A disturbing silence prevails in the Middle East as mass killings continue to afflict the Palestinian population. The aggressor, far from being deterred, has been conducting systematic ethnic cleansing for over a year and a half, using barbaric means to push Gazans out of the enclave for annexation purposes. The idea of forced exile proposed by Donald Trump has never been abandoned, despite the "Plan of Eight" presented during the Cairo summit. This was a true fiasco, not surprising even to its initiators, yet it constitutes a negotiated and unequivocal condemnation of Palestinian resistance. This demise was foretold, not just since the recent events of October 7, but from those who forced Abu Amar to endure the "Judas kiss" under international media spotlights during the signing of the Oslo Accords in 1993. They now seek to crush the Palestinian dream and elevate normalization to a historic event of this millennium, akin to the fall of the Berlin Wall.
The Oslo process was presented as the sole alternative for creating a Palestinian state and achieving lasting peace in the region. However, in reality, these agreements never aimed for a two-state solution. Instead, they legitimized Israel's control over parts of the West Bank through the construction of wildcat settlements and the blockade of Gaza, making the return of Palestinians to their confiscated lands an unacceptable and unachievable condition. This foretold demise was also certified by the tomb-like silence of a weakened Palestinian Authority reduced to a mere echo chamber, and the inauguration of the U.S. embassy in East Jerusalem on May 14, 2018, clearly affirming that there will never be a Palestinian state.
Furthermore, American conditions, biased in favor of Israeli interests, required the PLO to recognize Israel's right to exist and renounce "terrorism," meaning armed resistance, which meant the PLO had to reject all forms of resistance to liberate historical Palestine. This scam does not seem to disturb the consciences of regional leaders who attempt to crush what remains most alive in the Palestinian spirit: resistance. Despite all American-Israeli attempts to criminalize it internationally, these efforts have been rejected. Why, then, do some regional countries show such relentless hostility toward Palestinian armed factions, even offering indecent proposals to their leaders, such as trading military uniforms and Kalashnikovs for golden retirements in luxurious residences on the Red Sea and in the Arabian Gulf?
After the October 7 attacks, no resolution drafted by Western states and Israel to condemn the attacks and denounce Hamas as a terrorist organization was adopted, neither at the UN Security Council nor the General Assembly. Instead, representatives of permanent Security Council members like China and non-permanent members like Algeria have loudly proclaimed that the Palestinian people have the right to armed struggle to achieve self-determination—a right that top Palestinian Authority officials and some Arab leaders seek to obscure. In what world do we live?
