Qusra is Just a Warning: Israel’s Blueprint for the West Bank

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Palestinian, Israeli and foreign activists attempt to deliver basic supplies to three Palestinian families living in the Ras al-Ayn area of Qusra, south of Nablus in the West Bank, Palestine, on August 14, 2026, as Israelis have blocked roads leading to the families’ homes since August 9, restricting access to and from the area in the presence of Israeli soldiers, with the restrictions remaining in place. [Issam Rimawi - Anadolu Agency]https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/AA-20260814-42215215-42215202-ACTIVISTS_ATTEMPT_TO_DELIVER_SUPPLIES_TO_PALESTINIAN_FAMILIES_NEAR_NABLUS.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 15px;" width="1200" />
If you want to understand the bleak future awaiting the occupied West Bank, do not look away.

Just pay attention to the events unfolding in the small Palestinian town of Qusra, south of Nablus.

The story of the future of the West Bank begins here.

While much of the media is treating reports emerging from the area as simply another episode of “settler violence,” it is not.

Qusra represents something far more consequential: a glimpse into the new Plan Dalet that Israel has in store for Palestinians.

Plan Dalet was the military blueprint through which Zionist forces conquered much of historic Palestine, village by village, during the Nakba.

The plan did not suddenly emerge in 1948.

It built on military […]

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