The Palestinians are already free; it’s we who’re held captive by Zionism – Center East Monitor

Palestine continues to be the cradle of the world’s free folks. The Palestinians are nonetheless the supply of inspiration and hope for the Arab people who find themselves oppressed and held captive inside their homelands. Fascist tyrant rulers, appointed by the colonialists earlier than their departure, are nonetheless on their thrones. The colonialists watch them carefully, to make sure that they continue to be their brokers within the Center East, and that they deserve their exalted positions.

Because of this they should be unjust and humiliate the folks to win the approval of their masters. So the folks turn into weak, submissive, compliant, pissed off and burdened with defeatism.

Those that say that they’re no match for the rulers and their armies overlook that if the willpower is there, they’ve the ability to overthrow the strongest tyrants. We noticed this in the course of the Arab Spring, when some highly effective dictators needed to flee. They and their supporters within the West did not anticipate this, even of their worst nightmares.

Therefore, it was mandatory for the tyrants to work collectively to re-instil concern into the folks. The counter-revolutions succeeded in breaking the folks’s will and crushing their dignity.

However, the revolutionary flame nonetheless burns within the hearts of the free-spirited individuals who reject slavery and tyranny, and won’t settle for the established order. That is evident on social media within the help proven for the Palestinian resistance towards the Zionist occupation each time Israel launches a navy offensive. “Free, free Palestine!” has turn into the slogan that compensates for the humiliation heaped upon the folks by Arab despots in capitals throughout the area. We noticed in Could that the resistance teams have established new guidelines of engagement with their means to strike again on the enemy. This has revived hope within the hearts and minds of the Arab folks.

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Palestine stays the ethical compass throughout the area. For greater than 70 years, it has united the Arab plenty, not solely due to Al-Aqsa Mosque, but additionally as a result of it’s a land that’s nonetheless underneath colonial occupation. Arab states are occupied not directly, in fact, however Palestine is an overt occupation.

Sure, some Palestinians fell into the “freedom entice” often known as the Oslo Accords and helped to create a “Palestinian Authority”, the one function of which is to guard the occupation state of Israel. Its compliant chief is Mahmoud Abbas, for whom safety coordination with the brutal occupiers is “sacred”.

However, nearly all of the Palestinian persons are with the resistance. This was apparent from the response to the “Sword of Jerusalem” battle in Could, when Palestinians throughout the occupied territories, together with these contained in the apartheid state, in addition to within the diaspora, got here collectively in help of their brothers and sisters in occupied Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip. That had the impact of a public referendum on the management of the PA, and the management was disgraced. The Palestinian territories haven’t seen such unity since 1938, and it shook the bottom beneath the ft of the occupation forces who concern for the way forward for their usurper state.

Sadly, the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) couldn’t benefit from this as a result of it’s stained with the disgrace of Oslo. It’s unable and unwilling to cleanse itself of this impurity and return to its preliminary function and technique as a nationwide liberation motion main an armed battle towards the occupation.

The PLO wants severe reform. Within the meantime, the Palestinian folks have chosen the trail of resistance to liberate their land and dropped all pretence of the false “peace course of”. That is demonstrated by particular person acts of braveness, reminiscent of the person who struck a blow for the younger folks of Gaza by killing an Israeli sniper liable for who is aware of what number of deaths and life-changing accidents. And the spirit and willpower of the six prisoners who escaped from high-security Gilboa Jail is an instance to the entire area, not simply the folks of occupied Palestine. That they had been in a position to dig an escape tunnel utilizing a spoon, with out being detected by refined safety measures was each superb and inspirational. Even superior surveillance tools didn’t cease them.

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It does not matter that 4 have since been recaptured, little question with the assistance of spies and informers inside the Palestinian group. In fact we hoped that this is able to not occur, however the worth of what these six captives achieved via sheer willpower has not been diminished. The message to the world uncovered the myths of Zionist invincibility, in a lot the identical means that the resistance rockets from Gaza have put the fabled Iron Dome missile defence system to the check; to Israel’s nice embarrassment, it failed.

The religion and self-confidence of the Palestinians have been strengthened. They know that their enemy shouldn’t be as sturdy because the world believes; that every one the superior weapons on the earth can’t defeat the reality and willpower of an oppressed folks. Furthermore, they know that the occupation won’t final ceaselessly.

The six escapees dug a tunnel out of their jail. In flip, this has opened up tunnels via the partitions of despair and frustration via which the Arab folks can now see the sunshine, regardless of the so-called “Abraham Accords”. It’s ironic that we rally to “Free Palestine”, as a result of the proof suggests that it’s the Palestinians who’re already free, and it’s we who’re held captive by the Zionist enemy in our personal lands.

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