Occupation Therapy 4

Published: 4 April 2017

Last updated: 4 March 2024

An occasional series – nothing that unusual, just snapshots of everyday life in the 50th year of a military occupation that has impacts also within the Green Line. The usual problem with reporting what happens in the West Bank is lens width: you want to focus on the details, and hence need to narrow the lens. Yet the details themselves are part of a greater picture, demanding a wider lens.

Pushing Palestinians off their land - by pumping sewage onto it – Yossi Gurvits/Yesh Din – +972 Magazine 31.03.17
Not content with ongoing demolitions in Umm al-Kheir and the destruction of its taboun (traditional oven) settlers in nearby Carmel have resorted to piping their waste onto the land belonging to the village. This isn’t an accident… The Umm al-Kheir story is a microcosm of the Israeli occupation in the West Bank.

Separate and unequal: inside Israel’s military courts, where the only defendants are Palestinians – Meredith McBride – Haaretz 28.03.17
Since Israel conquered the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem in 1967, it has sentenced hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in its military courts. The UN says Israel's West Bank military justice system, which tries Palestinians exclusively and has reported an almost 100% conviction rate, violates international law. This is what I saw.

And see: Occupation Therapy 1, Occupation Therapy 2, Occupation Therapy 3