Excellent analysis of the production of the "colonial peace" oxymoron. I appreciate the focus on their redefining of words and phrases to represent the exact opposite of the original concept.
This seems like reportage on Orwellian 1984-esque double-speak, literally holding two contradictory beliefs simultaneously.
What was once intended as critical satire and biting irony has manifested despite the warning. We have yet to adequately protect ourselves from those who seek to harm us.
Indeed, what you’ve described as “Orwellian double-speak” captures the very heart of what the article exposes the transformation of language into an instrument of domination. In this “colonial peace,” words like peace, stability, and reconstruction are not neutral; they are re-engineered to conceal the persistence of violence behind a moral vocabulary.
The brilliance of empire lies not only in its ability to wage war, but in its capacity to rename war as peace... to turn moral ideals into tools of control. As the article suggests, Gaza’s reconstruction becomes a continuation of conquest through administrative and economic means. It’s not the end of empire, but its rebranding.
So yes, the parallels with Orwell’s 1984 are striking... but perhaps even more chilling is that this linguistic inversion no longer feels dystopian or fictional. It has become the normalized grammar of international politics itself.
This analysis beautifully exposes the concept of “colonial peace”; a peace that on the surface brings tranquility, but on the inside is the continuation of domination and the reproduction of inequality. The return of people to Gaza is not just a return home—it is an expression of collective will against a project that seeks to erase the presence and memory of a nation. What is happening today is not simply a change in geography, but a battle over meaning, memory, and the right to live.
This article truly explains the nature of “colonial peace”...a peace designed not to end oppression, but to sustain it in a softer form. The return of people to Gaza is not just a human act, but a form of resistance against a project of erasure. What is happening today is merely a transformation of the war, not its end🤍🕊
Everyone is talking about peace, but behind the scenes the same old order is busy redesigning itself. Without equality and freedom, this so-called peace is nothing more than a new label slapped onto the same old system of domination.
Abu Alya, thanks for providing us with a surgically precise analysis of Western pacification. Pax meant order to the Romans, not peace. I understood what the modern West was doing, but you’ve outlined the details for us. This is a colonial “peace.” Imperialists have grown more duplicitous over the centuries, just as their armies grow more and more feeble.
Another commenter already noted that this plan is Orwellian. He knew Empire well, he was one of its servants. He also didn’t decolonize. He wasn't quite the ally everyone thinks. In any event, I joined the Palestinian cause from the “classics.” Needless to say, I’ve been inundated by imperial discourse. I understand your point about psychological warfare. It’s counter-insurgency and over here, in the settler-colony, we get it too. We’re complicit, we’re not under siege, but it remains a common struggle.
On the 20 Point obfuscation for genocide and colonization—having read your article carefully—“Israel” needs to be disarmed ASAP or just nuked. Look, there’s already a riviera in Europe. Nobody…sane and moral…wants this crappy, capitalistic pukehole. Go to Nice, if you Westerners want to sit on a beach like the braindead Western zombie you are. Pardon Abu, this level of deceit is just gross and I’m angry. At least in Nice, the genocide there ended millennia ago (Alpine Ligurians and Celts). Will read Part 2. Thanks.
Thank you for putting this into words. It’s devastating how peace has been rebranded into something Palestinians must earn by surrendering their identity, sovereignty, and memory. This isn’t peace it’s coercion dressed in diplomacy.
Excellent analysis of the production of the "colonial peace" oxymoron. I appreciate the focus on their redefining of words and phrases to represent the exact opposite of the original concept.
This seems like reportage on Orwellian 1984-esque double-speak, literally holding two contradictory beliefs simultaneously.
Thank you for sharing, Abu Alya
The Board of Peace functions much like Orwell’s ministries in 1984—institutions whose names conceal, and even reverse, their real purpose.
In Orwell’s world:
• The Ministry of Peace wages war.
• The Ministry of Love tortures.
• The Ministry of Plenty creates scarcity.
• The Ministry of Truth manufactures lies.
What was once intended as critical satire and biting irony has manifested despite the warning. We have yet to adequately protect ourselves from those who seek to harm us.
Thank you for your thoughtful reflection.
Indeed, what you’ve described as “Orwellian double-speak” captures the very heart of what the article exposes the transformation of language into an instrument of domination. In this “colonial peace,” words like peace, stability, and reconstruction are not neutral; they are re-engineered to conceal the persistence of violence behind a moral vocabulary.
The brilliance of empire lies not only in its ability to wage war, but in its capacity to rename war as peace... to turn moral ideals into tools of control. As the article suggests, Gaza’s reconstruction becomes a continuation of conquest through administrative and economic means. It’s not the end of empire, but its rebranding.
So yes, the parallels with Orwell’s 1984 are striking... but perhaps even more chilling is that this linguistic inversion no longer feels dystopian or fictional. It has become the normalized grammar of international politics itself.
This analysis beautifully exposes the concept of “colonial peace”; a peace that on the surface brings tranquility, but on the inside is the continuation of domination and the reproduction of inequality. The return of people to Gaza is not just a return home—it is an expression of collective will against a project that seeks to erase the presence and memory of a nation. What is happening today is not simply a change in geography, but a battle over meaning, memory, and the right to live.
This article truly explains the nature of “colonial peace”...a peace designed not to end oppression, but to sustain it in a softer form. The return of people to Gaza is not just a human act, but a form of resistance against a project of erasure. What is happening today is merely a transformation of the war, not its end🤍🕊
Everyone is talking about peace, but behind the scenes the same old order is busy redesigning itself. Without equality and freedom, this so-called peace is nothing more than a new label slapped onto the same old system of domination.
Abu Alya, thanks for providing us with a surgically precise analysis of Western pacification. Pax meant order to the Romans, not peace. I understood what the modern West was doing, but you’ve outlined the details for us. This is a colonial “peace.” Imperialists have grown more duplicitous over the centuries, just as their armies grow more and more feeble.
Another commenter already noted that this plan is Orwellian. He knew Empire well, he was one of its servants. He also didn’t decolonize. He wasn't quite the ally everyone thinks. In any event, I joined the Palestinian cause from the “classics.” Needless to say, I’ve been inundated by imperial discourse. I understand your point about psychological warfare. It’s counter-insurgency and over here, in the settler-colony, we get it too. We’re complicit, we’re not under siege, but it remains a common struggle.
On the 20 Point obfuscation for genocide and colonization—having read your article carefully—“Israel” needs to be disarmed ASAP or just nuked. Look, there’s already a riviera in Europe. Nobody…sane and moral…wants this crappy, capitalistic pukehole. Go to Nice, if you Westerners want to sit on a beach like the braindead Western zombie you are. Pardon Abu, this level of deceit is just gross and I’m angry. At least in Nice, the genocide there ended millennia ago (Alpine Ligurians and Celts). Will read Part 2. Thanks.
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It’s striking how the concept of “peace” can be transformed into a tool of control, shaping lives and territories under the guise of reconstruction. 💔
Thank you for putting this into words. It’s devastating how peace has been rebranded into something Palestinians must earn by surrendering their identity, sovereignty, and memory. This isn’t peace it’s coercion dressed in diplomacy.
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