ABSTRACT
The Israeli military invasion and reoccupation of the Palestinian Territories was announced as a measure taken by the Israeli cabinet after a series of suicide bombing in several Israeli cities. The IDF began planning for the contingency of carrying out extensive military operations throughout the West Bank and Gaza Strip long before the deployment of Operation Defensive Shield. This chapter highlights the Israeli perception of and position on the Palestinian refugee camps to be able to understand the environment that preceded the 2002 invasion of the Jenin refugee camp. The Israeli colonial project in the Occupied Territories is articulated here as a cogwheel composed of several components that make it possible for Israel to enforce its occupation project. The state of urbicide represents the permanent state of invasion and strangulation taking place in many Palestinian cities and refugee camps within the state of occupation and siege.
