Israeli human rights group B’Tselem says Israeli actions in the occupied West Bank are part of a wider project intended to make it impossible for Palestinians to exist together as a people. In a report titled “The Elimination Project,” it describes five connected tactics: violence, ethnic cleansing, movement restrictions, economic strangulation, and social and political destruction.
Both outlets report B’Tselem’s use of the term “ethnic cleansing,” describing how dozens of small, isolated Palestinian communities have been forced to leave after violence or home demolitions. Middle East Eye adds that the report characterizes the current West Bank as under a “sweeping Israeli assault” and cites an external tally that lists 1,108 deaths since 7 October 2023, covering both civilians and militants. The two articles otherwise align closely on the structure of the allegations and the broad framing of B’Tselem’s findings.
