There are two things
Israel seems to be doing these days without fail. The first is allowing fanatics
to break into the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the second is carrying out waves of
arrests across the Palestinian Territories.
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This indicates that
after the events of last Ramadan, Israel has fallen back into its old habits
with the intention of sending the message that it can still sustain its
existing policies, especially when the number of detainees spikes to the
thousands, despite overarching Palestinian anger.
By doing so, Israel
hopes to both take vengeance and scare the Palestinians away from protesting
again, under any circumstances; but it also sends a clear message that it can
no longer control them to the same degree that it once did.
Nothing is more
indicative of the occupation’s oppressive nature than arresting only
Palestinians, even though Israeli zealots were the first to assault Palestinian
homes and shops in Israel. But we never read of a single arrest of an Israeli,
and often find Israel boasting about being a democratic state where the rule of
law applies to all.
Israel has also been
persistent with its policy on Al-Aqsa, as it attempts to recover from the
humiliation it recently suffered, sending the message that it does not fear the
Palestinian people’s reaction and that it will continue allowing its fanatics
to enter the mosque as it did before Ramadan. Here, Israel is counting on the
presence of smaller crowds of Palestinians at Al-Haram Al-Sharif since it is no
longer Ramadan, but that is an inaccurate assessment.
It is not strange for
Israel to have a revenge plan after recent events, specifically after realizing
that every attempt to “Israelize” Palestinians in Israel has failed and that
the Palestinian identity could never lose to an Israeli one. The continued
discrimination, oppression, and condescension against Palestinians proves that
having Israeli citizenship does not make you one of them.
This suggests that
Israel will place Arab-Israelis under immense pressure soon, seeking revenge by
all means, most notably the continued arrests of thousands of young
Arab-Israeli youth.
According to analysts
and experts the relative calm that now holds sway is very fragile and things
may become heated once more, especially when accounting for the rejuvenation of
the Palestinian spirit that stood united against the threat that faced the
Al-Aqsa mosque, breaking down all moral and geographical divides that
Israel has been putting up throughout seven decades of occupation.
Israel fails to
understand that its most recent aggressions have resulted in a major
transformation that cannot be reversed through arrests and continued break-ins
into Al-Aqsa, with the hope of subjugating the Palestinians into tolerating the
occupation at the holy sites that are of great significance to Arabs and
Muslims alike.
The bottom line
remains: All indicators point to a single outcome, which is the end of this
period of calm, which will not last long and may bring about unforeseen
repercussions.
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