How Israel systematically dismantles Palestinian life in occupied West Bank
B'Tselem says settlement expansion, displacement and curbs are not isolated abuses, but decades-old, coordinated system.
Rights group B Tselem has accused Israel of dismantling the foundations of Palestinian existence in the West Bank, alleging a coordinated project aimed at making it impossible for Palestinians to coexist as a people. The group's report, titled "The Elimination Project," outlines five interconnected tactics and policies: violence, ethnic cleansing, movement restrictions, economic strangulation, and social and political destruction.
The West Bank is currently under an intensified Israeli assault, systematically eroding the foundations of Palestinian life, according to the report. Since October 7, 2023, Israeli settlers and the military have been responsible for the deaths of 1,108 Palestinians, both civilians and militants, according to an AFP tally based on Palestinian health ministry data.
The report classifies the forced evacuation of small, isolated Palestinian communities due to violence or home demolitions as ethnic cleansing. The Israeli military and a settler were photographed during a weekly tour in Hebron, the West Bank, on September 5, 2026.
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