West Bank Protests: Waiting for a Tipping Point
West Bank Protests: Waiting for a Tipping Point
Ramallah – As the first week of Israel’s latest military assault on the besieged Gaza Strip drew to a close, 134 Palestinians have been killed and 1,100 injured.
While the Israeli codenamed “Operation Pillar of Defense” continues in Gaza, residents of the West Bank have also marked the death of three: Hamdi Fallah, 22, from Hebron; Rushdi Tamimi, 31, from the Ramallah village of Nabi Saleh; and Nabil Ahmad Nabil, 20 months, from Turmus Ayyah, a resident of Qalandiya.
The indiscriminate bombing of the Gaza strip, in which entire families such as the Dallou and the Hijazi families have been killed inside their own homes, has triggered a response from the West Bank that has been unprecedented in recent years.
The usual reaction from the West Bank to Israeli bombings of Gaza is characterized by reticence, indifference, or inaction due to fear of repression by Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces.
This time around however, protests erupted across the West Bank. Granted they have not yet swelled to mass demonstrations, they have been persistent and have carefully chosen their target locations: occupation checkpoints, illegal settlements, and prisons.
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