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The Take

Beyond Gaza: Israel’s military escalation in the West Bank

The Take

Al Jazeera

News Commentary, Politics, Daily News, News

4.7748 Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2024

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Israel’s ongoing military operation in the occupied West Bank is the largest of its kind since 2002. It marks a significant escalation from the increased military assaults and settler violence that have already been seen since October 7. Why is this happening now?

In this episode:

  • Diana Buttu (@dianabuttu), Human Rights Lawyer & Analyst

Episode credits:

This episode was produced by Tamara Khandaker, Sarí el-Khalili, and Sonia Bhagat, with Shraddha Joshi, Duha Mosaad, Hagir Saleh, and our host Natasha del Toro, in for Malika Bilal.

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik. Munera Al Dosari and Adam Abou-Gad are our engagement producers.

Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Al Jazeera Podcasts.

0:07.0

Today, Israel's sweeping military offensive across the occupied West Bank.

0:17.0

Israeli vehicles are entering the cities of Turkaram, Tubas and Janine.

0:23.6

Thousands of troops, some of them going with vehicles, others by foot, bulldozing streets.

0:29.6

What's driving Israel's overwhelming show of force now?

0:34.6

I'm Natasha del Toro, and this is The Take.

0:48.3

They want to treat us as these human pinballs with us eventually leaving so that they can create a greater Israel.

0:58.7

It was clear from day one. They made it clear from day one. And these plans have been continuing ever since.

1:06.9

Joining us to talk about all of this is Deanna Butu, a human rights lawyer based in Haifa.

1:14.1

So, Deanna, first of all, I want to say welcome to the take.

1:17.7

We are speaking on Thursday, and this is obviously a rapidly evolving situation.

1:24.3

Of course, this is not the first time we're hearing about Israeli attacks in the

1:28.0

occupied West Bank. And we're going to get into the backdrop of all of that in a second. But right

1:34.4

now, let's talk about this week. Can you tell us about the areas where this is all happening and

1:41.4

who it's happening to. Where can I begin?

1:46.2

Look, Israel has made it a point to attack virtually each and every Palestinian refugee camp

1:54.0

for as long as they have been able to.

1:56.5

And in particular, over the course in this past week, we've seen that Israel has attacked the refugee camp in Janine.

2:04.6

They've attacked refugee camps in Tulquerem and as well as in Navelis.

2:09.6

In addition to going into areas like Tubas and attacking these areas as well.

2:14.6

Israeli soldiers and bulldozers storming the Janine refugee camp accompanied by drones.

2:21.3

So remember, these are the most marginalized communities within any society and certainly

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