From economy of occupation to economy of genocide - (A/HRC/59/23) Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 - Question of Palestine
Analysis Summary
This article uses strong, emotional language and a clear 'us-vs-them' framing to argue that corporations are intentionally facilitating a 'genocide' against Palestinians for profit. It focuses heavily on establishing this corporate complicity, asserting it's a primary driver of the conflict, while omitting details that might complicate this narrative or provide alternative explanations for corporate actions.
FATE Analysis
Four dimensions of psychological manipulation: how content captures Focus, exploits Authority, triggers Tribal identity, and engineers Emotion.
Focus signals
"FROM ECONOMY OF OCCUPATION TO ECONOMY OF GENOCIDE"
The title uses strong, dramatic language to immediately frame the situation as a dire, escalating crisis, suggesting a unique and extreme transformation.
"This report investigates the corporate machinery sustaining Israel’s settler-colonial project of displacement and replacement of the Palestinians in the occupied territory. While political leaders and governments shirk their obligations, far too many corporate entities have profited from Israel’s economy of illegal occupation, apartheid and now, genocide."
The report presents its findings as an investigation revealing hidden 'corporate machinery' and 'complicity,' implying new or rarely revealed information about the scale and nature of corporate involvement leading to 'genocide.'
"The complicity exposed by this report is just the tip of the iceberg; ending it will not happen without holding the private sector accountable, including its executives."
Phrases like 'just the tip of the iceberg' suggest a deeper, unrevealed truth that the report is beginning to uncover, creating a sense of unfolding revelation and urgency.
"After October 2023, long-standing systems of control, exploitation and dispossession metamorphosed into economic, technological and political infrastructures mobilized to inflict mass violence and immense destruction. Entities that previously enabled and profited from Palestinian elimination and erasure within the economy of occupation, instead of disengaging are now involved in the economy of genocide."
The article emphasizes a 'metamorphosis' and a shift to an 'economy of genocide,' portraying a dramatic and severe escalation of an existing situation, drawing attention to this 'new' level of alleged wrongdoing.
Authority signals
"Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967*"
Leverages the institutional weight of the 'Special Rapporteur' and the official UN Human Rights Council context (A/HRC/59/23) to imbue the report with significant credibility.
"Human Rights Council Fifty-ninth session 16 June–11 July 2025 Agenda item 7: Human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories"
Clearly states its origin within the UN Human Rights Council's agenda, lending powerful institutional legitimacy to its claims and framing it as an official report.
"International law recognizes varying degrees of responsibility – each requiring scrutiny and accountability, particularly in this case, where a people’s self-determination and very existence are at stake. This is a necessary step to end the genocide and dismantle the global system that has allowed it."
Appeals to the authority of 'International law' and presents the Special Rapporteur's interpretation as definitive and necessary, thereby framing its conclusions as legally sound.
"The report builds on extensive literature, especially by civil society[9] and by the Working Group on Business and Human Rights"
Cites 'extensive literature' and a 'Working Group on Business and Human Rights' to establish a foundation of academic and human rights expertise for its methodology.
"The Special Rapporteur developed a database of 1000 corporate entities from the unprecedented 200+ submissions received, following her call for input when preparing this investigation."
Highlights the Special Rapporteur's direct investigative work, including creating a large database from numerous submissions, portraying a thorough and authoritative process.
"Most significant is the ICJ’s Advisory Opinion of 19 July 2024, which addressed the legality of Israel’s very presence in the oPt. The Court declared the prolonged presence of Israel in the whole of the territory, including its colony regime – composed of its military presence, settlements, associated infrastructures and control of Palestinian natural resources[421] – as illegal[422] in its entirety on the basis of sustained violations of two peremptory norms of international law: the right to self-determination of the Palestinian people and the prohibition on the acquisition of territory by force (annexation).[423] The Court also recognized, among others, the violation of the non-derogable norm prohibiting racial segregation and apartheid.[424]"
Repeatedly cites the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and its rulings, leveraging the highest international legal authority to validate the report's core assertions about illegality and violations, including 'peremptory norms of international law' and 'racial segregation and apartheid'.
"By placing States on explicit notice of this risk of genocide, the ICJ orders engaged the obligation under Article 1 of the Genocide Convention to “prevent and punish” genocide, thereby exposing all those who continue to aid, abet or assist Israel in committing such acts to potential international responsibility for complicity in genocide."
Further reinforces the authority of the ICJ and the international legal framework by stating that its orders have engaged the 'obligation under Article 1 of the Genocide Convention,' linking the article's claims directly to international legal responsibilities.
Tribe signals
"This report investigates the corporate machinery sustaining Israel’s settler-colonial project of displacement and replacement of the Palestinians in the occupied territory."
Establishes a clear 'us vs. them' narrative by positioning 'corporate machinery' and 'Israel's settler-colonial project' against 'Palestinians,' implying an oppressive force and a victimized group.
"While political leaders and governments shirk their obligations, far too many corporate entities have profited from Israel’s economy of illegal occupation, apartheid and now, genocide. The complicity exposed by this report is just the tip of the iceberg; ending it will not happen without holding the private sector accountable, including its executives."
Weaponizes the labels 'illegal occupation,' 'apartheid,' and 'genocide' with corporate 'complicity' to create a moral imperative for readers to align against these entities, making agreement a marker of moral uprightness and disagreement a sign of complicity.
"Colonial endeavours and their associated genocides have historically been driven and enabled by the corporate sector."
Positions 'colonial endeavours' and 'genocides' as actions of a complicit 'corporate sector,' creating an opposition between historical oppressors/enablers and those who would oppose them.
"Israel is now imperilling the very existence of the Palestinian people in Palestine."
Creates a stark 'us vs. them' dynamic by portraying Israel as directly threatening the 'existence of the Palestinian people,' invoking a fundamental existential conflict.
"Corporate entities must refuse to be complicit in human rights violations and international crimes or be held to account."
Establishes a binary where one must either 'refuse to be complicit' (join the 'us' group) or 'be held to account' (be part of the 'them' group, implying guilt or wrongdoing).
"In the case of the oPt, corporate entities have been on notice for decades regarding the widespread and systematic nature of the human rights violations perpetrated Proper human rights due diligence would have identified the risk of corporate entities incurring responsibility for such violations well before the catastrophic events that have unfolded since October 2023 – all the more so if the required heightened processes were followed."
Implies a broad, long-standing awareness and consensus ('on notice for decades') about alleged violations, shaping the expectation that any reasonable entity would have understood the situation, making disagreement seem uninformed or willfully ignorant.
"The Special Rapporteur urges trade Unions, lawyers, civil society and ordinary citizens to press for boycotts, divestments, sanctions, justice for Palestine and accountability at international and domestic levels; together we can end these unspeakable crimes."
Directly appeals to various groups and 'ordinary citizens' to unite in a collective action ('together we can end these unspeakable crimes'), forging a tribal identity around the cause and positioning those who join as righteous actors against the perpetrators of 'unspeakable crimes.'
"It casts a new light onto global crackdowns on campus protesters: shielding Israel and protecting institutional financial interests appears a more probable motivation than fighting alleged antisemitism."
Weaponizes the accusation of 'shielding Israel and protecting institutional financial interests' against those critical of campus protests, subtly implying that opponents of the article's viewpoint are prioritizing financial gain over human rights, potentially fearing social disapproval for taking such a stance.
Emotion signals
"FROM ECONOMY OF OCCUPATION TO ECONOMY OF GENOCIDE"
The title uses the highly charged term 'genocide' immediately, designed to evoke strong outrage and moral condemnation.
"While political leaders and governments shirk their obligations, far too many corporate entities have profited from Israel’s economy of illegal occupation, apartheid and now, genocide."
Phrases like 'shirk their obligations,' 'profited from illegal occupation, apartheid and now, genocide' are chosen to provoke outrage at perceived injustice, moral failure, and exploitation on a massive scale.
"International law recognizes varying degrees of responsibility – each requiring scrutiny and accountability, particularly in this case, where a people’s self-determination and very existence are at stake."
The phrase 'very existence are at stake' aims to elicit fear for the survival of a group, portraying the situation as an existential threat.
"After denying Palestinian self-determination for decades, Israel is now imperilling the very existence of the Palestinian people in Palestine."
Accusations of 'denying self-determination' and 'imperilling the very existence' are intended to generate profound moral outrage and a sense of grave injustice.
"Corporate entities must refuse to be complicit in human rights violations and international crimes or be held to account."
This statement uses strong moral language ('complicit in human rights violations and international crimes') to create pressure and emotional investment in the demand for accountability.
"Post-October 2023, corporate actors have contributed to the acceleration of the displacement-replacement process throughout the military campaign that has pulverized Gaza and displaced the largest number of Palestinians in the West Bank since 1967."
Uses emotionally loaded terms like 'pulverized Gaza' and 'displaced the largest number' to evoke sorrow, horror, and outrage, linking corporate actions directly to immense suffering.
"By helping to militarize and incentivize illegal Israeli presence in the occupied Palestinian territory, they have contributed to the creation of the conditions for Palestinian ethnic cleansing."
The accusation of contributing to 'ethnic cleansing' is a term with an extremely negative historical and emotional charge, designed to elicit intense indignation and moral condemnation.
"Financial and academic institutions have also enabled the conditions for Palestinian displacement-replacement. Banks, asset management firms, pension funds and insurers have channelled finance into the illegal occupation. Universities – centres of intellectual growth and power – have sustained the political ideology underpinning the colonization of Palestinian land, developed weaponry and overlooked or even endorsed systemic violence, while global research collaborations have obscured Palestinian erasure behind a veil of academic neutrality."
This passage aims to provoke outrage by pointing to institutions traditionally seen as pillars of ethics or progress (banks, universities) as complicit in 'illegal occupation,' 'sustained political ideology,' 'systemic violence,' and 'Palestinian erasure,' suggesting a betrayal of their supposed values and a widespread, insidious corruption.
"Conclusions While life in Gaza is being obliterated and the West Bank is under escalating assault, this report shows why Israel’s genocide continues: because it is lucrative for many."
The opening of the conclusion creates a strong sense of urgency and moral distress by highlighting ongoing devastation ('life in Gaza is being obliterated,' 'escalating assault') and linking it to a provocative motive ('lucrative for many'), pushing the reader towards immediate emotional response and action.
"This is a “joint criminal enterprise”, where the acts of one ultimately contribute to a whole economy that drives, supplies and enables this genocide."
Labels the situation as a 'joint criminal enterprise' and explicitly states that the economy 'drives, supplies and enables this genocide,' using legally and morally charged language to evoke strong feelings of condemnation.
"The Special Rapporteur urges trade Unions, lawyers, civil society and ordinary citizens to press for boycotts, divestments, sanctions, justice for Palestine and accountability at international and domestic levels; together we can end these unspeakable crimes."
By calling for action against 'unspeakable crimes,' the article encourages readers to adopt a stance of moral superiority and righteous defiance against the perceived perpetrators.
Narrative Analysis (PCP)
How the article reshapes thinking: Perception (what beliefs are targeted), Context (what information is shifted or omitted), and Permission (what behavior is being encouraged).
The article aims to instill the belief that a vast 'corporate machinery' is actively and knowingly complicit in an 'economy of genocide' and 'settler-colonial occupation' against Palestinians, and that these corporate actions are foundational to the conflict, rather than a secondary or detached effect. It works to establish that profit motive is a primary driver behind the alleged 'genocide' and 'displacement and replacement' of Palestinians. It targets beliefs about corporate ethical responsibility and the impartiality of international law and institutions, suggesting a systemic failure.
The article shifts the context of corporate activity within the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from standard economic engagement (e.g., job creation, trade, investment) to an inherently criminal enterprise supporting 'settler-colonialism' and 'genocide.' It uses historical parallels with 'colonial endeavors and their associated genocides' and the 'Industrialists’ Trials' to normalize the idea of corporate culpability for 'genocide' in the current context. This framing makes current corporate activities appear as direct continuations of historical atrocities.
The article omits or significantly downplays potentially mitigating factors or alternative interpretations of corporate involvement. For example, it frames all corporate activity within the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) as 'complicity' and 'profiteering' without thoroughly examining the complexities of international business operations in conflict zones, such as the provision of essential services that might benefit both populations, or the legal frameworks that might compel certain engagements. It also omits detailed analysis of the specific intent or knowledge of individual corporations beyond broad assertions of 'knowing contribution,' which would be crucial for legal findings of complicity, instead relying on the 'heightened human rights due diligence' standard to imply culpability. It does not extensively discuss the specific nature of the original actions (e.g., Hamas attack) that led to the 'post-October 2023' acceleration it references, and how those events might have impacted corporate decisions or the operational context.
The article implicitly grants permission for, and actively calls for, boycotts, divestments, and sanctions (BDS) against implicated corporations and the Israeli state. It encourages readers (and Member States, corporate entities, national judiciaries, and the UN) to demand legal investigations, asset freezes, and the termination of all business activities and relationships with Israel, portraying this as a 'necessary step to end the genocide and dismantle the global system that has allowed it.' It also subtly normalizes the idea of 'apartheid wealth tax' as a form of reparation.
SMRP Pattern
Four manipulation maintenance tactics: Socializing the idea as normal, Minimizing concerns, Rationalizing with logic, and Projecting blame.
"Colonial endeavours and their associated genocides have historically been driven and enabled by the corporate sector."
"This is a 'joint criminal enterprise', where the acts of one ultimately contribute to a whole economy that drives, supplies and enables this genocide."
"Israel’s claims of security needs have spurred unparalleled developments in carceral and surveillance services... fueled by US-tech giants."
Red Flags
High-severity indicators: silencing dissent, coordinated messaging, or weaponizing identity to shut down debate.
"It casts a new light onto global crackdowns on campus protesters: shielding Israel and protecting institutional financial interests appears a more probable motivation than fighting alleged antisemitism."
"any investment sustains a system of serious international crimes."
Techniques Found(35)
Specific propaganda techniques identified using the SemEval-2023 academic taxonomy of 23 techniques across 6 categories.
"This report investigates the corporate machinery sustaining Israel’s settler-colonial project of displacement and replacement of the Palestinians in the occupied territory."
The terms 'corporate machinery,' 'settler-colonial project,' and 'displacement and replacement' are emotionally charged and present the report's conclusion as a foregone conclusion, framing Israel's actions in a highly negative light from the outset.
"far too many corporate entities have profited from Israel’s economy of illegal occupation, apartheid and now, genocide."
The words 'illegal occupation,' 'apartheid,' and 'genocide' are highly inflammatory and accusatory, designed to evoke strong negative emotional responses and condemn Israel's actions without presenting a factual, neutral description.
"The complicity exposed by this report is just the tip of the iceberg; ending it will not happen without holding the private sector accountable, including its executives."
The phrase 'just the tip of the iceberg' exaggerates the scope of the alleged corporate complicity, suggesting a vast, hidden problem beyond what is explicitly documented in the report, thereby amplifying the perceived severity.
"International law recognizes varying degrees of responsibility – each requiring scrutiny and accountability, particularly in this case, where a people’s self-determination and very existence are at stake."
The phrase 'very existence are at stake' is emotionally charged and creates a sense of extreme peril and urgency, designed to heighten readers' emotional engagement and rally support for the report's conclusions by suggesting an existential threat.
"This is a necessary step to end the genocide and dismantle the global system that has allowed it."
The term 'genocide' and the assertion of a 'global system that has allowed it' are highly emotive and accusatory, intended to outrage the reader and frame the proposed actions as morally imperative to stop a grave injustice.
"Colonial endeavours and their associated genocides have historically been driven and enabled by the corporate sector."
The terms 'Colonial endeavours' and 'genocides' are charged with historical atrocities, automatically framing the subsequent discussion on Israel in a highly negative and morally condemned context.
"Commercial interests have contributed to the dispossession of Indigenous people and lands – a mode of domination known as “colonial racial capitalism”."
The phrase 'colonial racial capitalism' is a loaded academic term that carries strong negative connotations of historic exploitation and systemic oppression, designed to frame the issue as a continuation of these perceived injustices.
"The same is true of Israeli colonization of Palestinian lands, its expansion into the occupied Palestinian territory and its institutionalization of a regime of settler-colonial apartheid."
The terms 'colonization,' 'settler-colonial apartheid,' and 'regime' are highly pejorative and are used to delegitimize Israel's presence and actions by equating them with historically condemned systems of governance.
"After denying Palestinian self-determination for decades, Israel is now imperilling the very existence of the Palestinian people in Palestine."
The phrase 'imperilling the very existence' is a dramatic and emotionally charged statement, intended to convey an existential threat and evoke strong feelings of alarm and injustice, portraying Israel as a destructive force.
"The role of corporate entities in sustaining Israel’s illegal occupation and ongoing genocidal campaign in Gaza is the subject of this investigation..."
The terms 'illegal occupation' and 'ongoing genocidal campaign' are highly inflammatory and accusatory, presenting a strong negative judgment of Israel's actions as an established fact rather than a claim to be investigated.
"...focused on how corporate interests underpin Israeli settler-colonial the twofold logic of displacement and replacement aimed at dispossessing and erasing Palestinians from their lands."
The description 'settler-colonial,' 'displacement and replacement,' 'dispossessing and erasing' uses emotionally loaded and historically contentious terms to cast Israel's actions in a morally reprehensible light.
"...including occupation, annexation and crimes of apartheid and genocide, as well as a long list of ancillary crimes and human rights violations, from discrimination, wanton destruction, forced displacement and pillage, to extrajudicial killing and starvation."
This is an accumulation of highly charged and negative terms like 'apartheid,' 'genocide,' 'wanton destruction,' 'forced displacement,' 'pillage,' 'extrajudicial killing,' and 'starvation,' designed to overwhelm the reader with a sense of immense suffering and profound injustice, linking severe human rights abuses directly to Israel's actions.
"commercial endeavours enabling and profiting from the obliteration of innocent people’s lives must cease."
The phrase 'profiting from the obliteration of innocent people’s lives' is highly emotive and accusatory, designed to evoke moral outrage and present the corporations as complicit in mass destruction.
"The law governing corporate responsibility has deep roots in the historic relationship between violent dispossession and private power, and the legacy of corporate collusion with settler-colonialism and racial segregation."
The terms 'violent dispossession,' 'corporate collusion,' 'settler-colonialism,' and 'racial segregation' are emotionally charged and connect the current situation to historical injustices, pre-framing the legal context negatively against companies operating in the region.
"Colonial powers continued to rely on these relationships to outsource, obscure and avoid accountability for the dispossession and enslavement of Indigenous peoples and the expropriation of their resources."
The words 'outsourcing,' 'dispossession,' and 'enslavement' are highly emotive and associate corporate actions with historical exploitation and severe human rights abuses, thereby condemning their current activities by historical analogy.
"Corporations and their home States – primarily Global Minority States – continue to exploit structural inequalities rooted in colonial dispossession."
The phrase 'exploit structural inequalities rooted in colonial dispossession' uses politically and emotionally charged language to depict corporations and their states as perpetuators of historical injustices, fostering resentment and a sense of ongoing systemic exploitation.
"Nevertheless, important precedents exist. The post-Holocaust Industrialists’ Trials laid the groundwork for recognizing the international criminal responsibility of corporate executives for participation in international crimes."
Invoking 'post-Holocaust Industrialists’ Trials' and linking it to 'international criminal responsibility' is a strong appeal to severe historical atrocities and justice, elevating the perceived gravity of the current situation and moral imperative for accountability.
"By addressing corporate complicity in apartheid, the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission helped shape corporate responsibility for human rights violations."
Explicitly mentioning 'corporate complicity in apartheid' and the 'South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission' draws a direct, emotionally significant parallel to a globally condemned system, pre-framing Israel's actions and corporate involvement as similarly reprehensible.
"In the occupied Palestinian territory, building on decades of documented human rights violations and crimes, recent judicial developments leave no room for doubt that corporate engagement with any component of the occupation is connected with violations of jus cogens norms and international crimes."
The phrase 'no room for doubt that corporate engagement... is connected with violations of jus cogens norms and international crimes' uses definitive and legally loaded language to foreclose further discussion or questioning of the alleged wrongdoing, presenting it as an established, undeniable truth.
"Citing racial segregation and apartheid, violations of the right to self-determination and the prohibition on the use of force, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) unequivocally affirmed the illegality of Israel’s presence including military, colonies, infrastructure and resource control."
The terms 'racial segregation' and 'apartheid' are highly emotional and historically condemned, unequivocally framing Israel's presence as illegal due to associations with these systems.
"Furthermore, the atrocities committed since October 2023 triggered proceedings for genocide before the ICJ, and for war crimes and crimes against humanity before the ICC."
The terms 'atrocities,' 'genocide,' 'war crimes,' and 'crimes against humanity' are intensely negative and legally weighty accusations, designed to evoke strong emotional condemnation and indicate severe wrongdoing without qualification.
"The ICJ has ordered Israel to stop creating life-destroying conditions..."
The phrase 'life-destroying conditions' is emotionally charged and paints a stark picture of dire consequences, designed to evoke strong sympathy for the victims and condemnation of Israel's actions.
"From economy of occupation to economy of genocide"
The title uses the emotionally charged terms 'occupation' and 'genocide' to frame the entire section as a progression from one severe form of wrongdoing to another, setting a highly condemnatory tone.
"Settler-colonialism involves extraction and profit from, and colonization of, land through the expulsion of its owners."
The terms 'settler-colonialism,' 'extraction and profit,' and 'expulsion of its owners' are highly charged and used to cast the described actions in a morally reprehensible and exploitative light, evoking a sense of injustice and dispossession.
"In Palestine, historically, companies have driven and enabled the process of displacement-replacement of the Arab population, foundational to the logic of settler-colonial erasure."
The phrases 'displacement-replacement,' 'settler-colonial erasure,' and the historical context provided are emotionally loaded, portraying the actions as a deliberate and harmful elimination of a population.
"The Jewish National Fund, a land-purchasing corporate entity founded in 1901, helped plan and carry out the gradual removal of Arab Palestinians, which intensified with the Nakba and has continued ever since."
The term 'Nakba' (catastrophe) is a highly politicized and emotionally charged term for Palestinians, and linking it directly to the JNF's actions suggests a deliberate and ongoing historic injustice, fostering a sense of grievance.
"The corporate sector has materially contributed to this endeavour by providing Israel with the weapons and machinery required to destroy homes, schools, hospitals, places of leisure and worship, livelihoods and productive assets such as olive groves and orchards, to segregate and control communities and restrict access to natural resources."
This sentence employs a vivid and extensive list of emotionally significant targets ('homes, schools, hospitals, places of leisure and worship, livelihoods, olive groves and orchards') allegedly destroyed by corporate-supplied weapons, aiming to evoke profound sympathy and outrage at the scale of destruction and its impact on civilian life.
"By helping to militarize and incentivize illegal Israeli presence in the occupied Palestinian territory, they have contributed to the creation of the conditions for Palestinian ethnic cleansing."
The terms 'illegal Israeli presence' and 'ethnic cleansing' are highly accusatory and emotionally charged, intended to evoke strong condemnation and imply grave international crimes without presenting a balanced perspective.
"Corporate entities have played a key role in stifling the Palestinian economy, sustaining Israeli expansion in occupied land while facilitating the replacement of Palestinians."
Phrases like 'stifling the Palestinian economy' and 'facilitating the replacement of Palestinians' are highly critical and emotionally charged, portraying corporate actions as directly contributing to the oppression and physical displacement of a population.
"Draconian restrictions – on trade and investment, tree planting, fishing and water for colonies – have debilitated agriculture and industry, and turned the occupied Palestinian territory into a captive market..."
The word 'Draconian' is an emotionally loaded term implying excessive harshness and cruelty, designed to evoke strong negative feelings about the economic restrictions without objective explanation.
"...companies have profiteered by exploiting Palestinian labour and resources, degrading and diverting natural resources, building and powering colonies and selling and marketing derived goods and services in Israel, the occupied Palestinian territory and globally."
The term 'profiteered' and phrases like 'exploiting Palestinian labour and resources' and 'degrading and diverting natural resources' are deeply negative, designed to evoke moral indignation and portray corporate activities as inherently unethical and exploitative.
"Financial and academic institutions have also enabled the conditions for Palestinian displacement-replacement. Banks, asset management firms, pension funds and insurers have channelled finance into the illegal occupation. Universities – centres of intellectual growth and power – have sustained the political ideology underpinning the colonization of Palestinian land, developed weaponry and overlooked or even endorsed systemic violence, while global research collaborations have obscured Palestinian erasure behind a veil of academic neutrality."
This paragraph uses a series of condemning phrases such as 'displacement-replacement,' 'illegal occupation,' 'colonization of Palestinian land,' 'endorsed systemic violence,' and 'obscured Palestinian erasure behind a veil of academic neutrality.' These terms are designed to strongly delegitimize and morally indict a wide range of institutions and their activities.
"Entities that previously enabled and profited from Palestinian elimination and erasure within the economy of occupation, instead of disengaging are now involved in the economy of genocide."
The phrases 'Palestinian elimination and erasure' and 'economy of genocide' are deeply inflammatory and accusatory, intended to evoke extreme moral outrage and criminalize the actions of corporate entities by associating them with ethnic cleansing and mass killing.
"Post-October 2023, weapons and military technologies used to advance Palestinian expulsion have become tools for mass killing and destruction, rendering Gaza and parts of the West Bank uninhabitable."
The terms 'Palestinian expulsion,' 'mass killing and destruction,' and 'rendering... uninhabitable' are highly emotive and accusatory, portraying military actions as destructive and inhumane, designed to evoke horror and condemnation.
"Surveillance and incarceration technologies, ordinarily used to enforce segregation/apartheid, have evolved into tools for indiscriminate targeting of the Palestinian population."
The linking of surveillance and incarceration technologies to 'segregation/apartheid' and 'indiscriminate targeting of the Palestinian population' uses highly charged terms to depict these technologies as instruments of systemic oppression and violence.