Union for Justice: Israeli Occupation Authorities Are Pursuing a Gradual Displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank
24 /10/ 2026 – Union for Justice Foundation
The Union for Justice Foundation stated that the Israeli occupation authorities are pursuing a gradual displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank, particularly those living in Bedouin communities and areas classified as Area C under the Oslo Accords.
The Foundation added: “It has become increasingly evident that there is a division of roles between the occupation army and settler gangs in displacing Palestinians, in implementation of the Israeli government’s agenda based on the theory of ‘decisive resolution’ of the conflict with the Palestinians. This aims to alter the geographical and political reality in the West Bank in a way that would make the establishment of a Palestinian state impossible.”
The Foundation stressed that this constitutes a slow but highly effective and dangerous process of demographic and geographical change. It is proceeding at full pace while attracting little international outcry, despite the international community’s failure to act in response to the destruction of more than 85% of the Gaza Strip and the displacement of more than 2.15 million people.
The Union for Justice noted that this division of roles between the army and settlers in displacing Palestinians relies on several methods, foremost among them the daily attacks carried out by settler gangs against Palestinians. These attacks have recently become increasingly widespread and deadly, to the extent that documenting them comprehensively has become difficult. Other methods include the demolition of buildings, land confiscation, settlement expansion, and the proliferation of checkpoints, which have turned Palestinian areas into vast prisons.
The Foundation continued: “The far-right Israeli government views the current state of international weakness, Arab inaction, and American bias as an opportunity that may not arise again in the future to establish facts on the ground that will be difficult to reverse. This is particularly significant as elections for the Israeli Knesset approach at the end of this month and the possibility of a change in Israeli leadership emerges.”
The Foundation pointed out that the objective of displacing Palestinians is no longer a secret or something the Israeli government seeks to conceal. Israeli officials, including Defence Minister Israel Katz, have repeatedly issued explicit threats to deport Palestinians to the desert and Jordan and to empty areas of the West Bank of their residents.
Earlier this week, Katz stated in a television interview that the Israeli army had a war plan ready to deal with any potential uprising in the West Bank. The plan includes assassinations, population evacuations, and the use of force on a scale comparable to what occurred in Gaza.
The Union for Justice emphasised that settler attacks on Palestinian villages are no longer merely isolated incidents of violence. Rather, they are increasingly taking on a more dangerous and organised character, aimed at gradually forcing Palestinians to leave their homes and land.
Displacement of Bedouin Communities
On Tuesday, in the latest episode targeting Bedouin and pastoral communities, 20 of the 47 families living in the Ras al-Ahmar community, southeast of Tubas, were forced to flee following a siege lasting more than a month imposed by the Israeli army and settler gangs. The siege involved the closure of all roads leading to the community and the prevention of water and animal fodder from entering.
These Bedouin families were forced to leave their homes and relocate to the towns of Tammun, Atuf, and Aqaba, the city of Tubas, and other Palestinian towns and villages in the northern Jordan Valley. Concerns are growing that the remaining ten families in the community may face the same fate.
According to a survey conducted by the Independent Commission for Human Rights in cooperation with the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Israeli measures resulted in the displacement of more than 50 Bedouin and pastoral communities across the West Bank between October 2023 and the first half of the current year.
Home Demolitions Lead to Displacement and Forced Evictions
On Wednesday, in the latest instance of demolitions targeting Palestinian buildings, the occupation authorities demolished a building containing seven residential apartments in the al-Wad area, adjacent to Qalandiya Refugee Camp near Jerusalem, under the pretext of construction without a permit. As a result, more than 35 Palestinians lost their homes.
According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Israeli authorities carried out 341 demolition operations in the West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem, during the first half of this year. These operations affected 740 structures, including occupied residential units and homes under construction, as well as commercial, agricultural, and livestock facilities, displacing hundreds of Palestinians.
According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), demolitions carried out by the occupation authorities and settler attacks displaced more than 3,200 Palestinians between the beginning of this year and mid-year, at an average of 17 people per day. This is double the daily average recorded over the previous three years.
Displacement from Refugee Camps in the Northern West Bank
In January 2025, the Israeli army announced the launch of a large-scale operation in the Jenin, Tulkarem, and Nur Shams refugee camps in the northern West Bank. The operation resulted in the martyrdom and injury of dozens of Palestinians and the destruction of more than 1,500 buildings across the three camps.
According to United Nations data submitted as part of the legal petition, the Israeli operation also displaced more than 40,000 Palestinians from their homes, forcing them to relocate to other areas within the Jenin and Tulkarem governorates.
Several days ago, the Israeli government announced that it would not comply with a ruling issued by the Israeli Supreme Court, the country’s highest judicial authority, ordering the return of Palestinian residents to their homes in the Jenin, Tulkarem, and Nur Shams refugee camps.
The army also announced that it was preparing to maintain a “long-term operational presence” in the area, enabling it to control roads constructed through the refugee camps at the expense of Palestinian homes, a year and a half after the military operation began.
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