In keeping with its character, the Netanyahu dictatorship used the calamity of the October 7 attacks as a call to arms and intensified its racial dehumanization of the Palestinian people, opening the door for a genocide.
Israel proclaimed war on “evil,” which included the Gaza population as well as Hamas. After another, Israeli officials—the president foremost among them—accused all Palestinians of involvement in the horrific assault and said that there were no blameless individuals in Gaza.
Since then, Israel has shown a complete contempt for international law and basic human rights in favor of a vindictive, tribal, and uncompromising expansionist agenda. Israel’s campaign of colonization turned into a battle on residences, hospitals, schools, and mosques.
The United States and other Western lackeys sponsored, equipped, and shielded the brutal campaign. As if the Gazan 2-million population was all terrorists, it murdered hundreds of Palestinian civilians, including men, women, and children as well as physicians, educators, and reporters.
But the native population of the area has united more than ever before to oppose the brutal invader, making it impossible for this foreign tribe to survive. Israel can no longer defend its brutal, racist policies with irrational theological assertions.
Israel’s unscrupulous authorities will likewise reverse direction when sentiment in the West grows against the country, if not to protect their moral authority, then at least to protect their interests in the larger Middle East. The shift in French policy, calling on Israel to cease its murder of kids in Gaza, portends future developments.
Post-War Era
When this terrible conflict is over, Israel has no viable alternatives. This could be its final opportunity to back down from the edge, end the conflict, and accept US President Joe Biden’s, although unrealistic, two-state solution. Additionally, he needs to acknowledge the red lines set by international society for Gaza: no ethnic purification, no occupancy, and no territorial reduction.
To the disadvantage of both parties, however, Netanyahu and his fanatical coalition—who have long taken the global community for granted—have once again disregarded, if not outright rejected, the global sentiments.
Renowned Israeli columnist Ari Shavit foresaw the end of Israel “as we know it” if the country kept going in the same disastrous direction prior to the current war in Gaza. Furthermore, the military campaign and expansion of territory will result in “the end of Israel”, according to a warning issued last week by Ami Ayalon, a former chief of Israel’s Shin Bet secret service. Both authors wrote books alerting Israel to the dire consequences of carrying on with its occupation.
Perhaps this is the start of the final phase, yet not for the land of Palestine, with the Gaza conflict. Israel may eventually fall apart, just as the brutal, racial dictatorship in South Africa during the apartheid era did.
Israeli leaders, against its nation’s attitude, is over-intoxicated by the mass blood they are shedding in Gaza as a victorious conquering of more lands. History, nevertheless, shows that more violence brings about more volatility and more fragility, watching the evolution of events in a long shot.