With foreign backing, Israel’s solar energy boom is powering apartheid
JVL Introduction
Palestinians in the West Bank often obtain their energy from solar panels – when the settlers aren’t out destroying them.
Meanwhile their lands are being taken over for the construction of immense solar energy farms, from which both Israel and international corporations are profiting.
The energy they generate is denied to the Palestinians who often live beside them, next to the lands that were once their own.
As energy apartheid is imposed, alongside other forms of Palestinian dispossession, Forbes Magazine hold up Israel as a model for climate-minded business and infrastructure, saying “The world wants Israel’s energy and environmental innovations”.
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This article was originally published by +972 Magazine on Fri 20 Feb 2026. Read the original here.
With foreign backing, Israel’s solar energy boom is powering apartheid
Israel’s self-branding as a pioneer in sustainability obscures how its ‘green development’ is fueling the takeover of Palestinian land and resources — and international corporations are helping to bankroll it.
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