OPINIONS
Wed 24 Jul 2024 10:14 am - Jerusalem Time
Destroying the camps...a failed Israeli attempt to dissolve national identity
There are no longer barriers, obstacles, or warnings in front of the extreme right-wing Israeli government, which unleashes its army to continue the aggression and violate the sanctity of the Palestinian camps in the West Bank, and what happened in the Tulkarm camp yesterday after 15 hours of demolition, bulldozing, complete destruction of infrastructure, and the killing of innocent people. It is nothing but living evidence of Israel's systematic plan to dissolve the national identity, which is armed with the homeland's camps, whether in the Gaza Strip or the West Bank, in a blatant and dangerous violation of all international norms that classified these camps, in accordance with international law, as safe places to which the displaced Palestinians and refugees have taken refuge..
These camps were established in order to preserve the identity of the Palestinians, their resistance, and their adherence to their land and homeland, and therefore they have all rights and must be protected, but Israel ignores these rights, and continues its sabotage operations using military force, including aircraft, weapons, and ammunition, through which it killed hundreds of Palestinians, even before The beginning of the Battle of Al-Aqsa Flood...
These military operations are considered an Israeli attempt to reoccupy the West Bank, including the areas classified according to the Oslo Accords under the control of the National Authority, and what they are doing is tantamount to an invasion of all forms of Palestinian life, through incursions, assassinations, destruction and demolition operations, the frequency of which has increased sharply, and restrictions on... The stranglehold on citizens and preventing them from freedom of movement and work, not to mention the settlers’ violations and successive attacks.
It is clear that Israel has decided to liquidate the Palestinian refugee issue, through its retaliatory decisions against UNRWA and considering it a terrorist organization, and all of this comes in parallel with the successive incursions into the camps, because Israel knows very well that the camps are the most prominent manifestation of Palestinian identity.
The UNRWA made an effective contribution to strengthening the steadfastness of the refugees, consolidating their national identity, and provided its basket of services for the benefit of Palestinian citizens for many years. This matter did not please Israel, which wanted to dissolve the remaining living evidence of the struggle, struggle, and social meanings of the camps, based on a plan for forced displacement.
The camps will remain the safe repositories of the Palestinian resistance, and the true witness, materially, politically, and culturally, to the catastrophe of the Palestinian people and the refugee issue. Hence, the right of return is a sacred right that must not be waived, and the preservation of a historical origin of the origins of the blessed resistance, and this goes through consolidating and strengthening the role of the agency. Relief, empowering refugees and providing all their rights, foremost among which is their decent living guaranteed by all human laws of the universe to confront the failed Israeli attempts to dissolve their identity and strip them of their patriotism.
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Destroying the camps...a failed Israeli attempt to dissolve national identity