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Palestinian analyst says Israeli election will not alter dispossession
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A Palestinian analyst writing in Middle East Eye argues that an Israeli election will only affect the speed of Palestinian dispossession rather than change its fundamental trajectory. Emile Badarin contends that settler-colonial systems throughout history have excluded indigenous rights from electoral processes, leaving Palestinians without meaningful choice regardless of voting outcomes.
The piece suggests that core questions of Palestinian sovereignty and rights remain outside the scope of Israeli electoral debate, rendering the election irrelevant to Palestinian concerns about land seizure and territorial control.
