Like Israel’s colonial expansion, the UN’s narratives also place Palestinians at risk

Little exposure has been given to the Yellow Line and the Orange Line in Gaza. Given the genocide, Israel’s military occupation in Gaza should have generated equal scrutiny at the very least. However, Israel’s current presence in Gaza has followed the same pattern of oblivion as in the occupied West Bank. Colonialism in Palestine has become the norm, as is military occupation.  A recent brief report by the UN follows the same normalisation trajectory.  Last week, the UN warned that ongoing Israeli expansion is “shrinking the areas available to civilians”. However, the statement does not encompass the entire story. Decades before the genocide, Palestinians faced the same repercussions of forced displacement. The current Israeli military occupation of Gaza to facilitate […]