Photo: Jeff Halper with the Hathaleens from the Umm Al-Khair Community Council – November 2025
In November, the UN’s Security Council ratified Trump’s Peace Plan for Gaza. It makes permanent Israel’s settler colonial agenda in Gaza and dismantles the Palestinian struggle for liberation. With Hamas returning the hostages except for one body and the Israeli political prisoners, Hamas has now given up all the political leverage it had. In the meantime, Israel still holds nearly 10,000 Palestinians who are held in inhumane conditions in its prisons. We are seeing how Israel does not respect the conditions of the ceasefire, and that it is happening because the US has granted Israel permission to carry on as it wishes. Phase Two of the ceasefire agreement will continue the pacification of the Palestinians with no ability to resist, all to Israel’s benefit. In addition, there is no mention of a political framework for Gaza’s future.
Within the West Bank, the Judaization process has been ramped up. The Israeli government continues its silence as it allows the violent settlers to terrorize the Palestinians, especially the farmers and shepherds in Area C. Large tracks of land have already been taken.
Jeff suggests the following actions:
Launch a campaign against normalization and two-state apartheid. Demand the UN send a protection force into the West Bank and with more visits from international civil society to help prevent despair amongst Palestinians. Work should progress on a political horizon. For him this means one democratic state. Improve coordination between international organisations with Palestinians on the ground identifying what they need. View this video update here