By: IBRAHIM Jaafar
Israel's top court enables and validates the disposition of Palestinians and the demolition of their homes in the occupied West Bank , a new report by B'Tselem titled "Fake Justice" has shown.
According to the report, Israel's Supreme Court has been enabling the state to continue implementing illegal policies while ignoring the defects in Israel's "planning policy" in the West Bank.
B'Tselem figures from 2006 through to 2018 reveal Israel demolished at least 1,401 Palestinian residential units in the West Bank alone, leaving more than 6,000 people without a home.
The report details how the state's policy minimizes Palestinian construction and aims to expand the building of illegal Jewish settlements.
Since the Oslo Accords in 1993, “transfer” has been well under way, with all Palestinians in Area C of the West Bank being herded into scattered pockets of territory, which together constitute only 10 per cent of what was once Palestine. To achieve a Greater Israel with a Jewish majority the next stage will presumably be the “transfer” of these Palestinians to Jordan or elsewhere, possibly together with Palestinian citizens of Israel, who are frequently referred to as a “demographic threat” to the “Jewishness” of the state of Israel.
Palestinian citizens of Israel itself suffer from over 50 discriminatory laws and are increasingly forced to live in segregated areas, while in the Gaza Strip the besieged population struggles on the brink of total collapse.
All of Israel’s policies are plainly calculated to make life pretty well unbearable for the Palestinians, whether under direct Israeli rule or under military occupation.
On the world stage the political scene appears to favour Israel. Trump and his Zionist son-in-law arrived in the White House at just the right moment, implicitly recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and openly encouraging the spread of the illegal settlements. During Trump’s presidency to-date, planned settlement expansion has increased by 250 per cent.
Elsewhere, from Europe to Brazil, far right parties and regimes have expressed admiration and support for Israel’s racist policies. In embracing these new friends, Netanyahu has made it clear where he stands, in an increasingly polarized world.
Israel’s policies of expansion and expulsion have been totally consistent from the beginning. Reflecting these inhuman policies much more openly and brazenly; it is on a winning streak, but will it last? Looking through the lens of humanity alone, one will agree with the saying of St. Augustine, which says, 'an unjust law is no law at all.'
Thus, will the so called world of "human right" act against these barbaric law of the jungle or let it continue to act with impunity?