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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Quique Kierszenbaum in Sair, and Peter Beaumont

Israel accused of trying to ‘eliminate’ living conditions for Palestinians in West Bank

A Bedouin man watches workers dismantle his community's home in Mughayyir al-Deir
The Palestinian Bedouin community of Mughayyir al-Deir being dismantled after an Israeli settlers’ outpost was created nearby. Photograph: Quique Kierszenbaum/The Guardian

Israel is working towards the systematic “elimination” of the conditions that sustain Palestinian collective life in the occupied West Bank, according to a major report published by the human rights group B’Tselem.

The Israeli organisation’s hard-hitting report, shared with the Guardian in advance of publication, says Israel is “dramatically intensifying its attacks on every aspect of Palestinian life in the West Bank”, including “the ability to get to work, take children to school or university, receive medical treatment or municipal services, meet family and friends, cultivate land or go on vacation … routine activities that make up human life”.

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