing international law. 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