West Bank 'Creeping Annexation': A 57-Year Crawl
The Financial Times highlights Palestinian PM Shtayyeh's accusation of 'creeping annexation' in the West Bank. This 'creeping' began in 1967, following the Six-Day War. Since then, over 250 illegal Israeli settlements, home to nearly 700,000 settlers, have systematically carved up Palestinian land, often with significant financial backing from the U.S. and often without a peep from mainstream
outlets. Shtayyeh points to new roads and economic integration, painting it as a subtle encroachment. One might wonder how many more settlements, roads, and walls it takes before 'creeping' becomes 'full-blown seizure' for the world's media. Or perhaps, how many Palestinian lives it takes for such 'creeping' to finally be called what it is.