{"id":741,"date":"2026-02-10T04:09:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T04:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1newsnetwork.com\/?p=741"},"modified":"2026-02-16T07:26:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T07:26:08","slug":"far-right-israeli-minister-storms-west-bank-town-undercover-of-western-silence-about-atrocities-in-palestine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1newsnetwork.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/10\/far-right-israeli-minister-storms-west-bank-town-undercover-of-western-silence-about-atrocities-in-palestine\/","title":{"rendered":"Far-right Israeli minister storms West Bank town under cover of Western silence about atrocities in Palestine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">EU parliament declines debate on annexations as Israeli army forces several Palestinian families south of Jenin to evacuate their homes. Meanwhile, sources say Trump is opposed to West Bank actions, but is likely to look the other way as has been done with ongoing ceasefire violations <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/haber.aa.com.tr\/#\"><\/a>By Awad Rjoob<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) \u2013 Far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Monday stormed the town of Ni\u2019lin in the central occupied West Bank, a day after Tel Aviv announced decisions expanding annexation of the territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cToday, I carried out a tour (raid) of the waste-burning site in the town of Ni\u2019lin, accompanied by the head of the Judea and Samaria Subcommittee (the biblical name for the West Bank), Knesset member Tzvi Sukkot,\u201d Smotrich said on the US social media company X\u2019s platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking about the annexation policy, he added: \u201cDuring the tour, we closely monitored ongoing enforcement activities at the site, as part of broader efforts to restore control over the area and stop the continued impact on the quality of life of Israeli citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis tour came a day after the decision of the security cabinet, which I led together with Defence Minister Israel Katz, granting security forces strong enforcement powers against environmental terrorism, even within Areas A and B.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8A White House official told me President Trump is opposed to Israel annexing the West Bank<br>\ud83d\udea8&quot;A stable West Bank keeps Israel secure and is in line with this administration\u2019s goal to achieve peace in the region&quot;, the White House official said <br>\ud83d\udea8The White House official\u2026<\/p>&mdash; Barak Ravid (@BarakRavid) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BarakRavid\/status\/2021014881399456242?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 10, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Boasting about the incursion, Smotrich said: Israel \u201ctakes responsibility and acts wherever its citizens are harmed\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Monday, the Left group in the European Parliament slammed the body for rejecting their request to debate Israel&#8217;s recent expansion of control in the occupied West Bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Once again, the Parliament decided to turn a blind eye to violence in Palestine,\u201d it wrote on the US social media company X\u2019s platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group said the request for a debate was opposed by the centre-right and far-right coalition in the parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And, it is reported out of Washington that US President Donald Trump is also opposed to the land grabs currently happening in the West Bank. However, as with Trump&#8217;s silence over the daily violations of the ceasefire in Gaza that he has claimed as his initiative, it is unlikely that the US president will take any action to stop the ongoing ethnic-cleansing happening under the protection of Trump and other western leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u26a1\ufe0f\ud83d\udea8 BREAKING:<br><br>The USA does not support the Israeli annexation of the West Bank but it fully supports the Israeli annexation of the West Bank <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mhRQwI2KXi\">https:\/\/t.co\/mhRQwI2KXi<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Middle East Observer (@ME_Observer_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ME_Observer_\/status\/2021033182250815830?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 10, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Separately, the Israeli army on Monday forced several Palestinian families south of the city of Jenin in the northern West Bank to evacuate their homes in preparation for the return of its forces to a military camp it had evacuated in 2005.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jamal Rashid, a Palestinian resident affected by the evacuation order, said the Israeli army gave several families, numbering more than 50, until Tuesday morning to leave their homes and vacate the Arraba camp south of Jenin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He told Anadolu that the families rely on livestock herding and that after the Israeli army evacuated the camp in 2005, they moved into old buildings inside the camp that had been constructed before Israel occupied the West Bank in 1967.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBut the army arrived on Saturday and informed residents that they must evacuate in preparation for its return to the camp,\u201d Rashid said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that the families have begun moving their belongings and livestock to other areas of the town of Arraba amid the absence of any alternative housing options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The army had evacuated the camp in 2005 as part of what was known at the time as the \u201cdisengagement plan,\u201d an Israeli measure under which settlements and military sites were evacuated in the northern West Bank and the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Sunday, Israel\u2019s security cabinet ordered the repealing of a law barring the sale of Palestinian land to Jews in the West Bank, the unsealing of land ownership records, and transferring building permit authority in a Hebron settlement bloc from the Palestinian municipality to Israel\u2019s civil administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The measures also expand Israeli oversight and enforcement into areas classified as Area A and Area B, citing alleged violations related to unlicensed construction, water issues and damage to archaeological and environmental sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The expansion would allow demolitions and seizures of Palestinian property even in areas administered civilly and security-wise by the Palestinian Authority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Israel\u2019s Yedioth Ahronoth daily, the measures are expected to bring sweeping changes to land registration and purchasing mechanisms in the West Bank.\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Opening land records would publicly disclose owners\u2019 names and enable Israeli buyers to contact them directly, easing land purchases and settlement expansion across the occupied territory, the outlet added.  <em>&#8211;  Additional reporting by ONN staff.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><em>EU parliament declines debate on annexations as Israeli army forces several Palestinian families south of Jenin to evacuate their homes. 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