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Research paper2024EdafatWar and GenocideSpatial PoliticsWhere Does Urbicide Begin? A Comparative Introduction to Spatial Erasure Policies in the Israeli Occupation System, Ending in GazaStarting from the reality of the Israeli genocide war in Gaza (2023–), this paper investigates the modern roots of the city and the modern war machine, presenting the concept of Territory as a fundamental tool for building the colonial condition, specifically the modern city. Comparing urban and planning policies in Jaffa and Beer Sheba with Gaza at war, it proposes a conceptualization of urbicide in the colonial system, arguing that ongoing genocide mirrors the ongoing Nakba as a spatial policy of negating Palestinians.