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Israel will increase the number of work permits issued to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, allowing thousands more Palestinians to gain legal status before President Joe Biden visits the area later this week. I said I would do it.
Israel is portraying moves such as confidence-building measures aimed at alleviating tensions. Critics say that without the peace process, it would only establish a 55-year junta against millions of Palestinians. The last serious peace talks broke down more than a decade ago.
The latest measures were approved by Defense Minister Benny Gantz, who met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on the west bank of the occupied Jordan River last week to discuss coordination prior to Biden’s visit. Abbas’s Palestinian Authority has restricted control over parts of the West Bank and is cooperating with Israel on security issues.
Israel will allow an additional 5,500 Palestinians to be added to the Palestinian population registration. This is effectively managed by Israel, so you can get an ID card. According to rights groups, tens of thousands of Palestinians on the West Bank and Gaza lack such status and are forced to live under strict mobility restrictions.
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Israel has stated that Palestinian workers in Gaza will grant an additional 1,500 permits to work in Israel, bringing the total to 15,500. This is the highest since Hamas, an Islamic extremist group, seized power in Gaza 15 years ago. Since then, Israel and Egypt have imposed a devastating blockade on Gaza.
Israel says that a blockade is needed to prevent Hamas (which opposes its very existence) from arming itself. Palestinians and rights groups see the blockade as a form of collective punishment for the two million Palestinian populations in Gaza.
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Israel has also approved six zoning programs on the west bank of the Jordan River. Israeli authorities have severely restricted Palestinian construction in 60% of the West Bank under full Israeli control, routinely destroying hard-to-find houses and other structures built without Israeli permission. increase. Authorities also said they would open a new rolling stock intersection on the north west bank of the Jordan River.
Israel occupied the West Bank in the 1967 war, and Palestinians want the West Bank to form a major part of the nation of the future.
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The Biden administration has stated that it supports the final two-state solution. But as Israel expanded its settlements on the west coast, it was largely awaited. There, about 500,000 Jewish settlers with special legal status live with about 3 million Palestinians.