Israel is preparing for expulsion of Palestinians

JVL Introduction

This article by Amira Hass for Ha’aretz, paints a most depressing picture for Palestinians’ future – and I would argue for Israel’s too. It is bleak but in a way says what we all know.  Is there hope?  Francesca Albanese, the  UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories. argues that our protests, the movement is making a difference but from the West Bank where Ms Hass spends most of her time and linked to Israeli society and politics as she is things look very bleak. Just today, the Daily Mirror, a very mainstream news outlet, published that Israeli troops ‘demolish Palestinian homes in West Bank village as heavily armed forces seen moving in’

Although the article does refer to settler violence, what they headline and focus on is mainly that  “Soldiers were seen raiding the area with heavy machinery as they stripped out properties in al-Taban in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron.” and that “According to reports, they prevented residents from removing their belongings before almost a dozen homes were wrecked.”

We cannot afford despair but we can afford and must be clear about the totality of what is happening and why.

This article was originally published by Ha'aretz on Tue 1 Sep 2026. Read the original here.