Trauma and Solidarity amid Genocide
THE TRAUMA in Palestine is cataclysmic. Hamas’ 2023 attack on southern Israel was unprecedented in the history of the struggle, but Israel’s retaliatory genocidal assault has gone far beyond any notion of proportionality or defense. Israel seized upon that tragic moment as both opportunity and pretext to unleash a ruthless and ideologically driven onslaught against a stateless and defenseless people. The aim is tragically clear: to ethnically cleanse Gaza, to erase its people, and claim its land for resettlement. This is not speculation; it is the fulfillment of a long-standing vision embedded within political Zionism itself.
THE TRAUMA in Palestine is cataclysmic. Hamas’ 2023 attack on southern Israel was unprecedented in the history of the struggle, but Israel’s retaliatory genocidal assault has gone far beyond any notion of proportionality or defense. Israel seized upon that tragic moment as both opportunity and pretext to unleash a ruthless and ideologically driven onslaught against a stateless and defenseless people. The aim is tragically clear: to ethnically cleanse Gaza, to erase its people, and claim its land for resettlement. This is not speculation; it is the fulfillment of a long-standing vision embedded within political Zionism itself.
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