In the shadow of Trump's Gaza 'Peace' Plan: Palestinians are driven from the West Bank

Friday, 12 December 2025 - 10:00am to 10:30am

Whilst our official media and our government seem to have decided that all's now OK in Palestine, Gaza and the West Bank, and that Trump's so-called Gaza Peace Plan 'needs to be given time to work its way through', on the ground stories from the West Bank give a rather devastating account of what's happening behind the media silence... Reports of ongoing attacks by Israeli settlers/colonists on local Palestinian farmers, aided and abetted by the onlooking or collaborating IDF, and justified by Israel's government figures and most of its press paint a devastating picture and Jacques has collected several of them in this program.  Meanwhile, hundreds of Palestinians have been killed and 80 of their villages have been destroyed...

References

Antoine’s Blog from Bethlehem  West Bank Blues – Gods Leger Is In Aankomst 

Sources

https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025-12-04/ty-article-opinion/.premium/when-the-army-becomes-a-preacher-the-perils-of-israels-for-judea-campaign/0000019a-e5a1-d0ea-afff-ffeb20bb0000

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-12-02/ty-article/.premium/why-we-are-here-idf-campaign-encourages-west-bank-tourism-with-settler-propaganda/0000019a-de73-db2e-a9de-ff7f89500000

 https://www.facebook.com/972magazine/posts/nestled-in-the-rugged-hills-of-masafer-yatta-my-village-of-at-tuwani-has-long-ep/1335495031925164/

 https://www.somo.nl/additional-evidence-filed-against-booking-com-for-profiting-from-illegal-settlements/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

Kerry O'Brien Press freedom is being destroyed from Gaza to America. Don’t think it can’t happen here (Fri 28 Nov 2025) Address at the Walkley Foundation Prize Announcements.

Refuser Solidarity Network (RSF)

Gideon Levy (28/10/2025 in Haaretz and Pearls and Irritations) It's no longer possible to be a Palestinian in the West Bank

Melbourne protest against genocide in Syria Saturday, 13 December 2025, 12:00pm
Parliament of Victoria: Stand together against the genocide in Syria and call for an end to the ongoing massacres of minorities. NB: This is a peaceful solidarity gathering; No flags, political or sectarian symbols should be displayed.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DR-825xE7NW/

 

Friday 10:00am to 10:30am
Think Again offers weekly conversations and reflections about current events, trends and public pronouncements on contemporary and emerging issues. The show moves beyond what we read and hear via the public and ‘social’ media, to invite alternative possibilities to guide our thinking, living and organising.

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Jennifer Borrell & Jacques Boulet

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