Al-Saifi to Shehab: Israel Carries Out 50 Daily Raids in West Bank to Impose Facts on the Ground and Break the Spirit of Resistance
Settlement expert Mahmoud Al-Saifi tells Shehab about 50 daily raids in the West Bank, 9,400 detainees, the siege of Hebron and the forced displacement of 3,500 Palestinians in a plan to impose facts on the ground and break the resistance.
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Settlement affairs expert and political analyst Mahmoud Al-Saifi has affirmed that the escalation of raids by the "Israeli" occupation forces on cities, towns and camps across the occupied West Bank is part of a systematic plan to impose facts on the ground and normalize the army's presence among civilians, alongside attempts to break the spirit of resistance among the Palestinian people.
Al-Saifi told the Shehab News Agency that the West Bank is witnessing no fewer than 50 raids a day, accompanied by arrests, sieges and the severing of communities from one another through checkpoints and iron gates.
He noted that the number of detainees in occupation prisons has exceeded 9,400, including more than 3,300 administrative detainees held without charge.
On the recent events in Hebron governorate, Al-Saifi explained that the occupation imposed a siege and collective punishment on the neighborhoods of Al-Jalda, Ain Deir Baha and Farsh Al-Hawa for 10 days, during which more than 3,500 Palestinians were forcibly displaced from their homes, more than 200 sites were searched and 115 citizens were arrested.
He mentioned that the head of the occupation government refused the army's instructions to withdraw after the mission ended in the first days, and insisted on extending the siege to exploit it for electoral purposes, before the raid ended leaving widespread destruction.
Regarding the attacks on rural communities, Al-Saifi highlighted the severe losses suffered by this year's olive season as a result of attacks by the occupation and settlers, explaining that the occupation prevented farmers from reaching more than 40% of the land planted with olive trees (equivalent to 900,000 dunams), in addition to the theft of more than 15 tons of the fruit.
He stated that these measures aim to besiege the Palestinian people economically and target the livelihoods of agricultural families to push them toward departure and displacement.
On future scenarios for the occupied West Bank, Al-Saifi expected that any new occupation government will face pressures and crises resulting from the escalation of settler terrorism and settlement outposts, which has negatively affected the occupation's international image before the European Union and the US administration, noting that these pressures may force the incoming occupation government to offer facilitations and adjustments imposed by political and field developments.
