Book Review (Assassination of the Palestinian Environment)
The Israeli occupation authorities have systematically and deliberately worked to destroy the Palestinian environment. The occupation has manifested in the confiscation of all aspects of Palestinian life, aimed at eliminating all its components and forcing Palestinians to leave on their own when the conditions for life cease to exist. Despite the dismal Zionist bet on the departure of Palestinians, they have astonished the world with their steadfastness and attachment to the land of their ancestors, despite the dwindling and even complete lack of resources for life in many villages and towns, especially those that have become isolated from their Palestinian surroundings due to the walls of annexation and apartheid.
The book "Assassination of the Palestinian Environment: Ethnic Cleansing," authored by Mustafa Saad El-Din Qaoud, addresses the relationship between occupation and the Palestinian environment, focusing on how Zionist policies have impacted the destruction of the Palestinian environment as part of the ongoing ethnic cleansing project against the Palestinian people.
The main summary of the book:
- Ethnic cleansing and environmental destruction:
The book links environmental destruction to the ethnic cleansing carried out by the "Israeli" occupation. It indicates that the destruction of the environment is part of a strategy to displace Palestinians from their lands and eliminate their presence in the occupied territories.
- Destruction of natural resources:
The book discusses how the occupation has targeted Palestinian natural resources such as agricultural land, water, and forests, as well as military barriers that hinder mobility and prevent Palestinians from accessing their resources.
- Settlement and Zionist Expansion:
The book explains that settlement is one of the most prominent causes of the destruction of the Palestinian environment, as the establishment of settlements on Palestinian land has led to the destruction of agricultural and natural ecological systems.
- Effects of Occupation on the Environment:
The book discusses the negative effects of occupation on the environment through pollution and the extraction of natural resources such as groundwater, which have come under the control of the occupation at the expense of the Palestinians.
- Strategies of Palestinian Resistance
In the end, the book highlights the methods of Palestinian resistance aimed at protecting the environment and countering the practices of occupation that target Palestinian land and resources.
The book presents a comprehensive picture of how the occupation utilizes the environment as a tool in the process of ethnic cleansing, and calls for the necessity of focusing on defending the Palestinian environment as part of the overall resistance against the occupation.
