“There just isn’t enough infrastructure or things to do in the city for us,” he told Al Jazeera, explaining that he is not sure if he will stay much longer despite having moved to Sejong only a year ago.
Since Israel unilaterally broke aalmost 4,000 Palestinians
have been killed, hundreds of them children. In addition, a siege, imposed upon the decimatedhas pushed what remains of its pre-war population of more than two million to the point of famine, international agencies, including the United Nations, have warned.At the same time as Israel’s war on Gaza has intensified, so too have its actions in the West Bank. Under the guise of another military operation, the Israeli army has occupied and levelled large parts of the occupied territory
displacing a reported 40,000of its inhabitants as it establishes its own military network there.
On Thursday, Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz, alongside Smotrich, who as finance minister enjoys significant control over the West Bank, announced the establishment of a further 22 Israeli settlements, all in defiance of international law.
Smotrich’s announcement came as a surprise to few. The far-right minister – himself a settler on Palestinian land – has previously been clear about his intention to see the West Bank annexed,The Judicial Electoral Observatory, a monitoring body formed by organisations including Laboratorio Electoral, has also noted that there are
in some areas than in others during this election cycle.In Mexico City, for example, there are 773 candidates running for 168 local positions, while in the port city of Campeche, there are only 20 hopefuls vying for 11 local seats.
And in the state of Durango, there are 49 candidates for 49 open spots, leaving little doubt about the outcome.With the election likely to herald widespread change in the judicial arena, Rios Figueroa fears "a significant portion of the legal knowledge" in the country will be lost as veteran judges are replaced.