Israel's latest "fuck you" to the world.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/14/israel-appears-set-to-approve-controversial-settlement-of-3400-homes-in-west-bank
This new settlement plan is basically a fucking masterclass in how to violate international law while giving the middle finger to the entire world.
The particularly cynical part about this specific 3,400 home project is that critics say it will "effectively sever the West Bank in two," which really means, totally fuck any pretense of a two state solution. It's geopolitical chess with bulldozers.
Now, all these laws and agreements exist, they're clear as fucking daylight, and yet here we are watching another settlement get approved. Egypt's calling it "a clear breach of international law," but that's about as effective as shouting at the tide. It's simply performance art.
This isn't some random rogue operation, it's being pushed hard by Israel's far right finance minister as a key part of their wider strategy to cement control over the West Bank. This isn't some accidental lawbreaking; it's a systematic policy wrapped in ratfuckery and legal gymnastics.
So yeah, this bullshit violates a shit ton of international law, but international law without any kind of enforcement is just really expensive toilet paper. So, welcome to geopolitics, where the rules are just made up as we go and the real points don't matter fuck all
Here's a sample of Israel's dirty laundry list of international law violations in this latest "fuck you" of violations, compiled with the help of modern tools:
**Geneva Conventions (The Big One):**
- Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention - this is the main fucker, explicitly prohibiting the transfer of an occupying power's civilian population into occupied territory [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legality_of_Israeli_settlements) [Amnesty International](https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2019/01/chapter-3-israeli-settlements-and-international-law/)
- It's classified as a war crime under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court [Amnesty International](https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2019/01/chapter-3-israeli-settlements-and-international-law/)
**UN Security Council Resolutions:**
- Resolution 2334 (2016) specifically states that Israeli settlements "had no legal validity, constituting a flagrant violation under international law" [United Nations](https://press.un.org/en/2016/sc12657.doc.htm)
- Multiple other UNSC resolutions over decades saying the same damn thing
**International Court of Justice Rulings:**
- 2024 ICJ ruling reaffirmed the illegality of settlements and called on Israel to "end its occupation, cease its settlement activity, and evacuate all its settlers" [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legality_of_Israeli_settlements)
**Additional Legal Violations:**
- Article 84, paragraph 4 of Additional Protocol I (1977) to the Geneva Conventions [Middle East Monitor](https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20221212-all-israeli-settlements-violate-international-laws-and-conventions/)
- Article 8 of the 1998 Rome Statute (war crimes) [Middle East Monitor](https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20221212-all-israeli-settlements-violate-international-laws-and-conventions/)
- Violations include "expropriation; damage and destruction of private property; misuse of public property; displacement of Palestinians" [International Committee of the Red Cross](https://www.icrc.org/en/statement/israel-and-occupied-palestinian-territory-law-occupation-must-be-respected)