Nearly three years have passed since the start of the Gaza genocide, a genocide long planned by the State of Israel but also consistently supported by the rest of the international community. And it is only with these premises that, unfortunately, the Palestinian population in Gaza continues to resist the continued interference of the occupation, but also the defeat of a society, the Israeli one, which has always defined itself as "democratic" and which today, before the eyes of a silent world, is revealing its true face and the true colonial intent it has sought to impose for nearly a century, with the policy of "small steps."
Gaza and the West Bank are thus undergoing the same treatment, as per the script and decision to achieve the objectives of expelling and erasing Palestine in all its geographical, political and human aspects.
In the West Bank, a process of territorial annexation is effectively underway, reducing the space available to Palestinian communities; the context is political, and the whole thing is being justified by the "need" for "security."
Settler violence in villages, towns, and refugee camps is the order of the day. Incursions, intimidation, and home destruction have increased. Clashes, intimidation, and severe restrictions on movement have been imposed throughout the Palestinian territory.
In AREA C (1) settler outposts and settlements are expanding, thus fragmenting territorial continuity; over 60% of this area is under the direct control of Israel. Local communities, whether Christian or Muslim, are subjected to enormous pressure, with daily violence, killings, injuries, destruction and burning of houses, lands and trees, thus pushing many residents to abandon their lands and leave the territory free for forced colonization.
The Settlers' Party has now become the main governing party, and the rest of Israeli society has no intention of ousting it from government, considering it the only one capable of getting rid of the "pesky Palestinians" and thus taking all the land for "greater Israel."
The Gaza enclave, sealed off and separated from the rest of the Palestinian territory for nearly 20 years like a vast open-air prison, has now become an uninhabitable territory, where suffering and pain alternate daily. There are no longer any habitable homes, schools, hospitals, roads, or any other normal service for the population; there is no longer access to water, electricity, hospitals, or sanitation.
The only certainty is the constant attacks and bombings; the drones that incessantly monitor the skies and instill daily terror in the population on the ground. The civilian population's appeals to the entire world are daily, but they fall on deaf ears when they reach our parts, where this conflict has now become the norm.
Following the acceptance of the unilateral truce, Trump, in an effort to avoid displeasing Israel, effectively committed it to continuing the "war," and thus the military occupation and the resulting strategy of geographical reshaping of the area. He outlined a 15-point roadmap to achieve the surrender of Hamas and other Palestinian factions. Israel, however, made no commitment whatsoever to ending its daily attacks on Gaza; in fact, it partially rejected the proposed points, thus diminishing the success of the agreement, which ultimately came to nothing. Mr. Kushner, charged with persuading Israel, has in fact encountered only Israel's staunch refusal. Gaza, therefore, is not approaching the beginning of a "new era," as had been predicted; no hope or confidence in the future is emerging for the population; indeed, it seems that the promise of rebuilding any aspect of Gaza has, for the moment, waned.
Indeed, if one observes satellite images (clearly under the eyes of only a few members of the Israeli army), one can make out the imposing land barrier that separates the area of the Strip, 70% of which is controlled by the Israeli army and the remaining part of the territory belonging to the enclave made up of 2,300,000 people, still the same number as three years ago, under no one's control, for the moment.
A 23-kilometer earthen barrier has been erected to delimit the areas completely bombed by Israel over the past three years, and will gradually be leveled. The rubble will be removed, preventing the surviving population from continuing to search for their loved ones, who they know are missing and remain beneath the rubble.
A blurring of the genocide that adds to the cruel aberration of this Israeli democracy. Under the colors of yellow and orange (2) that famous "Board of Peace" is being consumed, which will quickly become a new Occupation.
With the unilateral agreement, the US/Donald Trump decision is mocking the entire international community, pandering to Israel's wishes to regain that piece of land known as the Gaza Strip, which the settlers have been seeking ever since they were driven out by then-Prime Minister Sharon. They have no peace, given that that too is land given by God to Israel and to a segment of the Jewish people, who have little or nothing of the Jewish, but a great deal and only of colonial Zionism.
Trump is therefore indulging them; after months and months of waiting and stabilization (this is what the "Peace" agreement, signed by him alone, is called), he has begun drawing up the first construction contracts.
He's begun the uncontrolled removal of the rubble, which wouldn't be a bad thing if it weren't for the haste he's doing, to remove as many traces as possible of the massacred families still left under their homes. "The true death toll may not be revealed for another 20 years, but in the meantime, it's important to remove concrete evidence."
The first project, therefore, consists of the construction of a military outpost, not far from the Israeli border, to house Moroccan troops as a de facto military occupation force, alongside the old occupation forces. (The contract, it seems, has been awarded to Arkel International , a Louisiana company that has previously worked with the US government in countries such as Iraq.) (3)
From a security perspective, what is happening shows us the shift from a phase of military operations to one of imposing long-term realities on the ground. This involves reducing Palestinian space for movement and creating Israeli-controlled buffer zones, thus imposing a new geographical reality on the ground on any future political agreement.
This, then, would be the beginning of a "peaceful" reconstruction, which absolutely does not include reconstruction for the civilian population, who to this day are forced into tents in evacuation areas, mostly by the sea. Furthermore, Israel continues to bomb and kill civilians wherever they are, without respecting "humanitarian" lines.
The population thus finds itself in a situation of extreme vulnerability, with very limited options compared to its demands and needs. These options include continued internal migration, with the obligation to move within the Gaza Strip to areas deemed safer, even though data shows that not even areas designated as "safe" by Israel have been spared from the bombing. The data regarding daily life and needs are alarming:
Over 18,000 patients (including the wounded, the chronically ill, and cancer patients) requiring urgent care are not allowed to evacuate due to military restrictions. Dependence on food aid remains extremely high; humanitarian aid from humanitarian agencies and organizations is still virtually prohibited, but commercial trucks are allowed to transport goods for which Israel earns a financial return, for which the population is forced to pay in cash. This food dependency exceeds 70% of the population, who therefore suffer from food insecurity.
From all this, we come to the following conclusion: Gaza is not only suffering the devastating effects of unilateral war, but is also undergoing a process of reshaping its geographical and political landscape, in which territorial control is becoming a tool to shape the future of the Gaza Strip even before a political agreement is reached and pending the Israeli elections of OCTOBER 2026.
On the international stage, solidarity and pressure continues against deaf and complicit governments; international political pressure is necessary to continue to pressure inattentive governments and appeal to international institutions, even if with limited success; the International Criminal Court, which has already issued arrest warrants, must be further urged to ensure effective execution. We cannot turn our attention away from Palestine; its history is no longer simply one of war but of a reality imposed by force that will be replicated everywhere.
* Meri Calvelli is a humanitarian aid worker, researcher and activist who has been working for years in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank
Note:
Area C was defined by the 1995 Oslo II Accords as part of the West Bank divided into three zones: A, B, and C. While A and B are under partial or full Palestinian control, Area C is under full Israeli military and civilian control.
Oslo II envisaged Area C remaining under full Israeli control during the transitional period, but gradually being transferred to Palestinian jurisdiction as part of the final status negotiations. This gradual transferability was a political commitment, not an operational timetable-and it has remained unimplemented.
The colors of the Board of Peace symbol.
" ...sources from "The Guardian" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/06/trump-gaza-board-of-peace-first-building-contract-military-base ).
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