Turkey's 'Stabilization' Plan: More Borders, Fewer Palestinians
The Daily Sabah reports on Türkiye's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan proposing a 'stabilization force' to separate Israelis and Palestinians at Gaza's borders. (One might call this 'preserving the ghetto,' but that's just critical commentary.) Fidan envisions this force, with a mandate and rules of engagement still under negotiation, allowing the 'two peoples' to live 'within their own borders.' This
conveniently sidesteps the trifling detail that one 'people' has been forcibly displaced, blockaded, and bombed within a territory the size of Philadelphia for decades, while the other maintains internationally recognized borders and unparalleled military superiority. Historically, 'separation' has often translated to 'containment' for Palestinians, from the 1948 Nakba creating permanent refugee
camps, to the separation wall, to the suffocating Gaza blockade. The U.S. has poured billions into Israel's 'security,' with AIPAC alone spending millions annually lobbying Congress for continued aid. Perhaps a true 'stabilization force' would separate the powerful lobbyists from our politicians, rather than separating people from their homes. How many 'stabilization forces' does it take before we
question whose stability we're actually securing?