# How Israel systematically dismantles Palestinian life in the occupied West Bank

https://mins.news/en/item/58034

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-14 16:53 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/14/how-israel-systematically-dismantles-palestinian-life-in-occupied-west-bank?traffic_source=rss

> Israeli rights group B’Tselem says settlement expansion, displacement and restrictions in the occupied West Bank are not isolated abuses but a decades-old, coordinated mechanism aimed at making Palestinian life unsustainable and replacing it with permanent Israeli control. Its report identifies five connected fronts: violence and intimidation, movement restrictions, economic strangulation, social and political destruction, and ethnic cleansing and territorial takeover.

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