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The photograph, taken by Italian photojournalist Pietro Masturzo in the village of Idhna, west of Hebron, documents Israeli settlers and occupation soldiers obstructing Palestinian farmers at the start of the olive harvest. Masturzo described armed settlers, some in military-style clothing, arrived with Israeli forces and prevented residents from accessing their land, describing the scene as part of a wider pattern long recorded across the West Bank.
“It was sobering to see this wall for real on my visit to the Holy Land, and we were stopped at various checkpoints and intimidated by local Israeli militias who told us that we couldn’t visit Palestinian families in the occupied West Bank.
“But this Christmas morning, as well as thinking about the walls that divide and separate the Holy Land, I’m also thinking of all the walls and barriers we erect across the whole of the world and, perhaps, most alarming of all, the ones we build around ourselves and construct in our hearts, and of how our fearful shielding of ourselves from strangers.
“The strangers we encounter in the homeless on our streets, refugees seeking asylum, young people robbed of opportunity and growing up without hope for the future, means that we are in danger of even failing to welcome Christ when he comes.”
UN Population Fund Deputy Executive Director Andrew Saberton, who just returned from Gaza, told reporters that the agency was able to bring in some assistance last week through the Kerem Shalom/Karem Abu Salem crossing.
“We have been distributing medical supplies and equipment, including incubators, delivery beds and fetal monitoring machines, that were prepositioned inside Gaza, to hospitals,” he said. “But the trickle of aid being allowed to enter Gaza after the ceasefire is nowhere near enough.”
Inside Gaza on Tuesday, out of 10 humanitarian missions coordinated with the Israeli authorities, six were facilitated, including the collection of water tanks, hygiene kits and fuel from the crossings into Gaza, OCHA said.
His remarks followed a report published earlier on Wednesday by The Wall Street Journal, which stated that ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan is preparing arrest warrants for Ben Gvir and Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich over their roles in expanding Israeli settlements in the West Bank — activity considered illegal under international law. Both ministers are known for their hardline views and support for accelerating the illegal colonies in occupied Palestinian territories, drawing widespread condemnation from the international community.
In the Gaza Strip, where the war of genocide has been ongoing for more than a year and a half, the entire economic structure has been destroyed, and industrial facilities, factories, and infrastructure have been targeted, resulting in tens of thousands of workers losing their livelihoods amid a stifling blockade that prevents reconstruction and closes the horizon of employment for them. The working class in Gaza is currently experiencing an unprecedented humanitarian and economic catastrophe, amid the inaction of the international community and the silence of human rights organizations regarding the ongoing and escalating Zionist crimes against our people.In the Gaza Strip, where the war of genocide has been ongoing for more than a year and a half, the entire economic structure has been destroyed, and industrial facilities, factories, and infrastructure have been targeted, resulting in tens of thousands of workers losing their livelihoods amid a stifling blockade that prevents reconstruction and closes the horizon of employment for them. The working class in Gaza is currently experiencing an unprecedented humanitarian and economic catastrophe, amid the inaction of the international community and the silence of human rights organizations regarding the ongoing and escalating Zionist crimes against our people.
In light of the convening of the Palestinian Central Council: A Call to Renew the National Resistance Project and Build a Truly Unified Struggle Our
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 