Israeli Regime Expands Oppression Across Occupied West Bank
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Israeli occupation forces and settlers have tightened their stranglehold on Palestinian towns and villages across the West Bank, erecting barriers, raiding homes, and destroying livelihoods under the pretext of “security.”
Israeli forces stormed multiple neighborhoods in Nablus, including Rafidia and Al-Makhfiyya, raiding residential buildings and searching apartments, Al Jazeera reported.
At the same time, extremist settlers pitched tents in the village of Susya in Masafer Yatta, southern Hebron, marking the third such provocation as part of a systematic campaign to seize Palestinian land.
Residents of Sinjil are now effectively imprisoned by a towering metal fence slicing through their town.
“Sinjil is now a big prison,” said Mousa Shabaneh, 52.
“Of course, we’re now forbidden from going to the nursery. All the trees I had were burned and lost,” he said.
Walls and checkpoints imposed by Israeli occupation troops have long choked life for nearly 3 million Palestinians.
Since the genocidal war on Gaza began, the regime has dramatically increased barriers, transforming towns into open-air prisons.
The fence in Sinjil blocks access to 2,000 acres of private land.
“This is the policy that the occupation army uses to intimidate people and break the will of the Palestinian people,” said Bahaa Foqaa, deputy mayor.
In a statement steeped in colonial arrogance, the Israeli military claimed the barrier was necessary to protect settlers who have illegally colonized the West Bank since 1967.
Israel Gantz, head of the Binyamin Regional Council, openly justified the lockdowns by labeling Palestinians as inherent threats.
“A carte blanche lifting of the restrictions on Arab Palestinians would encourage the mass murder of Jews,” he told Reuters.
After decades of feigned interest in a two-state solution, the Israeli regime now includes far-right figures openly pledging to annex the entire territory.
Since the beginning of the war on Gaza, Israeli occupation forces escalated repression: dumping mounds of earth on roads, sealing gates, and setting up sudden “flying checkpoints.”
Sana Alwan, a personal trainer in Sinjil, said her commute to Ramallah has become an ordeal lasting up to three hours.
“Half of our life is on the roads,” she said.
Tens of thousands lost their livelihoods when Israel barred West Bank workers from entering its territory.
Sweeps in Jenin and other areas displaced many more.
Mohammad Jammous, a Ramallah resident, said he now visits his family in Ariha only once a month instead of every week.
Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa condemned the measures as a deliberate attempt to crush the Palestinian people.
“They are doing everything they can to make life extremely difficult for our people,” he said.
