the Voice of
The Communist League of Revolutionary Workers–Internationalist
“The emancipation of the working class will only be achieved by the working class itself.”
— Karl Marx
the Voice of
The Communist League of Revolutionary Workers–Internationalist
“The emancipation of the working class will only be achieved by the working class itself.”
— Karl Marx
Sep 30, 2024
While Israel’s military continues its invasion of Gaza, and expands its war in Lebanon, it is also sowing terror in the occupied West Bank. Under the pretext of raids against militants, Israel has been wreaking massive destruction. In the words of the governor of Jenin, a town of 350,000 in the North:
"We watched their bulldozers tear up streets, demolish businesses, pharmacies, schools. They even bulldozed the town soccer field, and a tree in the middle of the road … What was the point of all this?"
West Bank towns like Jenin have seen many raids by the Israeli military over the years, but those this month have lasted much longer—this raid in Jenin lasted nine days.
During that raid, 70 percent of roads were damaged or destroyed; internet, electricity and phone lines shut down. Eighty percent of the population is now without running water. In another northern town, Tulkarm, 90 percent of water and sewer lines were destroyed.
Israeli bulldozers have stopped Palestinian ambulances—which were already having a hard time on account of the roads.
Forty Palestinians were killed in the West Bank by the Israeli military in August—more than any other month since Hamas’ attack on Israel last October.
For Palestinians in the West Bank, it is a collective punishment, violently doled out by the Israeli state.