So there we have it. There was no excuse for the British or American governments. Israel is

being completely openly explicitly clear about their intentions. Their foreign minister,

Eli Cohen, was today quoted as saying, at the end of this war, not only will Hamas

no longer be in Gaza, but the territory of Gaza will also decrease. It is very clear,

what he means by that, which is that Israel intends to annex at least part of Gaza to be clear.

This is illegal, not slightly illegal, not a bit illegal, completely illegal. As it stands,

Israel is already guilty of what is regarded by the United Nations as the illegal occupation

of Gaza. That's because even though for now troops are not on its soil, it is underblocked

from air, land and sea, and the control of water, food and basic supplies is controlled

by Israel. It is also guilty of the direct illegal occupation and colonization of the West Bank.

Now to quote for example, UN Security Council Resolution T334, the Security Council reaffirmed

this afternoon that Israel's establishment of settlements in Palestinian territory occupied

since 1967, including East Jerusalem, had no legal validity, constituting a flagrant

violation under international law and a major obstacle to the vision of two states living side-by-side

in peace and security within internationally recognized borders. Now there are around 700,000

Israeli settlers who live illegally in the occupied West Bank in 279 settlements that's

grown from 520,000 since 2012. Now according to the UN, there have been 3,372 violent incidents

by settlers injuring 1,222 Palestinians. Last year, settler violence reached the highest

levels ever recorded, but Israel failed to investigate or prosecute that violence.

Now right now, largely unreported, given the horror currently being unleashed in Gaza,

is that there's been a sharp uptick in violence killing Palestinians in the West Bank at the hands

of Israeli forces and Israeli settlers. So in what we talk about this, because the fact there

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