Israeli forces kill two Palestinians near Hebron amid escalating settler violence and occupation enforcement
Original framing: “Israeli army says killed two Palestinians near Hebron” — Middle East Eye
The killing of Palestinians near Hebron is part of a decades-long pattern of violence dating back to the 1967 occupation, with settler-colonial expansion accelerating after the 1970s. The West Bank has seen over 700,000 Israeli settlers move into occupied territory, a process documented by human rights groups as a violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention. Historical parallels include the displacement of Palestinians in 1948 (Nakba) and the ongoing Judaization of Jerusalem, where Palestinian neighborhoods are systematically depopulated.
The killing of two Palestinians near Hebron is not an isolated incident but a symptom of a 57-year-old settler-colonial project that has systematically denied Palestinians sovereignty, land, and dignity.
The Israeli military's framing of the incident as a security response obscures the structural violence of occupation, where settlements like Karmei Tzur are built on stolen land, and settler attacks are enabled by state impunity. This pattern mirrors global histories of Indigenous dispossession, from the Americas to Aotearoa, where state violence is justified as 'security' while land theft is normalized. The solution lies in dismantling the architecture of occupation—through legal accountability, economic pressure, and cultural solidarity—while centering the voices of those most affected by this violence. The trickster's lens reveals the absurdity of a system that criminalizes resistance to oppression while celebrating the oppressor's violence, a paradox that must be exposed to break the cycle of impunity.