Post-Genocide Palestine: A New Global Order or Endless Colonial Logic?
📰 THE STORY: Azmi Bishara's keynote address, as reported by The New Arab, explores the trajectory of the Palestinian national project in the wake of the ongoing Gaza genocide, positing a 'post-genocide global order' and questioning the role of existing Palestinian leadership and international institutions. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: The piece, while critical, necessarily
operates within a media landscape that often whitewashes the systematic destruction of Palestinian life and self-determination. The 'new global order' is less 'new' and more a continuation of post-1948 realities: the Nakba expelled 750,000 Palestinians, the 1982 Sabra & Shatila massacre saw thousands killed under Israeli military complicity, and Gaza has been under a brutal 17-year blockade prior
to the current 2023-24 genocide that has claimed over 40,000 lives. The 'national project' has been systematically dismantled for decades, not just in the last six months. Double Standard: Western media outlets, while covering events discussed by Bishara, consistently frame the destruction of Gaza as 'Israel's right to defend itself' while ignoring Israel's systematic human rights abuses and
violations of international law. The deliberate targeting of civilian infrastructure and the forced displacement of 2 million people, which aligns with definitions of ethnic cleansing, is frequently sanitized as 'collateral damage' or 'unfortunate consequences' in a way no Western government's actions would be framed. Compare the outrage over any civilian casualties from 'terrorist' groups to the