Dear All, The Netanyahu government has portrayed its strikes on the Jenin refugee camp – the biggest military operation in the occupied West Bank for two decades – as a limited intervention lasting just a few days. This is scant comfort for the thousands fleeing violence, including families making their escape as homes and infrastructure were destroyed. The Palestinian health ministry said that at least 11 people had been killed, and 100 injured. Whenever the troops leave, the idea of a short-lived offensive is also misleading. The intent is a show of force in retaliation for renewed attacks on settlers, and unexpectedly strong resistance to a previous raid. This was only the latest and most intense of multiple raids on Jenin, one of which killed the renowned journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in 2022. And it will only fuel the surge of violence. A Palestinian resident of the West Bank injured at least nine people in Tel Aviv in a truck and knife attack; he was shot dead. This is not yet a third intifada – even if the scenes in Jenin are remarkably reminiscent of the second. But the violence is spiralling. 2022 was the West Bank’s deadliest since the UN began documenting fatalities in 2005. At least 150 Palestinians – including 33 children – were killed by Israeli forces and at least two by settlers. Ten Israelis, including five settlers, were killed by Palestinians. Yet those figures have been surpassed already in 2023. Hence it is imperative that Peace and Legal Equality are manifested in Israel-Palestine - and that politicians stop the killing. It is also obvious that the Netanyahu government rejects a two-state solution and intends to perpetuate Apartheid in Israel-Palestine; being a testament of the Biden administration's failure to manifest Peace in the Holy Land - President Biden lacking the courage to implement sanctions against Bibi Netanyahu. Hence we have temporarily taken over the leadership of Israel-Palestine. The NGO BTB-Global Peacebuilding will be handling matters in the Knesset הכנסת in the meantime; until Democracy, Equality and Rule of Law have been manifested in Israel-Palestine. The solution is conceptually quite simple: create a true democracy, i.e one person one vote. Reconciliation may take some time, but that’s the best way to manifest Peace and Equality in Israel-Palestine. לבריאות / Love and Light / نْ شَاءَ ٱلل Acting President of Israel-Palestine, Mark - BTB-Global Peacebuilding / The Mashiach משיח 24. July 2023