Why Gaza Bulldozers Should Spark Alarm: Genocide Isn’t Just a Word

BillyLouisjay 4:17 PM


[‘All this bulldozing comes with a very clear end goal.’ Photograph: David Silverman/Getty Images]
The Guardian’s stirring column by Arwa Mahdawi reveals how Gaza’s destruction has reached a new level—private ads for bulldozer drivers are now recruiting via Facebook to tear down buildings in Gaza, paid per structure destroyed. This is not war—it’s the outsourcing of destruction, and international law experts warn it’s a sign of something far darker: systematic genocide.(The Guardian)

Mahdawi tells us that about 70% of Gaza’s structures have been wiped out or badly damaged. Hundreds of homes, entire neighbourhoods, even villages are being levelled using imported “D9” bulldozers, paid drivers, and a coordination that would be unthinkable in any conventional military campaign.(The Guardian, inkl, watanserb.com)

Why does this matter?
Legal scholar Neve Gordon calls such actions "outsourced demolitions… used to advance a genocidal project", while genocide expert Omer Bartov says the intent is clear: concentrate Gazans into a shrinking corner and force a culture—and group—out of existence.(The Guardian)

Is this legal? According to international humanitarian law specialists, forcibly destroying entire civilian areas far exceeds the legal limits of “military necessity.” Targeting individual homes might be arguable—but razing villages without distinction is not.(inkl, watanserb.com)

How it’s working: Meta platforms still host ads offering up to 3,000 shekels (~$880) per day to bulldozer operators in Gaza, and Haaretz reports payments up to 5,000 shekels per large building. While some content was removed, these ads remain publicly visible.(watanserb.com, Jewish Voice for Labour)

What are the consequences?
Experts argue this model of destruction is erasing infrastructure needed for survival—homes, hospitals, mosques, schools, water systems—and crippling Gaza’s population to a level that cannot rebuild. It violates not only war crime standards but also the duty to prevent genocide.(watanserb.com)

Read also: “A Genocide Scholar Speaks Out on Gaza—And Why It Matters Now”for a deep dive into how leading historians and legal thinkers interpret these events.

Poll:
Have Western governments and big tech companies helped normalize this destruction?

  • Yes—complicit by silence or inaction

  • No—they face limitations

  • Not sure, needs more transparency

  • I disagree with calling it genocide

From where I stand, seeing the privatization of destruction—civilian ads encouraging paid demolition of entire towns—should set off alarm bells. This isn't collateral damage or fog of war; it's structural violence delivered industrially.

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Tags: #GazaGenocide #OutsourcedDestruction #HumanitarianLaw #DailySouthAfricanPulse

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