All we can do for Gaza is just offer our Du’a.” This is an oft-repeated statement by enraged Arabs and Muslims who feel helpless before the Israeli genocide in Gaza.But is it true that only invocations and supplications are possible, as tens of thousands of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are being killed and wounded by the Israeli war machine? No. There is much that can be
Left to its own devices, Israel would never grant Palestinians their freedom.In the past, some, whether ignorantly or not, claimed that peace in Palestine can only be achieved through “unconditional negotiations”.This mantra was also championed by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, when he cared enough to pay lip service to the “peace process” and other US-originated
Left to its own devices, Israel would never grant Palestinians their freedom.In the past, some, whether ignorantly or not, claimed that peace in Palestine can only be achieved through “unconditional negotiations”.This mantra was also championed by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, when he cared enough to pay lip service to the “peace process” and other US-originated
The problem is not the absence of a Palestinian state, but Zionism itself.What is the use of a Palestinian state, if Zionism, as a racist, exclusivist ideology continues to define Israel, and impose that definition on the Palestinians?This ideology calls for racial purity of Jews in Palestine, of course, at the expense of the native inhabitants of the land. To achieve this,
The problem is not the absence of a Palestinian state, but Zionism itself.What is the use of a Palestinian state, if Zionism, as a racist, exclusivist ideology continues to define Israel, and impose that definition on the Palestinians?This ideology calls for racial purity of Jews in Palestine, of course, at the expense of the native inhabitants of the land. To achieve this,