The ordinary oppression of a people in the West Bank
By Camille Frati, Lex Kleren Switch to French for original article
The spotlight is on Gaza and the atrocities suffered by its population over the past two years, almost making us forget that Palestinians on the West Bank are also living in inhuman/unworthy conditions. The Lëtzebuerger Journal interviewed Abdelfattah Abusrour, the director of a cultural centre and an advocate of 'Beautiful Resistance' through art - but also a man tormented by the situation of his people.
Two years after the attacks of 7 October and the start of the Israeli armed intervention in the Gaza Strip, a fragile cease-fire has been put into place in the narrow territory wedged between Israel, the Mediterranean Sea and Egypt. The last Israeli hostages have been released, and those who did not survive are to be to their families. US President Donald Trump, the unpredictable orchestrator of the ceasefire, paraded around all day on 14 October to boast of its success in Jerusalem and then in Sharm-el-Sheikh before the twenty or so heads of state or government gathered for the peace summit. Israeli strikes resumed this week.
Whether Trump likes it or not, the (partial) departure of the Israeli tanks does not erase two years of war and massacres or restore life as it was before. Gazans are returning to the ruins of their homes. In the West Bank, this ceasefire has no impact on the deplorable living conditions of the Palestinians. This is what we learned during an interview with Abdelfattah Abusrour, founder and managing director of the Alrowwad cultural centre in the Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem.
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