![]() Israel’s constant emphasis that its deadly war is against Hamas, against “terror”, against Islamic fundamentalism and all the rest, may have convinced those who are ready to accept the Israeli version of events at face value.īut as the bodies of thousands of Palestinian civilians, thousands of whom are children, began piling up at Gaza hospitals’ morgues and, tragically in the streets, the narrative began changing. However, the Israeli war on Gaza is already changing much of this painful status quo. Some Palestinians, whether enticed by American handouts or shattered by a lingering sense of defeat, lined up to receive the dividends of the US-Israeli peace, pitiful crumbs of false prestige, empty titles and limited power, granted and denied by Israel itself. Within this context, every Palestinian-Arab overture for peace was rejected, even the supposed “peace process”, namely the Oslo Accords, turned into an opportunity for Tel Aviv to entrench its military occupation, expand its settlements and to corral Palestinians in Bantustan-like spaces, humiliated and racially segregated. It has also empowered Israel to neglect the roots of this “conflict”, namely the ethnic cleansing of Palestine in 1948, and the long-denied Right of Return for Palestinian refugees. This bizarre US-western understanding of the so-called conflict, that an oppressor has ‘rights’ over the oppressed, has enabled Israel to maintain a military occupation over Palestinian Territories that has lasted for over 56 years. “Israeli security”, Israel’s “military edge”, ‘Israel’s right to defend itself’, and much more, have defined the West’s political discourse on the Israeli occupation and apartheid in Palestine. Since the establishment of Israel, facilitated by Britain and protected by the United States and other Western countries, the priorities have been entirely Israeli. ![]() ![]() Moreover, the repercussions of this devastating war are likely to alter the political equation in the entire Middle East and to re-centre Palestine as the world’s most urgent political crisis for years to come. Gaza has changed the political equation in Palestine.
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