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‘Spatial restructuring’ razes hundreds of residences in West Bank refugee camps

JL;DR SUMMARY Israel's practice of demolishing homes in West Bank refugee camps, described as 'spatial restructuring,' has intensified, with aims shifting from punitive actions against terrorists to facilitating military maneuvers. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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West BankJeninIdfPalestinian ProtestsMilitary OperationsRefugee CampsHouse DemolitionsTulkarmNur ShamsSpatial Restructuring

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Jenin, Palestinian Territories
"For example, in August last year, Maj.-Gen. Avi Bluth, the head of the Central Command, ordered the uprooting of thousands of Palestinian olive trees from an area of about 300 dunams (74 acres) belonging to the village of Al-Mughayyir, following a shooting attack in which a Jewish Israeli was lightly wounded."
Tulkarm, Palestinian Territories
"The destruction is part of a trend whereby Israel is importing combat tactics it has used in the wars in Gaza and Lebanon to the occupied West Bank."
Nur Shams, Tulkarm, Palestinian Territories
"The Israel Defense Forces refers to the systematic demolition of hundreds of homes in the Jenin, Tulkarm and Nur Shams refugee camps as spatial restructuring, a bureaucratic euphemism for operations designed to create maneuvering space."
Al-Mughayyir, Ramallah and al-Bireh, Palestinian Territories
"For example, in August last year, Maj.-Gen. Avi Bluth, the head of the Central Command, ordered the uprooting of thousands of Palestinian olive trees from an area of about 300 dunams (74 acres) belonging to the village of Al-Mughayyir, following a shooting attack in which a Jewish Israeli was lightly wounded."
Burkin, Jenin, Palestinian Territories
"Similar measures were also taken after the terror attack in May 2025 in which 30-year-old Tzeela Gez was shot dead while on her way to the maternity hospital to give birth."

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