Israel Confiscates More Palestinian Land, US Media Calls it 'Disputed Real Estate'
According to The New Arab, Israel has confiscated around 700 dunams of Palestinian land between Salfit and Qalqilya in the occupied West Bank. This isn't a new development; it's a recurring feature of the Israeli occupation, part of a systematic erosion of Palestinian presence. The move follows similar confiscations in 2023, expanding settlements deemed illegal under international law – a detail
often softened by US media as 'controversial' or 'disputed' actions. (Are these disputes typically settled with bulldozers and military decrees?) While State Department officials will likely issue a 'concern' or a 'disappointment' — perhaps after the PR teams have vetted the exact shade of mild disapproval — the tangible outcome remains unchanged. Palestinians lose land, settlements expand, and
the US sends billions in aid, effectively subsidizing this continuous annexation. One might wonder if the 'two-state solution' they regularly tout now involves one state growing incrementally, at the expense of the other, until it simply encompasses all the 'disputed' territory.