Under the guise of "building a school," radical left activists from abroad are planning provocations in Area C territories of Judea and Samaria, according to Italian public figures and activists tracking extremist activities in the region.
Italian activist Michela Cimenti is expected to arrive in Israel in the coming days to participate in provocative actions in Area C of the West Bank, according to sources monitoring pro-Palestinian activities in Italy. Cimenti's planned operations apparently include helping construct an unauthorized Palestinian school that she characterizes as "not just a brick building but a hard core of resistance."
The West Bank regularly attracts leftist and anarchist visitors who claim to assist Palestinians but frequently engage in various provocations against Israeli security forces. Earlier this week, Israeli authorities deported a British tourist following an investigation conducted in the Judea region and by the Samaria and Judea District Police.
The investigation revealed that the British tourist belonged to an organization advocating boycotts against Israel, had published content against police officers and Israel Defense Forces soldiers on social media, and violated a military order. Security forces detained her for questioning after she entered a closed military zone in southern Hebron Hills, disrupted public order, refused to identify herself to authorities, and threatened a regional security coordinator who arrived at the location.
Cimenti likely plans to arrive in the coming days, as she does every summer, based on a post published on her Instagram account. "Soon on this profile you'll see only cats and dogs because I'm forced to suspend and close it, as I won't be able to post from Palestine," she stated in a video published in Italian. "I'm forced to delete everything each time, and even more so in the last two years, to support all the voices that help Palestine," she added.
"This is a person who supports the 'Palestinian resistance' in an obsessive manner," the sources monitoring her activities explain. According to them, she deletes her content "to avoid arousing suspicion from Israeli authorities. She knows that if they discover her activities, they won't allow her to enter. She appears concerned that security personnel at Ben Gurion Airport will identify her as a pro-Palestinian activist."
One of the activities Cimenti apparently intends to conduct in Israel is constructing an unauthorized Palestinian school in Area C. "The things I'm going to do in Palestine we still don't publish for understandable reasons," she wrote recently.
Evidence suggesting she plans to participate in building the unauthorized structure comes from the continuation of her post: "I want to tell you about another project conceived by a dear friend I've known for many years – about building a school in Area C. If you want to support the project of building a school in Area C, which will not just be a brick building but also a hard core of resistance, because a school is not just a building – it represents something important. Share this initiative, it's important," she wrote.
