wl-2924-Everyday Ecocide in Palestine

Over years, Israel, the occupying power, has perpetrated structural violence in Palestine, severely damaging its ecosystem and indigenous population. The attempt here will be to analyse how the Israeli retaliation to the October 7th attack by Hamas and the resulting genocidal war systematically contributed to ecocide in Palestine. The issue of ecocide in Gaza often receives insufficient discussion and understanding. To address this gap, the article The article employs an intersectional approach to studying the environment as a weapon of war and how it exacerbates c. limate change. The article traces the everyday instances of land, water, soil, air, and marine pollution resulting from the ongoing genocidal war on Palestine since October 7. The attempt here will be to examine the alarming implications of the ecological disaster and how it exacerbates climate change. The findings of this study reveal that in Palestine, Occurrences of ecocide have often gone hand in hand with settler colonialism. By focusing on the intersection of occupation, ethnic cleansing, ecocide, and climate change, this study contributes to the existing literature on “Environmental Nakba” in Palestine.