Palestine weekly: Israel’s rightwing campaigns on anti-Palestinian abuses

Ahead of an October election in which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc is behind in the polls, far-right Israeli ministers have turned the machinery of occupation into campaign material over the last week – not merely as policy, but as the message itself.Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, whose face already appears on campaign billboards across the occupied West Bank, released an AI-generated ad warning that he would do to the Negev and Galilee – areas with large Palestinian populations inside Israel – what he has done to the occupied West Bank by building Jewish settlements there under the slogan “Ahmed is right to be afraid”.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Vance says Trump ‘sending a message’ to Iran with AI-generated videolist 2 of 3Palestinian farmers rebuild what Israeli settlers destroy in West Banklist 3 of 3Trump vows to hit Iran hard, says US escorting dozens of ships in Hormuzend of listNational Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir responded with his own AI video depicting overweight Palestinian prisoners entering Israeli jails on an assembly line and emerging emaciated and crying. He also published a video of himself berating Palestinian women prisoner...