Confronting the colonizer’s policy of exclusivity
By: Hamadah Fraaneh
Jordan Daily – As I previously mentioned and cautioned against the divisive policies that prioritize individual cities and factions, the recent events in Jenin and its camp on the 3rd and 4th of July 2023 serve as a clear and alarming indication. It underscores the need for faction leaders, if they truly possess the required level of leadership, to develop plans and programs capable of thwarting the colony’s unilateral plans and attacks.
In response to the situation, Nablus and its youth initiated an in-kind solidarity campaign, collecting essential items for the residents of the camp. This act symbolizes partnership and solidarity, alongside protest actions in multiple cities. However, these demonstrations, though deserving of attention, fall short in addressing the broader struggle. What is needed are popular movements with strong support, similar to the response seen in most Palestinian cities, where strikes and closures were utilized as forms of protest against the aggression of the colony’s tools, army, and apparatus. The residents of the camp have endured hardships including starvation, destruction, killings, and devastation.
The Palestinian confrontation against the occupation and the colony will persist in intermittent battles until acts of resistance and protests encompass all Palestinians. This must occur on a daily basis, without interruption, involving cities, villages, and camps. The ultimate aim is to initiate a popular revolution aimed at ending the occupation and defeating the colony.
It is important to note that armed actions against the occupation remain limited due to the constraints of available armament capabilities and the limited number of organized volunteers. While there is a willingness to sacrifice, the focus should shift towards broader popular protests, engaging men and women from all segments of society and various locations. These protests do not require unattainable capabilities such as armament and training; rather, they rely on organization, enlightened thinking, and unity between factions and the public. The public itself forms the backbone, management, and driving force of these protests.
In addition to the troubling criminal liquidation operations carried out by the colony’s forces, targeting young individuals, many of whom are under 18 years old, there is another grave concern. It lies in the process of expelling three thousand Palestinians from their homes in the camp. This process could potentially be an experimental endeavor orchestrated by the colony’s security apparatus, with the intent of implementing it in other areas. The colony places great importance on the demographic factor, as its plans to deport and displace the entire Palestinian population from their homeland have thus far failed. Half of the Palestinian people remain resolute and steadfast in the territories occupied in 1948 and 1967, while the other half resides in refugee camps, experiencing heartache and displacement in Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan.
For Palestinian leaders to achieve victory over their enemy, they must first triumph over themselves. This requires transcending narrow, self-serving partisan interests and defeating division, in favor of national unity against the common enemy that poses a threat to all Palestinians.
