Occupation crimes in the West Bank without pretexts
The article discusses the reality of Palestinians in the West Bank under Israeli occupation, describing it as a daily system of checkpoints, assaults, and displacement, citing a B'Tselem report that calls it a "removal project." It presents figures on checkpoints, unemployment, and land control, concluding that the occupation continues its project regardless of the existence of pretexts.
The article discusses the reality of Palestinians in the West Bank under Israeli occupation, describing it as an integrated daily system of checkpoints, assaults, and displacement. It begins by imagining a typical day for a Palestinian family, where the father faces a checkpoint that could end with him detained, the son is late for school due to an iron gate, and the farmer sees his land from afar without being able to reach it. It notes that tens of thousands in the northern West Bank have become displaced after the emptying of the Jenin, Tulkarm, and Nur Shams camps. The article cites a B'Tselem report that describes what is happening in the West Bank as a "removal project," a system combining violence, checkpoints, economic strangulation, settlement, and displacement in one path targeting the conditions of Palestinian collective life. It presents figures: 925 checkpoints and movement obstacles cutting through the West Bank and restricting the movement of about 3.4 million Palestinians, unemployment jumping from 13.1% in 2022 to 31.3% in 2024, actual control linked to settlement outposts and pastoral areas extending to over one million dunams (about 18% of the West Bank), and 64 Palestinian communities completely displaced. The article concludes that the argument that the occupation state "awaits a Palestinian pretext" to commit its crimes is invalid because the settlement project proceeds whether the pretext exists or not. The article is published on the Palestine Online website.