It is not a matter of coincidence that the Israeli regime is defined by
two pillars of domination that have been recognized as “inimical to
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human rights,” and underpinned by forcible transfer. These forms
of domination do not rely on mere coexistence to achieve their own
goals; rather, when merged, they develop a dynamic symbiotic
relationship of complementarity that bolsters and swells the other.
Each one, offering unique opportunities of domination, allows Israel to
advance its Zionist colonial project of creating a ‘Jewish homeland’ in
Mandatory Palestine while imposing policies and practices of exploitation
and subjugation against the Palestinian people to maintain superiority of
the colonizers – the privileged Jewish-Israeli group. It is undeniable that
Israel has needed both colonization and apartheid to undermine Palestinian
self-determination and fabricate its own. This is because colonization and
apartheid have allowed Israel to, inter alia, forcibly transfer more than 65
percent of the Palestinian people (and keep them away) and colonize more
than 85 percent of Mandatory Palestine.29 Correspondingly, these pillars
of domination have allowed the regime to set and maintain the privileges
of the ‘Jewish group’ while fragmenting, isolating, and suppressing
Palestinian presence, existence and resistance. As such, the Israeli regime’s
primary pillars today are colonization, apartheid, and forcible transfer, all of
which are predicated by settler implantation and codification of colonizer
privileges – this amalgamation ultimately culminates in the Israeli colonialapartheid regime that exists today.
28 Dugard (n 8), 3.
29 BADIL, Creeping Annexation: A Pillar of the Zionist-Israeli Colonization of Mandatory
Palestine (2020) Working Paper No. 25 <https://www.badil.org/cached_uploads/
view/2021/04/19/wp25-creepingannexation-1618823962.pdf>.
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