Trend Analysis: Israel’s Escalating Colonization of the Occupied Palestinian Territory: The Case of the Salfit Governorate Salfit Governorate

The case of the Salfit Governorate illustrates a sustained Israeli policy to seize and maintain control over land and natural resources in the OPT. While Salfit is a small Governorate, Israeli colonization therein reflects a larger pattern of territorial control and obstruction to Palestinian social, economic, and demographic development witnessed throughout the OPT.