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olive laced's avatar

sumud, until liberation.

Dirga's avatar

You cannot plant peace

in soil guarded by others.

You cannot grow freedom

under someone else’s sky.

Palestine is not a project to manage.

It is a people

still breathing,

still resisting,

still home.

Esmeralda's avatar

Not another mandate. Not another promise written elsewhere. Only a people, a land, and the right to decide their own tomorrow.

Maria Mulligan's avatar

Great essay. Thank you

Aditya Tri's avatar

Peace without self-determination is just control with a softer name.

The AI Architect's avatar

Impressive historical framing. The parallel between British mandate structures and Trump's Board setup is sharp, especially the sequencing logic Kissinger laid out. I've seen similr patterns in corporate governance where consultants get hired to "reform" systems but end up maintaining the exact power dynamics they're supposed to fix.

Haamijaan's avatar

Every line of this piece carries weight. It speaks of Gaza, of trusteeship, of despair that has been carefully engineered. A text that, if read attentively, makes it impossible to see things the same way again...

arlekin_julia's avatar

Hmmm interesting