A military map of the Gaza border communities marked "Secret," an airsoft pistol and knives were seized Thursday at the home of a young Palestinian Arab man in the Jiftlik area of the Jordan Valley. The incident occurred during a joint operation by officers from the Jordan Valley police station in the Gilad area and Border Police forces serving in Judea and Samaria. The officers noticed a young Palestinian man walking in military boots and decided to check him.
When asked where the boots came from, the man claimed they belonged to his son. During the conversation, he added that there was more military equipment at his home. Following his statement, officers went to his home in the town of Jiftlik and searched it. They found an airsoft pistol, knives and additional military equipment. Among the items discovered was a military map of the Gaza border communities, which, according to a police statement, bears the security classification "Secret."
The man, who is in his 20s, was arrested and taken for questioning at the Jordan Valley police station in the Judea and Samaria District. He remained in custody following questioning, and police are continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding his possession of the equipment and classified map. The knives and pistol seized Photo: Israel Police Spokesperson's Unit
Arutz Sheva reports a police seizure of a map, an airsoft pistol and knives from a Palestinian man's home in Jiftlik, in the Jordan Valley. In its own voice it writes of "Border Police forces serving in Judea and Samaria" and never says the area is in the occupied West Bank, which the ICJ found Israel occupies unlawfully.
Uses the occupation's words
Serious
“Border Police forces serving in Judea and Samaria”
Why this matters
Arutz Sheva uses "Judea and Samaria" in its own voice for the territory where the raid on the man's home took place.
The impression it gives
A reader takes the Jordan Valley and the town of Jiftlik as ordinary Israeli territory where Israeli police and Border Police routinely work.
The context
Jiftlik and the Jordan Valley are in the occupied West Bank. The ICJ found Israel's occupation there unlawful. The article never uses the word occupied or the name West Bank anywhere.
How we know
On the recordThe International Court of Justice's July 2024 advisory opinion found Israel's occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem unlawful.icj-cij.org (opens in a new tab)
Checked against the whole articleIt never uses the words “occupied” and “West Bank”.