This is an excellent article. I however take issue with the phrasing of “no settler colony has ever succeeded unless the native population was all but destroyed or driven out”, yet in ever other settler colony us Indigenous (capital) are still here. Decimated yes, but still here, and not just “driven out”. but genocided and ethnically cleansed and too often erased with language that gives up on us, often by Brown folks who become our settlers too. Perhaps talking about how they "have not succeeded unless having a genocide which results in a demographic majority.” Other Indigenous people didn’t just disappear.
Thank you, truly. We share the same enemy in erasure, which is why I want to answer rather than nod. "All but" was meant for exactly what you're insisting on. The destruction was never completed. You are still here, and that survival is the spirit of the whole piece. "Driven out" comes from Palestine's specificity. In the US, Canada, and Australia there was no border to push people past, so the modes were killing, confinement, and assimilation in place. In Palestine, expulsion across borders is distinct and ongoing. Still, you're pointing to a real danger. A people should never be defined by how close they came to being destroyed, even by someone trying to honor them. Your peoples didn't disappear, and neither will mine.
This account clearly shows that the Palestinian question cannot be understood solely through the lens of military power or battlefield victories. Over the course of a century, repeated efforts to suppress, disarm, and disperse Palestinians have failed to extinguish their central demand: the right to self-determination and return. From the 1936 Revolt to the aftermath of the Nakba and the era of the Palestine Liberation Organization, each wave of repression has given rise to new forms of organization and resistance rather than bringing the issue to an end. Whether one agrees with this interpretation or not, history reminds us that no political project can remain sustainable through military force alone. Ignoring the rights and aspirations of a people does not resolve a conflict—it merely passes it on to future generations. 🤍🕊
This is deeply moving and tragic. It highlights how the Nakba was not a spontaneous event but a planned and systematic process of dispossession. Remembering these histories is essential to acknowledge the suffering and resilience of the Palestinian people. 💔
Thank you for sharing this analysis and calling for awareness. Your text makes it clear that history must be read and understood, not simply trusted🥹🥹🕊🕊🕊
Fight to Love and Loved ones.. digging each words brother ... And thanks for starting writing articles on the situations .. so we all can get to know past data and conflicts.. and the efforts
This is an excellent article. I however take issue with the phrasing of “no settler colony has ever succeeded unless the native population was all but destroyed or driven out”, yet in ever other settler colony us Indigenous (capital) are still here. Decimated yes, but still here, and not just “driven out”. but genocided and ethnically cleansed and too often erased with language that gives up on us, often by Brown folks who become our settlers too. Perhaps talking about how they "have not succeeded unless having a genocide which results in a demographic majority.” Other Indigenous people didn’t just disappear.
Thank you, truly. We share the same enemy in erasure, which is why I want to answer rather than nod. "All but" was meant for exactly what you're insisting on. The destruction was never completed. You are still here, and that survival is the spirit of the whole piece. "Driven out" comes from Palestine's specificity. In the US, Canada, and Australia there was no border to push people past, so the modes were killing, confinement, and assimilation in place. In Palestine, expulsion across borders is distinct and ongoing. Still, you're pointing to a real danger. A people should never be defined by how close they came to being destroyed, even by someone trying to honor them. Your peoples didn't disappear, and neither will mine.
You can wage war on hope for a century, but as long as hope survives, so does the struggle...🍀✨️🇵🇸
This account clearly shows that the Palestinian question cannot be understood solely through the lens of military power or battlefield victories. Over the course of a century, repeated efforts to suppress, disarm, and disperse Palestinians have failed to extinguish their central demand: the right to self-determination and return. From the 1936 Revolt to the aftermath of the Nakba and the era of the Palestine Liberation Organization, each wave of repression has given rise to new forms of organization and resistance rather than bringing the issue to an end. Whether one agrees with this interpretation or not, history reminds us that no political project can remain sustainable through military force alone. Ignoring the rights and aspirations of a people does not resolve a conflict—it merely passes it on to future generations. 🤍🕊
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This is deeply moving and tragic. It highlights how the Nakba was not a spontaneous event but a planned and systematic process of dispossession. Remembering these histories is essential to acknowledge the suffering and resilience of the Palestinian people. 💔
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Thank you for sharing this analysis and calling for awareness. Your text makes it clear that history must be read and understood, not simply trusted🥹🥹🕊🕊🕊
This is serious..weldone sir !!
I felt every word you've wrote, Gaza resists, and Palestine lives. Survival is resistance. Resistance is survival.
Fight to Love and Loved ones.. digging each words brother ... And thanks for starting writing articles on the situations .. so we all can get to know past data and conflicts.. and the efforts
sending love and with regards
your brother xcomet