Key facts
- Israel is systematically trying to "eliminate" living conditions for Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, according to a report by B'tselem.
- The report, titled "The Elimination Project," states that constant attacks by Israeli settlers and soldiers are part of a government-backed plan.
- B'tselem claims these actions aim to make life unbearable for Palestinians, affecting their ability to work, attend school, receive medical treatment, and engage in routine activities.
- The report characterizes the situation as an "accelerated and explicit phase in an ongoing project of elimination" driven by a settler-colonial logic.
An Israeli human rights group, B'tselem, has published a report alleging that Israel is systematically working to "eliminate" the living conditions for Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. The report, titled "The Elimination Project," asserts that ongoing attacks by Israeli settlers and soldiers are part of a deliberate government-backed strategy to make Palestinian life untenable.
According to B'tselem, these actions "dramatically intensify its attacks on every aspect of Palestinian life in the West Bank." This includes hindering Palestinians' ability to commute to work, take children to school or university, access medical treatment, receive municipal services, socialize, cultivate land, or go on vacation. The group stated that these are routine activities essential for human life.
B'tselem characterized the situation not as a temporary crisis or a collection of random human rights violations, but as an "accelerated and explicit phase in an ongoing project of elimination." The report further claims this project operates within an Israeli apartheid regime and is fueled by a settler-colonial agenda focused on dispossession, displacement, and the establishment of Jewish-Israeli sovereignty.