Olmert: Its a ‘Campaign of Ethnic Cleansing’

Afshin Amin commented: In a notable piece in the Israeli newspaper, Haaretz, yesterday, former Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Olmert accused the Netanyahu government of overseeing a “systematic campaign of ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity” in the West Bank through settler violence, which he described as “daily terrorism” encouraged and managed by the state (including officials, police, and military). He rejected downplaying it as isolated incidents. This follows the harshest criticism yet from Trump and Vance. Perhaps Israel’s reign of terror is finally drawing to a conclusion? Let’s hope so

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Dr. Marwan Asmar holds a PhD from Leeds University and is a freelance writer specializing on the Middle East. He has worked as a journalist since the early 1990s in Jordan and the Gulf countries, and been widely published, including at Albawaba, Gulf News, Al Ghad, World Press Review and others.

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