Settlers or Squatters? Palestinian Land Under Siege

Israel tells itself and the world that it is a democracy. Professed democratic values, however, are merely a cover for the country's continued predatory policies. The Israeli regime has no intention of giving up one inch of stolen Palestinian land. After more than seven decades, Israel is the only modern state that refuses to define its territorial limits. Since its founding as a settler-colonial state in 1948, Israel has been expanding into Palestinian and Syrian territories, altering its borders by brute force and treating occupied areas as its own sovereign territory. Here, Behnam discusses how Israel secure control over its ill-gotten gains.