Israel is planning on annexing large swaths of the West Bank. This goes against decades of international understanding that - while Israel has been oppressive in the West Bank - there would be no such annexation. The pushback from Sunni Arab nations who rely on Israel as an ally against Iran is present but muted. It seems inevitable, however, that a third Intifada uprising will occur among Palestinians should this come to pass. Israel has not been shy about using the sort of state empowered violence that has largely torn apart America over the past month and a half. While African American rights are routinely violated, Palestinians have almost none - especially when it comes to conflicts with the IDF.
For all Trump's scare mongering about the violence and "carnage" associated with the George Floyd protests, the best guess is that 27 people have died during this uprising. One man was killed in Louisville yesterday. Twice as many people have died from Covid-19 today and it's not yet noon on a Sunday (when reporting is slow), however, and given the scope and intensity of the protests, I'm surprised the number is that low. By comparison, the same number of people were killed during the uprising in Newark over 5 days in 1967. Almost twice as many died in Detroit that summer.
When/if the IDF goes to war against the Palestinians over their plan to annex the West Bank, I would expect the death toll to reach the thousands.
Netanyahu is a war criminal.
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