Sanctions not working. Israeli settler violence continues unopposed
cross-posted from: https://aussie.zone/post/33984182
As illegal Israeli settlements and settler violence escalate across the occupied West Bank, Australia has sanctioned only half of those sanctioned by our allies.
Despite Foreign Minister Penny Wong’s recent announcement of additional sanctions, Australia’s response has not only been minimal, slow and ineffective, with any serious sanctions reform in effect ‘vetoed’ by the Israel Lobby.
Amnesty International has just released a major report detailing Israel’s accelerating annexation and ethnic cleansing of the West Bank – particularly the Palestinian Bedouin and herding communities.
The report is It is a detailed and chilling account of Israel’s state-led and state-funded systematic campaign of ethnic cleansing and settler-army violence. Resulting in an “exponential rise in state-backed settler violence
https://michaelwest.com.au/sanctions-not-working-israeli-settler-violence-continues-unopposed/Open linkView original on aussie.zone
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At this point we should be assuming all Israelis are war criminals, expelling any Israeli citizens who are currently here and having them prove they are refugees though the existing process if they want to enter or stay.
For more info on the AI report: https://www.amnesty.org.au/acceleration-of-israels-ethnic-cleansing-of-palestinians-must-spur-global-action-to-halt-west-bank-annexation/
Sanctioning is like placing a barrier on a road. You've closed your street to israHell but the US has an 8 lane interstate to the same destination wide open.
Still, the more complete sanctions by more countries placed on Israel, the more choking of its economy and the more pressure on other countries which are pissy like ours to get serious.