1. 1967 Six Day War and Military Occupation Following the Israeli invasion of the West Bank in 1967, Israel transitioned into a deeply entrenched military occupation, where the Israeli army controls the territory and applies martial rule on the Palestinian population. The deployment of checkpoints is characteristic of Israel’s use of force to isolate the Palestinian people and fragment their territory to better control and confiscate it. According to OCHA, a total of 14038 checkpoints within the West Bank prevent Palestinians from accessing their own land, including 64 of which are permanently staffed with armed occupation forces. To this day, military assaults continue to target Palestinian properties in the West Bank. During Operation Defensive Shield in 2002, 878 refugee homes were demolished and 2800 others were damaged, leaving more than 17,000 individuals homeless.39 2. Imposition of a Coercive Environment: Forced Evictions and Settler Violence Forced evictions and home demolitions are also a clear illustration of Israeli use of force to displace Palestinians and confiscate their lands. Carried out by demolition crews accompanied by security officials, they may occur at any time in Area C of the West Bank, giving families very little notice or opportunity to remove their possessions. Justifying the demolitions by a lack of construction permits, which are virtually impossible to obtain for Palestinians, the Israeli Civil Administration has enforced sanctions against construction without permits in a discriminatory manner: between 1988 and 2014, 14,087 demolition orders were approved against Palestinian structures in Area C while only 6,948 targeted structures in Israeli settlements.40 Those demolition orders are carried out 38 OCHA oPt, “Over 700 road obstacles control Palestinian movement within the West Bank”, Accessed 15 February 2022, Available at: https://www.ochaopt.org/content/ over-700-road-obstacles-control-palestinian-movement-within-west-bank 39 United Nations, “Report of [the UN] Secretary-General on Recent Events in Jenin, Other Palestinian Cities”, August 2002, Accessed 15 February 2022, Available at: https:// www.un.org/press/en/2002/SG2077.doc.htm 40 Amnesty International, “Israeli authorities must transfer planning powers to Palestinians in Area C of the occupied West Bank”, 2015, Accessed 15 February 2022, Available at: amnesty.org/en/documents/mde15/1430/2015/en 12