"Today, when Israel talks about creating a "buffer zone," it's actually a buffer zone of the buffer zone, and so imperialism by the inch continues." Susan Abulhawa

MAP 2: GAZA ARMISTICE LINES:  SALMAN ABU SITTA Israel has no borders, neither by its own admission nor by any article in international law. In 1948, Israel occupied 20,500 km2  (80% of Palestine), of which only 6% was obtained through the collusion of the British Mandate. The rest was obtained just by military force.

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I want to post a point of historic fact regarding the current "border" of Gaza. 

 

The 1949 armistice line was actually 3 kilometers wider along the full perimeter of the Gaza Strip. 

 

However, Israel declared this area as a "buffer zone," and ultimately absorbed it as de facto Jewish-only territory. 

 

Those lands around the strip, called the Gaza envelop, are technically supposed to be part of the strip itself. 

 

But Israel built settlements and farms there. 

 

Today, when Israel talks about creating a "buffer zone," it's actually a buffer zone of the buffer zone, and so imperialism by the inch continues.     

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