OPINIONS
Tue 12 Dec 2023 9:33 am - Jerusalem Time
The resistance is still holding together
There is a lot of talk these days about who will rule the Gaza Strip after the defeat of Hamas at the hands of the Israeli occupation forces, as if it had become a given, while what is happening on the ground is exactly the opposite. The resistance is still cohesive and confronts the occupation forces face to face, inflicting heavy losses on it.
Promoting who will rule the Gaza Strip after Hamas is aimed at a psychological war waged by the occupying state in an attempt to sow the seeds of doubt that the resistance will be defeated and that its fate will be liquidation and expulsion from the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, to make citizens beware of that. It is a war launched by the occupying state due to its inability so far to achieve any of the goals that it has raised and is raising so far, by eliminating the resistance, led by Hamas, and liberating Israeli prisoners without an exchange.
Unfortunately, some Palestinians, as well as Arabs, have taken the proposals of the occupation, the United States of America, and some countries of the colonial West seriously, and are preparing themselves for the post-Hamas era, or the post-resistance era, and its defeat, according to Israeli, American, and Western claims.
It is truly shameful to continue betting on America, which is preparing the Palestinian Authority to rule the Gaza Strip after the elimination of Hamas, as if this elimination has become a certainty, while the one who loses in this criminal and aggressive war is the occupying state, and behind it America and the colonial West. The resistance is dealing with a double blow. The occupation is suffering huge losses, which calls for it to triumph over children, women, and the elderly, demolish homes, and destroy infrastructure, schools, hospitals, and places of worship. If this indicates anything, it indicates that the occupation cannot yet resolve the battle and will not be able to later either, and it is better for it and for those who behind it to acknowledge and recognize the national rights of our people instead of an aggressive and destructive war, which only increases the state of hostility between our people and these countries, most notably the occupying state and America.
If the occupying state had been able to achieve any of its goals, America would not have used its veto power in the Security Council over a draft resolution demanding a halt to the war for humanitarian reasons. This confirms that the occupying state, despite the passage of about 70 days since its war of genocide, is incapable of liquidating the resistance.
Giving the United States of America, the occupying state, additional time to achieve any of its high-level goals, through the American veto, which is the third in the Security Council, will be of no use. In the end, the inalienable national rights of our people to return, self-determination, and establishing their independent state must be achieved with Jerusalem as its capital.
The occupying state will not be able to achieve any decisive military victory over the resistance, and the only way for it is to leave the Palestinian land so that our people can be liberated and independent. The rule of the Gaza Strip after the war ends will be decided by our people, not America, Israel, and the complicit West.
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