Yet another report has been published, portraying how Israel is increasing its destruction of Palestinian property and, as a result, continuing the cycle of dispossessing Palestinians. The EU’s recent “One Year Report on Demolitions and Seizures in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem” for the entire year of 2021 showed a six per cent increase in demolitions and a 20 per cent increase in dispossession when compared to 2020. Out of the 904 destroyed buildings, 140 were funded by the EU or its member states. Israel has been criticised in the past for destroying EU-funded dwellings and structures. In 2020, it was estimated that, between 2014 and 2019, Israeli forces destroyed approximately 536 EU-funded structures of a total value of … Continue reading The EU’s report evades Israel’s settler-colonial origins