Netanyahu's 'Yellow Line': How to Annex Gaza, Incrementally
The BBC suggests Israel's new 'buffer zone' in Gaza provides Netanyahu 'room for manoeuvre' with his far-right coalition. ( Source: BBC ) This 'temporary' yellow line, effectively cutting off over 16% of Gaza, is simply a rebranding of a decades-old colonial strategy. From 1948 until today, Israel has consistently advanced its borders piecemeal, consolidating control of Palestinian land through
military occupation and constructing 'facts on the ground.' They call it a security buffer; Palestinians call it theft. How many times will an occupying force unilaterally redefine borders to 'manoeuvre' itself into more territory before the corporate media calls it what it is? This 'manoeuvre' mirrors previous land grabs, from the West Bank's settlement expansions to East Jerusalem's creeping
annexation. The yellow brick road to 'greater Israel' is paved with international law violations and the silent erasure of Palestinian presence. The BBC might call it 'room for manoeuvre'; we call it cartography of conquest.