Gaza Demolitions Continue: ‘Ceasefire’ or Just a Quieter Annexation?
Al Jazeera's investigation team, Sanad, reports ongoing demolitions in Gaza, even during declared ceasefires. This isn't an anomaly, it's a feature. As far back as 2004, a US State Department report noted Israel's disproportionate demolitions, finding over 2,500 Palestinian homes destroyed, displacing tens of thousands. The pattern is clear: periods of 'calm' often become opportunities for
accelerating displacement and territorial control, a playbook that spans decades from the original Nakba to the present day. While CNN talks 'ceasefire negotiations,' the bulldozers keep working. This steady, structural violence, the erasure of homes and livelihoods, rarely gets prime-time coverage. Perhaps if the demolitions were carried out with the theatricality of a rocket, Washington might
feign outrage. Instead, the quiet, persistent destruction continues, funded in part by the billions in aid approved by US politicians who received over $15 million from AIPAC and its affiliates in the past decade alone, according to OpenSecrets.org.