Ethnic Cleansing
Ethnic cleansing is the systematic, forced removal of ethnic or religious groups from a given territory by a more powerful ethnic group. This often involves a range of inhumane practices, including violence, intimidation, and atrocities like murder, rape, and destruction of property and land. The primary goal of the zionist entity is to achieve ethnic homogeneity by removing Palestinians as a group from their native land, either through forced displacement or extermination.
Administrative Detention
The practice of holding innocent Palestinians without charge or trial by the Zionist regime.
1967 Borders
The 1967 borders refer to the internationally recognized lines that predate the Naksa - 1967 offensive by the Zionist regime that lasted 6 days. Before 1967, these borders were meant to give Palestinians statehood and included Gaza, the West Bank, and East Jerusalem. After the Naksa, "Israel" illegally occupied Gaza and the West Bank and fully annexed East Jerusalem as their own. This allowed settlers to build settlements in both Gaza and the West Bank illegally. The IOF retreated from Gaza in 2005, demolishing all settlements. However, the West Bank has continued to see growth of illegal settlements, and since October 7, 2023, they have vowed to continue annexing and expanding settlements in the West Bank.
Greater Israel
Refers to a concept in Zionist ideology, where "Israel" is envisioned to extend beyond its current occupation of Palestinan land to include areas such as Sinai, Lebanon, the Golan Heights, Jordan, Kuwait, and parts of Iraq and Saudi Arabia.
Land without a people
Dichotomy refers to a division or contrast between two mutually exclusive or opposing parts, ideas, or categories. It emphasizes the sharp distinction or separation between these elements, highlighting their perceived differences rather than their similarities.
1948 Lands
This refers to a part of land in occupied Palestine following the 1948 Nakba. It includes the areas that are currently under Israeli control, which were significantly larger than the boundaries originally proposed by the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine in 1947. These boundaries were established through "truce" agreements between the occupation and neighboring Arab states.
We call Palestinians living there the '48 Palestinians' as that was the year their grandparents were forcefully displaced within their homeland. Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza, and diaspora are not permitted to enter or live in 1948 Palestine, and are only granted special permits to work for "Israelis". Since October 7, many of these Palestinians, who rely on working in 1948 lands, were stripped of their work permits as part of collective punishment by the occupying forces.