Conclusion As shown above, the Zionist Israeli enterprise has, since 1948, pursued a policy of establishing a Jewish demographic hegemony and maximizing its control over land, using a threefold approach to de facto and de jure confiscate lands from Palestinian owners. In Palestine 1948, this process of land grab started by resorting to force and is today primarily carried out through Israeli legislation which translates in denial of use and access. In 1967, Israeli authorities extended this policy to the West Bank, employing a similar combination of use of force, manipulation of previous legislations, and enactment of new military orders to install a coercive environment aimed at pushing Palestinians out of their lands. Finally, while Palestinian land in the western part of Jerusalem was completely taken over in the aftermath of the 1948 and 1967 wars, Palestinian land owners in east Jerusalem continue to be the target of a myriad of discriminatory laws supported by a complex system of urban planning and zoning, all set up to prevent Palestinian construction and justify their demolition. As a result, the map of Mandatory Palestine has drastically been changed to prevent the establishment of an independent and viable Palestinian state. As stated by Israel’s then Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in 2019, “Israel is not a state of all its citizens… [but rather] the nation-state of the Jewish people and only them”.129 Israel’s intent to create and maintain a system of oppression and domination over Palestinians is clearly an historic, yet ongoing process, achieved through territorial fragmentation, dispossession of land and property, and denial of economic and social rights. Despite numerous UN Security Council resolutions and the existence of legal remedies and actions, the international community’s inaction has enabled Israel to continue dispossess, segregate, control and oppress Palestinians. Practical measures must be taken to bring Israel accountable for its forcible transfer policies and the violations they entail, as well as to ensure reparation and remedies for Palestinian victims, including property restitution and compensation. 129 Message posted online in March 2019 by Israel’s then Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. 31