West Bank & Jerusalem
Israeli settler uses herd to claim Syrian pastureland in occupied Golan.
Image credit: Mondoweiss
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Israel is employing the settler herding model it uses to seize Palestinian land in the West Bank to occupy new territory in Syria, Mondoweiss reported. An Israeli settler, backed by state support, has established a presence in Wadi Toemm with 140 cattle, using the livestock to claim Syrian pastureland in the occupied Golan Heights.
The so-called "shepherding outposts" strategy relies on herders and their animals to stake territorial claims, a method that has proven effective for land seizure in the Palestinian territories. The expansion of this tactic into Syria represents a geographic broadening of Israeli settlement practices beyond the West Bank.
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