"A landless people and a peopleless land: these, it appears, are the aims of the Israeli government in Gaza. There are two means by which they are achieved. The first is the mass killing and expulsion of the Palestinians. The second is rendering the land uninhabitable. Alongside the crime of genocide, another great horror unfolds: ecocide. While the destruction of buildings and infrastructure in Gaza is visible in every video we see, less visible is the parallel destruction of ecosystems and means of subsistence."
"Before the 7 October atrocity that triggered the current assault on Gaza, about 40% of its land was farmed. Despite its extreme population density, Gaza was mostly self-sufficient in vegetables and poultry, and met much of the population's demand for olives, fruit and milk. But last month the UN reported that just 1.5% of its agricultural land now remains both accessible and undamaged. That's roughly 200 hectares the only remaining area directly available to feed more than 2 million people."
The Israeli government is pursuing actions that produce a landless people and a peopleless land in Gaza through mass killing, expulsion and rendering territory uninhabitable. Genocide is accompanied by systematic ecocide as ecosystems and means of subsistence are destroyed. Before 7 October, about 40% of Gaza's land was farmed and the Strip largely met demand for vegetables, poultry, olives, fruit and milk. The UN reports only 1.5% of agricultural land remains accessible and undamaged, roughly 200 hectares for over two million people. The Israeli military has demolished greenhouses, toppled orchards, ploughed crops, sprayed herbicides and expanded a buffer zone over eastern agricultural land, often justifying destruction by alleging Hamas presence within civilian resources.
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