© Jacob Magid for the Times of Israel
Evacuation at Netiv Ha'avot
There is a big difference between how Jewish-Israeli settler outposts are evacuated, and how Israelis
imagine a Palestinian outpost being evacuated, if it ever came to be.
Let's start with the Jewish-Israeli settler outpost. On Tuesday, 15 homes in the West Bank settler outpost called Netiv Ha'avot were
evacuated, following a 21-month old ruling from the Israeli High Court of Justice, affirming that they were built on privately-owned Palestinian land. Under international law, all Israeli West Bank settlements are illegal and
considered a "flagrant violation under international law" - but Israel has a "selective" view of what is legal in this respect, and considers some settlements to be legal if they are built on land that the state has confiscated.
Times of Israel reports how "some 2,500 Border Police officers were deployed to ensure the demolition of the homes was carried out peacefully". And it is important to note, these officers are almost all unarmed. It's worth looking at those pictures.
Officers in t-shirts, backpacks, caps really look more as if they're geared up for a hike in the hills south of Jerusalem, rather than prepared for any sort of violent confrontation. It's very clear, that they are dressed up in order to give a signal: "we are not here to fight with you".
Comment: Protecting the official versions of events is more to the point as mainstream 'journalists' destroyed journalistic credibility years ago. The internet has made it much more difficult for MSM purveyors of fake news to propagandize without redress, thus the calls for outright censorship are becoming increasingly strident.