Israeli settlements and occupation: Dominance and instilling fear with Architecture and Physical space design

For years, Israeli government have tried and succeeded in illegally occupying Palestinian territories by using various means. One way they were successful in doing that was by using architecture and manipulating and designing physical spaces in ways that would help them. This is a satellite picture of an Israeli controlled part in the city of Hebron in the Palestinian territory west bank. As a way to gain control of the region, Israel builds these illegal settlements inside Palestinian territories so Israeli settlers can move in. Israelis are convinced to live outside of Israel in the illegally occupied parts of Palestine because of lower taxes, and due to religious belief that Jews are the owners of the land because they were promised. Israel builds gated compounds in strategically important spaces inside of the Palestinian territories. The compounds are connected to the mainland Israel with roads, some of which are surrounded in barbed wire fences and Palestinian movement is restricted. These roads are selected to impact Palestinian daily lives to the extent possible, to slow down their movements and cause inconveniences. Its evident from the roadblocks and checkpoints that the main goal is not just to make room for Israeli settlers, but also to gain control over Palestinian land, control them and cause inconveniences so they leave.