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   Paul Sutton (zleap@qoto.org)'s status on Friday, 10-Jan-2025 17:29:56 JST Paul Sutton

   @RichardJMurphy

   I agree, Musk would not be making these comments unless he wants something. This appears to have started in the summer with the protests then riots, X just put more fuel on the flames. I believe it was thanks to social media that the false narrative that the individual involved with the murders was an illegal immigrant started, hence stoking protests and violence outside hotels housing immigrants.

   It is clear that big tech just want their platforms to be a free for all under the banner of 'free speech' as the UK / EU and Australia (and other countries are fighting back with regulation). So big tech try and fight back by making subliminal actions that can lead to big changes at government level ( if that makes sense )

   People are fixated with social media, so thanks to algorithms they get to see one side of a story, and don't get to see posts such as this which helps provoke the critical thinking needed to see the wider picture.

   Those of us here, see a different side to X and mainstream, stories of abuse of the LGBTQA communities, the science commuity for example as people migrate (or flee) here with those stories, or are allowed to say how fearful they are and we see those comments.

   In terms of conspiracies to depose Sir Kier Starmer as leader, it is not as if the previous government didn't go through about 5 or 6 PMs in a short space of time.

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   anban (anban@squeet.me)'s status on Friday, 06-Dec-2024 16:16:49 JST anban
   ♲ @part_of_you@diaspora.psyco.fr:
   In our last post, we mentioned the isolated settlement of Ariel in the context of the expansion of #Highway505, which connects it to even more isolated and violent settlements that are situated in the heart of the #WestBank. Today, we return for a brief look at the settlement of Ariel in order to shed light about the large agricultural areas it has effectively annexed for itself.

   In order to understand exactly what is going on there, we must rewind a few decades: The settlement of Ariel was established in the late 1970s on a long, narrow ridge that runs east and west. This topography gave the settlement its long and narrow sausage-like shape. Between 2004 and 2006, Israel constructed a perimeter fence around Ariel as part of the "Separation Wall" project initiated by the Sharon government during the peak of the Second Intifada in 2002. Although a large portion of the "Separation Wall" project remains incomplete to this day, Ariel is encircled by a substantial fence on three sides- north, east, and south - separating it from the rest of the West Bank. However, the settlement's western side remains open.

   The fence that was constructed during those years did not follow the official boundaries of the settlement of Ariel, meaning to the lands that #Israel had officially expropriated from the surrounding Palestinian villages. Instead, the fence was built along a route determined by the Ministry of Defense and the army, designed to maximize the distance between Palestinians and the settlement. This is how hundreds of dunams of agricultural land were effectively annexed to the settlement of Ariel. Most of these lands belong to the residents of Salfit, located south of the settlement, while a smaller portion belong to the residents of the village of Iskaka located east of the settlement of #Ariel. In this way among others, “Ariel University” took control over the lands of the residents of Iskaka and converted them into parking lots for its students. A link to our previous post on this matter is in the comments.

   In the West Bank, there is no such thing as a territorial vacuum. Any land that its rightful owners are prevented from accessing, whether due to official and “authorised” violence by the army (as in this case) or due to piracy violence initiated by settlers, will sooner or later become de facto annexed to the nearest settlement.

   A few hundred meters southwest of the “University”, within the olive groves of Salfit residents, who are trapped between the settlement and the fence, you can find an “enduro trail” that has been broken out in recent years. A brief visit to the site reveals a rogue network of trails and jumps, some cutting through olive groves and others on land historically used for seasonal agriculture by Palestinians for generations, until the fence was constructed. The truth is, that a visit isn’t even necessary- the entire setup is proudly displayed online. The creators of the ‘Ariel Enduro Trail’ Facebook page seem fully aware that, from the perspective of state authorities, Palestinian lands are seen as a legitimate target, if not outright recommended, for looting.

   This is not the only instance in the #WestBank where Palestinian agricultural lands have been looted and turned into a motorcycle track. Nearly three years ago, we published a post about the motorcycle track that was broken in the lands of the residents of the village of Aqraba. These lands were looted by Israel in the early 1970s and were later allocated to the isolated and violent settlement of #Gitit. Years after the settlers of Gitit stopped cultivating the lands that were granted to them at no cost, they decided they could exploit it in a more creative and profitable manner.
   For several years, we have been writing about the link between the culture of criminality and lawlessness thriving in the #settlements and the leisure activities embraced by the Israeli middle class. The olive groves of Salfit residents is an example of this connection.

   
   Link to the post about the motorcycle track in Gitit
   https://www. facebook. com/share/p/18BQpnkbVQ/
   https://www. facebook. com/share/p/18kYDEApzn/

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   #Israel #genocide #Gaza #Palestine
   keremnavot.org/english
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