On this day in 1967, the Israeli Army occupied the West Bank and Gaza Strip, claiming emergency powers with a military decree that greatly restricts the rights of the occupied. The ongoing occupation is the longest in the modern era.
The Israeli Army action took place in the context of the Six Day War, fought between Israel and a coalition of Arab states. The status of the West Bank as a militarily occupied territory has been affirmed by the International Court of Justice and, with the exception of East Jerusalem, by the Israeli Supreme Court.
According to Human Rights Watch (HRW), the military proclamation issued by the Israeli Army on June 7th, 1967 permitted the application of the Defense (Emergency) Regulations of 1945.
These regulations empowered, and continue to empower, authorities to declare as an "unlawful association" groups that advocate for "bringing into hatred or contempt, or the exciting of disaffection against" the authorities, and criminalize membership in or possession of material belonging to or affiliated, even indirectly, with these groups.
HRW goes on to state that these and other broad restrictions on the occupied population violate international law: "The Israeli army has for over 50 years used broadly worded military orders to arrest Palestinian journalists, activists and others for their speech and activities - much of it non-violent - protesting, criticizing or opposing Israeli policies. These orders are written so broadly that they violate the obligation of states under international human rights law to clearly spell out conduct that could result in criminal sanction."
Following the military occupation of the West Bank, Israel began expropriating the land and facilitating Israeli settlements in the area, broadly considered a violation of international law. While Israelis in the West Bank are subject to Israeli law and given representation in the Israeli Knesset, Palestinian civilians, mostly confined to scattered enclaves, are subject to martial law and are not permitted to vote in Israel's national elections.
This two-tiered system has inspired comparisons to apartheid, likening the dense disconnected pockets that Palestinians are relegated to with the segregated Bantustans that previously existed in South Africa when the country was still under white supremacist rule.
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Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory illegal: UN rights commission
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The Origins of Zionism - Colonialism, Ethnonationalism, and Myth
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I came back to Elden Ring. I hit a wall at 65 with a Draconic Sentinel Boss. 35% slash damage reduction, Iβm a samurai. Figured out poison jellyfish and which side of his to attack from most often. Iβm still not killing him fast enough. I need to farm poison grease and arrows.
The one outside Leyndell?
using summons
If you've progressed Millicent's quest far enough she can be summoned for this fight. She does slashing damage so won't deal much to it on her own but dodges well and is aggressive enough to keep it off you.
Great horned Tragoth is always available for this fight and deals strike damage and has a lot of health + heavy armour. Can easily carry this encounter.
NPC summons also don't remove your ability to call spirit ashes, so drop whatever one you want to use on it.
equipment
Flails do strike damage and have good Dex scaling, stick prayerful strike on it to get a FP costing attack that does decent stance damage + heals you (and allies in a small radius around you) for 30% of your max health. It's too slow for most bosses but tree sentinels can be slapped with it quite easy, especially if you've got some allies to distract 'em.Antspur rapier might be another decent choice. One of, like, two weapons with inherent rot buildup, which means you can grease it to build up a second status effect at the same time. This makes it really useful for enemies with big health pools and high resistance.
I actually switched from ash wolves to Jelly Fish for the poison build up
I am absolute noob and have not obtained any npc summons
By NPC summons I just mean the gold signs on the ground you can interact with to spawn them.