BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:30112@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:Israels landgrab in Lebanon DTSTAMP:20261106T215217Z DTSTART:20261210T190000Z DESCRIPTION:Lebanese\, Syrian and Palestinian people who find themselves be hind Israel’s\nyellow line buffer zone see their homes destroyed and their families torn apart.\nIs Israel trying to expand its territory at the cos t of its neighbours?\n\nSouthern Lebanon is under Israeli occupation. The Israeli army has drawn a\n‘yellow line’ across the country\, marking the t erritory of its northern\nneighbour that Israel considers a security conce rn: a buffer zone in which\nLebanese residents are treated as legitimate t argets. The international\ncommunity has voiced serious concerns that Isra el’s presence on Lebanese\nterritory could become a permanent occupation. Meanwhile houses are demolished\nto prevent the return of Lebanese refugee s.\n\nThe situation in Lebanon is reminiscent of what Israel has already d one in Gaza\,\nwhere Palestinians have also been displaced beyond an imagi nary yellow line.\nIsrael is also steadily expanding its territorial contr ol in Syria through an\never-growing buffer zone.\n\nMeanwhile\, prominent Israeli politicians such as Finance minister Bezalel\nSmotrich and minist er of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir subscribe to the\nideology of ‘Gre ater Israel’: the belief that Israel’s borders should extend far\nbeyond t heir current limits. Prime Minister Netanyahu\, too\, has also flirted\nwi th this idea. Is Israel trying to expand its territory at the cost of its\ nneighbours?\n\nTonight\, we will discuss how a security concern has turne d into a question of\nbuffer zones and land grabbing. What does that mean for Israel’s neighbouring\ncountries? And how is life for local inhabitant s inside the yellow line\, where\nhouses systematically are being destroye d and families separated? URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/israels-landgrab-in-lebanon GEO:52.3630433;4.8828596 LOCATION:De Balie - Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen 10\, 1017 RR Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:politics,swana,talk X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Lebanese, Syrian and Palestinian pe ople who find themselves behind Israel’s yellow line buffer zone see their homes destroyed and their families torn apart. Is Israel trying to expand its territory at the cost of its neighbours?

Southern Leb anon is under Israeli occupation. The Israeli army has drawn a ‘yellow lin e’ across the country, marking the territory of its northern neighbour tha t Israel considers a security concern: a buffer zone in which Lebanese res idents are treated as legitimate targets. The international community has voiced serious concerns that Israel’s presence on Lebanese territory could become a permanent occupation. Meanwhile houses are demolished to prevent the return of Lebanese refugees.

The situation in Lebanon is remin iscent of what Israel has already done in Gaza, where Palestinians have al so been displaced beyond an imaginary yellow line. Israel is also steadily expanding its territorial control in Syria through an ever-growing buffer zone.

Meanwhile, prominent Israeli politicians such as Finance min ister Bezalel Smotrich and minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir s ubscribe to the ideology of ‘Greater Israel’: the belief that Israel’s bor ders should extend far beyond their current limits. Prime Minister Netanya hu, too, has also flirted with this idea. Is Israel trying to expand its t erritory at the cost of its neighbours?

Tonight, we will discuss ho w a security concern has turned into a question of buffer zones and land g rabbing. What does that mean for Israel’s neighbouring countries? And how is life for local inhabitants inside the yellow line, where houses systema tically are being destroyed and families separated?

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