On this day in 1967, the Israeli Army occupied the West Bank and Gaza Strip, claiming emergency powers with a military decree that greatly restricts the rights of the occupied. The ongoing occupation is the longest in the modern era.

The Israeli Army action took place in the context of the Six Day War, fought between Israel and a coalition of Arab states. The status of the West Bank as a militarily occupied territory has been affirmed by the International Court of Justice and, with the exception of East Jerusalem, by the Israeli Supreme Court.

According to Human Rights Watch (HRW), the military proclamation issued by the Israeli Army on June 7th, 1967 permitted the application of the Defense (Emergency) Regulations of 1945.

These regulations empowered, and continue to empower, authorities to declare as an “unlawful association” groups that advocate for “bringing into hatred or contempt, or the exciting of disaffection against” the authorities, and criminalize membership in or possession of material belonging to or affiliated, even indirectly, with these groups.

HRW goes on to state that these and other broad restrictions on the occupied population violate international law: “The Israeli army has for over 50 years used broadly worded military orders to arrest Palestinian journalists, activists and others for their speech and activities - much of it non-violent - protesting, criticizing or opposing Israeli policies. These orders are written so broadly that they violate the obligation of states under international human rights law to clearly spell out conduct that could result in criminal sanction.”

Following the military occupation of the West Bank, Israel began expropriating the land and facilitating Israeli settlements in the area, broadly considered a violation of international law. While Israelis in the West Bank are subject to Israeli law and given representation in the Israeli Knesset, Palestinian civilians, mostly confined to scattered enclaves, are subject to martial law and are not permitted to vote in Israel’s national elections.

This two-tiered system has inspired comparisons to apartheid, likening the dense disconnected pockets that Palestinians are relegated to with the segregated Bantustans that previously existed in South Africa when the country was still under white supremacist rule.

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  • Frank [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
    7·
    5 months ago

    Cw: dv related stuff

    spoiler

    Yep. I went through a period of being super in to home automation years ago and i came a conclusion

    1.) Home automation is almost totally uslless

    2.) Except for stalking, controlling, and abusing your spouse.

    Tell when someone’s in the house. Track when every window is opened or closed. Log when the fridge is opened. Remotely control every plug, the ac, the fucking oven. Tell when the door was opened and who opened it. Set up geofencing and track someone 25/7 with 1m resolution. Absolutely nightmare shit.

    • hello_hello [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      4·
      5 months ago
      dv

      I can just fucking imagine some evangelical techbro nut or zionist predator using all that tech to control their children and spouse’s every move in some American gated community that chalk demons inhabit. Like this technology seems so ready made for them. I think this should be talked about more in addition to the data mining and profiling. This technology is surveillance technology yes, but it can also be done on the personal level.

      Obligatory, they used it in the west bank and now they’ll use it on their family members.