Monitoring the Occupation: The Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
<p>This conversation with Dror Etkes addresses his work with organizations monitoring the Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, in particular through the NGO he created in 2012, Kerem Navot. We begin by conversing about the very name of this organization, telling the story of the biblical character, Navot, against whom King Ach’av plots to steal his land. We then examine both official and non-official Palestinian land seizing by the Israeli army and settlers. These takeovers are always characterized by their justification by a legal narrative claiming their legitimacy. We particularly insist on the agricultural function of most land expropriated by the Israeli settlers, before addressing the real estate economy of the settlements themselves. We finish the conversation by describing Dror’s method in his monitoring work.</p>
Host: Léopold Lambert
Guests: Dror Etkes
Part of: The Funambulist Podcast