"The formula is consistent: Displace either by ordering people to leave or by destroying their means of survival. Demolish civilian infrastructure to prevent return and expand territory through so-called buffer zones. Fragment any coherent governance by carving territory into disconnected enclaves where military action continues at a lower intensity."
"In October 2023, Israel announced that every Palestinian north of Wadi Gaza had to leave immediately. Days earlier, Israel's defence minister had declared a complete siege: No electricity, no food, no water. By labelling an entire population as the enemy, Israel created a class of expendable people."
"In the West Bank, Israel has spent decades fragmenting territory and denying Palestinians any contiguous geography. Water wells sealed with cement, homes demolished over impossible-to-obtain permits, herders pushed from their land by illegal settlement outposts."
Israel employs a systematic strategy across multiple territories involving civilian displacement, infrastructure destruction, and governance fragmentation. In the West Bank, decades of territorial fragmentation have denied Palestinians contiguous geography through sealed water wells, demolished homes, and illegal settlement expansion. Gaza experienced accelerated application of this doctrine following October 2023, with mass evacuation orders, complete siege conditions, and forced concentration in designated zones. Lebanon now faces similar tactics, with nearly 600 killed and over 750,000 displaced in two weeks. The strategy creates "expendable" populations through enemy designation, uses evacuation orders as justification for military operations, and prevents civilian return by systematically destroying the infrastructure necessary for habitation and survival.
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