How Palestinians Have Resisted Weaponized ‘Development’
On January 15, 2026, the Gaza Board of Peace was imposed on the people in Gaza, chaperoned by President Trump, and dressed in the language of reconstruction, trusteeship, and peace. But this scheme is better understood as the latest colonial facelift of the Nakba project. Colonial powers have systematically used economic tools and “development” plans to manage, fragment, and dispossess Palestinians. And in return, Palestinians have always resisted, through boycotts, mass mobilization, political refusal, and armed resistance.