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AP continues to report #Nakba as #Arabic for “#catastrophe” referring to the #displacement of #Palestinians rather than #defeat of #Arabs.
This is why Palestinians never learn. Their #aggression is ALWAYS recast as their #victimhood, and #Israel’s defense is always recast as #occupation and #oppression
“We lived through [displacement] not just once but several times,” says one #Palestinian without any hint of irony.
⬆️ #EcstasyAndAmnesia #GazaStrip
>> In each of the 3 wars, #PalestinianCause was taken up in a larger global struggle 👀: first, #WorldWarII, then #ColdWar, then #jihadist war against free societies
The looming #FourthCatastrophe for #Palestinians is also squarely placed in a larger #globalStruggle, and it is timed for #Election2024.
This time it’s the rise of #oligarchs and #fascists in #US & other liberal countries, #Russian #revanchism, & #China’s global ambitions.
⬆️ #EcstasyAndAmnesia #GazaStrip
A #FourthCatastrophe?
In the last three years, there has been every sign that another catastrophe was coming.
Read the whole essay at the paywall-free link to the archive.
It also tells you where the notion of #IsraeliApartheid came from and why #TimingIsNoCoincidence.
The conclusion is a clincher, regardless of which side of the #Israeli-#Palestinian conflict you are on.
Thanks to @toooobeeee for sharing such a deeply researched and though-provoking essay!
