Ben White

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Two Palestinian teenagers were killed in the West Bank yesterday. They were unarmed, & shot dead by Israeli soldiers (Tulkarm) & settlers (Burqa) who had attacked their communities. Two boys who lived and died under military occupation. Mahmoud Abu Sa'an, 17 Qusai Maatan, 19

Qusai was shot by settlers who had come down from "Oz Zion" outpost to attack Burqa village. A settler opened fire as Palestinian residents attempted to defend their community. Just the latest in an escalating wave of settler attacks in occupied West Bank english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/…

Mahmoud was shot "by an Israeli soldier inside a heavily-armored Israeli military vehicle from about 50 meters...Israeli forces inside the same Israeli military vehicle approached & opened fire again, shooting him in the head from a distance of 3 metres". dci-palestine.org/israeli_forces…

Yesterday, Israel advanced more than 5,000 housing units in illegal settlements across the occupied West Bank. The move also included retroactive formalisation of three unauthorised outposts. 13,000+ settlement units promoted in West Bank in six months. haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

Israeli army has killed two Palestinian children this week - both in Jenin on Monday. Sadil, 14 - in her front yard when a solider shot her in the head. dci-palestine.org/palestinian_gi… Ahmed, 14 - shot while throwing stones at occupation forces in his city. dci-palestine.org/israeli_forces…

Israeli occupation forces have killed 3 Palestinians near Jenin this evening in an extrajudicial killing that army said was first deadly drone strike in West Bank since 2006. 15 Palestinians have now been killed in occupied West Bank in three days, including two 14-year-olds.

And once again, of course, the army - via "unnamed" sources and Israeli media - spread disinformation, this time about the killing of 14-year-old Sadil. Compare this perfunctory obfuscation with the eyewitness documentation. dci-palestine.org/palestinian_gi… thenationalnews.com/mena/2023/06/2…

West Bank is witnessing huge-scale settlement expansion, escalating settler violence, & military crackdown by Israeli occupation forces. What unites all three elements is this Israeli gov't's determination to achieve irreversible annexation. my analysis: newarab.com/opinion/israel…

48 hours, two stories - one grim microcosm. haaretz.com/israel-news/20… haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

The Israeli army has today revealed what action it will take against the soldier who shot & killed 2-year-old Muhammad in Nabi Saleh. None. Nothing. In addition, the 'findings' represent yet a further twist in an all too familiar story of impunity... idf.il/en/articles/ha…

Original thread on the shooting: twitter.com/benabyad/statu…

The ever-changing claims shared by "military sources" or army spokespersons were supplemented by various disinformation actors, who all said Muhammad was 'tragically' hit in 'crossfire' (something now contradicted by the army’s own latest version of events released today).

The Israeli gov't, as an official policy, seeks to "Judaise" (its language) the Galilee. You see, there are 'too many' Palestinian citizens there, vs. Jewish ones. How would this kind of politics be viewed elsewhere? Institutionalised racism is escalating - but isn't new. 🧵