Collision Resistance@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoOne in 100 people in Gaza has been killed since October 7edition.cnn.comexternal-linkmessage-square162fedilinkarrow-up1644arrow-down136
arrow-up1608arrow-down1external-linkOne in 100 people in Gaza has been killed since October 7edition.cnn.comCollision Resistance@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square162fedilink
minus-squareKeeponstalin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down4·edit-211 months agoThe two tracks appear unrelated: The state takes over land openly, using official methods sanctioned by legal advisors and judges, while the settlers, who are also interested in taking over land to further their agenda, initiate violence against Palestinians for their own reasons. Yet in truth, there is only one track: Settler violence against Palestinians is part of the strategy employed by Israel’s apartheid regime, which seeks to take over more and more West Bank land. The state fully supports and assists these acts of violence, and its agents sometimes participate in them directly. As such, settler violence is a form of government policy, aided and abetted by official state authorities with their active participation. The state legitimizes this reality in two complementary ways: A. Legalizing land takeover B. Legitimizing physical violence against Palestinians See link for more info on the two ways
The two tracks appear unrelated: The state takes over land openly, using official methods sanctioned by legal advisors and judges, while the settlers, who are also interested in taking over land to further their agenda, initiate violence against Palestinians for their own reasons. Yet in truth, there is only one track: Settler violence against Palestinians is part of the strategy employed by Israel’s apartheid regime, which seeks to take over more and more West Bank land. The state fully supports and assists these acts of violence, and its agents sometimes participate in them directly. As such, settler violence is a form of government policy, aided and abetted by official state authorities with their active participation. The state legitimizes this reality in two complementary ways:
A. Legalizing land takeover
B. Legitimizing physical violence against Palestinians
See link for more info on the two ways