
From the Displacement of Gaza to the Burial of the Palestinian State: A Scene of Defeat or an Opportunity for Transformation?
Israel no longer hides its true objectives; from the destruction of the historic city of Gaza and cities in the south of the enclave to the displacement of its residents under the pretext of "recovering the captives," and from Netanyahu's announcement of burying the Palestinian state from a settlement in the heart of the West Bank, to Smotrich beginning to implement the most dangerous settlement plan in the "E1 area" that cuts the West Bank into disconnected segments and prevents the establishment of a viable and continuous Palestinian state, while also threatening Netanyahu's ambitions regarding "Greater Israel" as the end of history in Palestine. All of this is taking place amidst international silence tinged with complicity, which sees the Palestinian victims as only a minor detail in the face of arms, energy deals, and interests.
A Strategic Transformation in Zionist Doctrine: From Managing the Conflict to Resolving It
The transformations becoming increasingly extreme, whether in Tel Aviv or the White House, are not exceptions but rather extensions of the structure of the Zionist idea, which is based on the cancellation of the Palestinian existence, both people and land. However, what is occurring today is a qualitative shift from managing the conflict to resolving it through the total destruction of Gaza and the creeping annexation of the West Bank. They are racing against time to impose a reality from which there will be no return, relying on the world's preoccupation with its crises and the internal Palestinian incapacity that provides them with a window and additional maneuvering opportunities.
The Palestinian Division: A Wobbly Legitimacy and Leadership Detached from the People
On the Palestinian side, the scene appears even more grim. There are those who present themselves as rulers of Gaza by American decree, which constitutes an empowerment from abroad and an exclusion of the will, decision, dignity, and Palestinian right to choose its leadership as a fundamental component of its right to self-determination. Meanwhile, the authority issues top-down decrees, sometimes for what is called the election of a new National Council under conditions and timing that only lead to the exclusion of national partners, and sometimes to form a constitution committee of a single color that does not reflect the political or social spectrum's diversity. This occurs at a time when the people are subjected to one of the most horrific campaigns of extermination, ethnic cleansing, and uprooting. The result is a scene that reflects nothing but the incapacity of the controlling leadership and elites over the national destiny, and their detachment from the people's pulse and sacrifices.
Roots of the Crisis: Replacement Colonialism and the Failure of the Political Track
This scene returns to the nature of the structure of the Zionist idea, particularly the replacement colonialism that sees the land as "politically empty," and aims to uproot the Palestinian from both place and narrative. Furthermore, the failure of the Oslo accord's settlement, and what it produced in terms of the ability to convert "temporary" into permanent, and then entrench it, as well as the fragmentation of land, people, and decision, to normalizing the management of occupation instead of dismantling it. In addition, the occupation government has shifted from deterrence to a doctrine of total destruction, or from "mowing grass" to a policy of "breaking society" through siege, starvation, and destruction of civil foundations. All of this comes in the context of serious structural gaps in the Palestinian situation, where the division has opened the doors for the occupation's appetite for annexation and liquidation, and has led to a shake in the nature and legitimacy of representation, especially in light of the ruling elites' preoccupation with internal conflict at the expense of the national liberation project, where national decisions are made in closed rooms, and institutions are run by decrees instead of consensus, elections, and accountability.
What is Required Palestinian: National Awakening and Cutting Off Paths to Liquidation
In light of this scene, it is first necessary to awaken all national capacities to stop the extermination and protect civilians, through unifying legal, political, and human rights efforts, and activating pressure tools against the occupation in international courts and global civil society institutions. Secondly, it is crucial to fortify the community from displacement by restoring hope to people according to a realistic, applicable vision, which serves as a counter-tool to attempts at erasing the Palestinian existence. In this context, there must be a halt to granting legitimacy to unilateral actions: no single constitution committee, no externally imposed rule. The future of Gaza, the West Bank, and Jerusalem is not decided in foreign capitals nor through top-down decrees, but through a new social contract based on consensus that guarantees unity of representation and expands the participation base. This requires expediting the formation of a national unity government that cuts off Netanyahu's plans to entrench separation between the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, as well as convening the unified leadership framework as a transitional body that includes all factions, civil society, unions, and the diaspora, with a limited temporary mandate under the umbrella of the PLO, and preparation for general legislative and presidential elections and for the National Council, paving the way for the formation of a founding council for the Palestinian state parliament. This is not an organizational luxury; rather, it is a condition for survival, because any vacuum will be filled by the occupation or its agents, provided that all of this is within the framework of unified national tools, not an exclusionary approach that keeps doors open for the intervention of the occupation and its supporters. Alongside this, we need a social contract that defines a comprehensive struggle program, based on effective popular resistance that can lessen the cost on society and raise it on the occupation, and on financial independence through a transparent national fund that manages reconstruction and steadfastness resources away from single-color political loyalties or external blackmail.
Global Public Opinion: From Sympathy to Creating Cost on the Occupation
Despite the silence of Western governments, there is a global public opinion forming at universities, unions, local councils, courts, and pension funds that have started to see the occupation as an ethical and economic burden. This window requires organized and professional Palestinian effort to transform sympathy into sustainable political cost on the occupation, instead of remaining merely empty seasonal slogans.
Between the Scene of Defeat and the Possibility of Change: The Choice of the People or the Fate of Occupation?
The moment is critical, but it is not an inevitable fate. Israel bets on managing a permanent state of Palestinian misery and on the acceptance of the world of the reality of "Greater Israel." Breaking this path begins by transforming the Palestinian from subject of policies to a maker of cost on all levels: legal, economic, and ethical. There is no leadership granted from abroad, no legitimacy without representation, and no resistance without moral discipline. The scene of displacement, extermination, and settlement is not the end of the road, but rather a final wake-up call: either to rebuild the Palestinian national movement on representative and genuine partnership bases, or to succumb to the occupation equation that sees us only as a burden that must be disposed of. The choice remains possible, but it requires the courage to first acknowledge the crisis, and the will to exit it second. The question is: how can this be achieved? This is everyone's responsibility, including every citizen, and this deserves a wide national and societal discussion.

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