Survey

• As Israeli soldiers withdrew from the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank after two days of fighting, Israel’s generals and politicians were quick to hail the major military operation there a success.
• That problem is a legitimacy crisis facing the Palestinian Authority – the self-governing body that has limited rule over parts of the occupied West Bank, including Jenin, that are not directly ruled by Israel.
• As a scholar who specializes on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and has written a book about it, I believe that this latest military operation will, in fact, only worsen that legitimacy crisis.

Failure to provide security

• To be sure, the assault of June 3-4 was on a much greater scale than previous raids into Jenin.
• Israeli officials and American politicians have blamed the Palestinian Authority and its octogenarian leader, Mahmoud Abbas, for this failure.
• This criticism, however, overlooks why the Palestinian Authority has lost control over parts of the northern West Bank.

Unpopular and increasingly autocratic

• The Palestinian Authority has become deeply unpopular with the Palestinian public.
• Abbas himself has even less support – 80% of Palestinians in that survey expressed dissatisfaction with him and wanted him to resign.
• Human rights groups have
  accused the Palestinian Authority of arbitrarily arresting people and even torturing detainees.
• The Palestinian Authority has undoubtedly become increasingly autocratic and authoritarian.

Fading hopes of statehood

• Nearly three decades later, the Palestinian Authority still exists, but Palestinian statehood looks like a distant prospect at best.
• Meanwhile, the land on which Palestinians expected this state would be built has been steadily eaten away by relentless Israeli settlement building.
• But this success comes at a steep price – first and foremost, to Palestinian civilians, but also to the Palestinian Authority.
• This will, I believe, only worsen its standing in the eyes of the Palestinian public and exacerbate its legitimacy crisis.

• Southern Rock Geophysics have completed the 1D and 2D inversions of the magnetotelleric (MT) survey (the “Survey”) on three lines.
• The results show a low resistivity zone that extends to the eastern border of Candela II and extends from Line L7312200 to line L7309700 a distance of approximately 2.5km.
• The conductive lithology units show a unit approximately 300m in thickness about 50m below the surface which is the aquifer intercepted.
• Figure 6 2D Inversion shows a large granite intrusion (blue colour), with mostly flat lying low resistivity lithological unit and a basement at 3000m ABSL.

• Sevan Multi-Site Solutions, Inc. ( Sevan ) announces three key executive leadership promotions.
• Sevan, a global leader in innovative program management for clients with multiple sites, welcomes three current executives to new leadership roles—which align with the company’s corporate strategy and areas of focus.
• Hendrix joined Sevan in 2021 as Chief Commercial Officer and brought great leadership and synchrony to numerous areas across the organization.
• In 2021, Sevan ranked on the Inc. 5000 list of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies for the 4th consecutive year.

• Southern Rock Geophysics have scheduled a magnetotelleric (MT) survey (the “Survey”) to commence on or about May 18, 2023.
• The Company has appointed WSP Australia (“WSP”) to produce a NI 43-101 report.
• WSP is a leading global consultancy with more than 4,400 professionals and a dedicated group skilled in hydrology and brine resource estimates.
• The Company aims to utilize information gathered from the Survey toward building a National Instrument 43-101 ("NI 43-101") resource estimate.