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 28 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>. 9

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