Israel’s ugly war on the West Bank landscape

While the eyes of the world are on the horrific scenes of killing and devastation in Gaza, Israel is ratcheting up its control over the West Bank, again using the pretext of security, while appearing to move toward annexation. There are many ugly faces to the brutality of more than 58 years of Israeli occupation, including the destruction of the landscape through the building of settlements. These are expanded by expropriating land from the local Palestinian population, erecting separation walls and, most symbolically, uprooting vegetation, especially olive trees.

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