the West Bank, Israel has confiscated or de facto annexed more than 70 percent of the West Bank (including east Jerusalem) for the exclusive benefit of IsraeliJewish settlers.2 Confiscation of land and denial of use and access in Mandatory Palestine have taken place in various stages and through various mechanisms. The paper aims to provide an overview of these mechanisms and their respective evolution in the three areas of Mandatory Palestine: Palestine 1948, the West Bank, and east Jerusalem.3 To do so, the paper will (1) discuss the first stage of this process carried out in Palestine 1948 through use of force and Israeli legislation either utilized to confiscate land or to deny access to it, (2) examine the second stage which took place in 1967 following Israel’s occupation of the West Bank through not only legislation, but also denial of use, and (3) analyze how this policy has manifested in east Jerusalem in form of a discriminatory zoning and planning system, which result in demolitions and forcible transfer of the residents. 2 BADIL, Israeli Land Grab and Forced Population Transfer of Palestinians: A Handbook for Vulnerable Individuals and Communities, 2013, 34, Available at: http://www.badil. org/phocadownload/Badil_docs/publications/handbook2013eng.pdf [hereinafter BADIL, Israeli Land Grab and Forced Population Transfer of Palestinians] 3 The paper does not discuss the Gaza Strip because it is under a full military blockade. 2