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Why I hate Zionism and its backers more than ever!

  • Marion Kawas Marion Kawas
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  • 15 Sep 2024 23:52
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Each new atrocity in Gaza brought forth performative and useless expressions of concern from Western leaders and most Arab regimes, often coined as a “global outcry”.

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  • Why I hate Zionism and its backers more than ever!
    The parallels between past Israeli massacres and the current Gaza genocide are both haunting and eerie (Illustrated by Mahdi Rtail; Al Mayadeen English)

Two months into the Gaza genocide, I wrote an article about why I hated the cruel ideology of Zionism and everything it had done to the Palestinian people. At that point, most activists could not imagine that this genocide would now be close to reaching its first anniversary and that almost one year on, we would still be seeing the images of headless children, bodies draped off the edges of buildings, and humiliated and tortured detainees proudly displayed by their captors.

Each new atrocity brought forth performative and useless expressions of concern from Western leaders and most Arab regimes, often coined as a “global outcry”. With the tent massacre in Rafah, we thought that surely the world would now intervene to stop this, and then again with the horrific revelations from Sde Teiman prison and the defense of such by many Israeli legislators. But we were wrong, and this new phase of openly dispossessing and crushing Palestinians continues unabated. It not only continues but also brings new levels of destruction as in this week’s al-Mawasi massacre where two-ton US-made bombs obliterated humble tents and everything and everyone they housed.

Over and over again, the grief and rage of Palestinians also grow in ways that will impact generations to come. Whether in historic Palestine, in Arab countries, or in the broader diaspora, the Palestinian national consensus going forward has been permanently altered by the carnage in Gaza and the lack of a global response. 

Here in the belly of the imperialist beast, not only have our governments slavishly promoted and defended the Israeli genocide, but they have also worked to silence pro-Palestine advocates on multiple fronts. From student protesters on campuses to community organizers and professors who dared to speak out – we have seen fraudulent lawsuits, attempts to level “hate crime” charges, and firings and dismissals, as well as increased violence from local police forces. But despite this heavy-handed suppression, people from small communities and large cities are still out on the streets speaking up for Palestine and refusing to stand down.

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We thought that the public postings on social media by Zionist soldiers reveling in their lewd and brutal acts in Gaza would be enough to sway anyone with a conscience. The phenomena and impunity of such social media stories are things that will be studied for years to come. To openly brag about committing war crimes and sharing them with the world like some sort of “trophy” is unfathomable. Either the Israeli military leaders had no control of their own soldiers or they thought this kind of behavior helped boost troops' morale and further intimidate Palestinians. Either way, this is a sick society in decay.

We certainly knew the horrific history of Zionist brutality and that this was their legacy long before October 7, 2023. Recently, the Canada Palestine Association unearthed some of its archival documents from 1982, showing local actions around the Israeli invasion of Lebanon and the Sabra/Shatila massacre. Some of their posters from that time carried images of Palestinian and Lebanese children that could have been taken today in Gaza. The slogans were almost identical – No More US Weapons, Stop Israeli Genocide! The parallels with the current Gaza genocide were both haunting and eerie.

How did we get from the Sabra/Shatila massacre to the repeated massacres in Gaza? What are the take-away lessons here?

If anyone needed further proof, it is clear that Western governments are not responsive to their constituents and only care about public opinion when, and if, they think it might impact their electoral agenda.

There was an assumption that at some point, the US-led empire would realize that “Israel” was damaging its national interests and would turn away from its unconditional support. Although this may still occur, the interdependency between the interests of Zionism and its imperial backers is now more solidified than ever. Both realize that the downfall of Zionism will contribute to greatly diminishing the power of the US and its allies in the region (and globally), and this is the leverage that Israeli PM Netanyahu is exploiting to the fullest.

There is no international “rules-based” order to appeal to and no Western “morality” worth cultivating. Palestinians and all oppressed people must rely on their resistance, themselves, and the support of genuine allies. They must never surrender their right to resist, their right to return, and their right to independently decide their own strategy and tactics.

The views expressed in this article are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect Al Mayadeen’s editorial stance.
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Marion Kawas

Marion Kawas

Writer; Member of Canada Palestine Association; Former Cohost of Voice of Palestine, Canada.

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