Last October, Israelis were rightly horrified to hear that ~400 acres of forest burned down as a direct result of an IDF training exercise carried out in a nature reserve,despite warnings.
Now look at what happened when the IDF insisted on training in a Palestinian village today:

This is Jinba, a village in Firing Zone 918. Large-scale artillery forces arrived there this AM w/ armored vehicles. In response to @acri_online who reminded them of the damage caused last time, the IDF promised to avoid damaging residents' property. But somehow, this happened:
And this is what some of the agricultural lands looked like this morning, after the heavy armored vehicles flattened them. The residents depend on this land for their livelihood. Several months of hard work can be destroyed in a matter of minutes. (Video: Guy Botavia)
Destroying agricultural fields isn't new. Here's what a Nahal Brig soldier saw in 2004-05: "There was wheat that overflowed beyond the fields, so the instruction [...] that the platoon commander got, or at least what he said to us, [was] to trample." https://t.co/CypEpEpj4s
Here's another picture from this morning, this time from fields belonging to residents of the neighboring Bir al-Eid:
And at a time when healthcare is more important than ever, here's what was happening right outside Jinba's clinic this morning: https://t.co/rrsBesr2Yp
Why did the IDF insist on training inside these Palestinian villages? Excellent question. According to the Hebron Hills Regional Council (representing the settlers of the area), it's not about training, but rather 'enhancing [our] governance'. https://t.co/qw0jetJUlS
The IDF hasn't trained in the area for 7 years. Perhaps training there suddenly became more urgent. Or perhaps it has something to do with the upcoming Supreme Court verdict that will determine if the Palestinians living in FZ918 are to be evicted. https://t.co/CCWhgRdrYn
As far back as 1981, then-Defense Minister Ariel Sharon said in a Knesset committee meeting that Israel had a clear interest in declaring the area a firing zone so that the Palestinian population wouldn't "spread": https://t.co/yCEr4Wty43
Of course, this morning looked completely different for Jinba's residents than it did for their settler neighbors, some of whom were even given the opportunity to enter the artillery vehicles. They're not at risk of eviction any time soon. (Photo: Guy Botavia)
The exercise continues tomorrow, when more Palestinians will watch as their property is destroyed under the pretext of an exercise. The threat of eviction will still hover over them. And too few politicians will find the time to say a word.
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The Bolshevik Revolution was Jewish, 6/8 Soviet leaders from Lenin to Gorbachev were Jewish AND all three Presidents since the (fake) fall of the Soviet Union are Jewish

Lenin✡️
Stalin✡️
Khrushchev✡️
Brezhnev✡️
Andropov✡️
Gorbachev✡️
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Yeltsin✡️
Medvedev✡️
Putin✡️


First Soviet government mostly Jewish:

Funded by International Jewish bankers;

https://t.co/qdmhsmSRFz

Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams on Bolshevik revolution:

“In the Soviet Republic, all the committees and commissaries were filled with Jews”

https://t.co/iysRhViRe3


Lenin:

"Russian-Jewish newspaper Yevreyskaya Tribuna , 22nd August, 1922 - Lenin asked the rabbis if they were satisfied with the particularly cruel executions."

https://t.co/vWoUqvmXc4


Stalin:

B’nai Brith report - Stalin is Jewish (pg 35)
https://t.co/Km9UClfrRt

Stalin's Jewish mother (Jewish Cup Kiddush covered with a shroud - on the grave of Stalin's mother) https://t.co/XXAkeC6wID

Soviet Analyst, Volume 31, Issues 1-7
https://t.co/ycZG4XshNC


Khrushchev:

Nikita Salomon PEARLMUTTER. (img 1) https://t.co/aVLCetMf3w

Another source for Pearlmutter (img2)
https://t.co/m6JzRrD1BJ

"Khrushchev, also, promptly added that the Soviet Government is based today on Jewish leadership"
https://t.co/4lg7XZJON8

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