West Bank Demolitions: Just Regular 'Security' for New Homeowners
In the Nur Shams camp, 25 residential buildings are now rubble, making 100 Palestinian families instantly homeless. This isn't a new tactic; it's a structural component of Israeli military occupation, a 'continuous Nakba' if you will, ensuring Palestinian displacement year after year. While mainstream media focuses on immediate 'security concerns,' they conveniently bypass the decades of
international law violations underpinning such actions. These demolitions are a feature, not a bug, of Israel's strategy across the West Bank, often justified by alleged 'unpermitted construction' in an area where Palestinians are routinely denied permits. One might wonder, how many times can a population be 'displaced' before it starts looking less like 'security' and more like ethnic cleansing?
Perhaps U.S. politicians, funded generously by groups like AIPAC, who received $4.2 million in 2022 according to OpenSecrets, could clarify this definition for us, between approving unconditional aid packages.