It's Just The First Phase (But We Don't Know Anything, Or How It Started)
- Oct 6, 2025
- 2 min read
Updated: Oct 7, 2025
PART VI / XIV
“What we are going to do, I’m telling you secretly, we are going to squat close to the border.”
Daniella Weiss, Settlement Movement Leader, 1/22/2024
“[Weiss’s] work now focuses on creating so-called outposts. These are settlements in which even the Israeli government considers illegal in the occupied West Bank.”
“In the West Bank, settlers have often gotten government recognition for settlements they built illegally, after the fact.”
“These settlements often displace Palestinians and are illegal under international law. [Weiss] has been arrested numerous times, but sees her unofficial approach as more efficient than anything Parliamentarians could do.”
Aya Ibrahim, DW, Israel, 1/22/2024
“[Netanyahu] ended up becoming more and more dependent on these marginal figures, many of whom themselves are criminals, convicted criminals.”
“Had [Netanyahu] succeeded, he would have probably tried to issue orders that today remain illegal orders; but, it’s unclear whether they would be still illegal.”
Noga Tarnopolsky, Independent Journalist, 1/22/2024
“[Weiss’s] work now focuses on creating so-called outposts. These are settlements in which even the Israeli government considers illegal in the occupied West Bank.”
Aya Ibrahim, DW, Israel, 1/22/2024
“What we are going to do, I’m telling you secretly, we are going to squat close to the border. Right now, there is a border that prevents us from entering, but maybe, the northern part of Gaza, which is actually not under any formal sovereignty, it’s called ‘no man’s land’. So, maybe over there it will be easier. So, once we start, then once there is an opening, then there will be the second stage, and then the third stage. It will happen in my lifetime.”
Daniella Weiss, Settlement Movement Leader, 1/22/2024
“In the West Bank, settlers have often gotten government recognition for settlements they built illegally, after the fact.”
Aya Ibrahim, DW, Israel, 1/22/2024
“One of the organizers is Daniella Weiss. The 78-year-old has been involved in establishing settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank for decades. These settlements often displace Palestinians and are illegal under international law. She’s been arrested numerous times, but sees her unofficial approach as more efficient than anything Parliamentarians could do.”
Aya Ibrahim, DW, Israel, 1/22/2024
“The Arabs of Gaza will not stay in Gaza. Period.”
Daniella Weiss, Settlement Movement Leader, 1/22/2024
“[Netanyahu] ended up becoming more and more dependent on these marginal figures, many of whom themselves are criminals, convicted criminals. They didn’t care if he’s a crook, or an indicted crook. So, he was radicalized on various levels. So, his track record in fact during the last year is extremely radical.”
“He attempted to take power of state, and had he succeeded, he would have had unfettered power. And the questions that you ask, would have been terrifying questions, because had he succeeded, he would have probably tried to issue orders that today remain illegal orders; but, it’s unclear whether they would be still illegal.”
Noga Tarnopolsky, Independent Journalist, 1/22/2024
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