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{{Infobox military conflict|conflict=Palestinian genocide|date=[[Balfour Declaration|2 November 1917]] - present|result=<b>Ongoing</b> | {{Infobox military conflict|conflict=Palestinian genocide|date=[[Balfour Declaration|2 November 1917]] - present|result=<b>Ongoing</b> | ||
*Expulsion of many [[Palestine|Palestinians]] from the [[State of Palestine]] | *Expulsion of many [[Palestine|Palestinians]] from the [[State of Palestine]] | ||
*Continued oppression of Palestinians|place=[[State of Palestine]]|territory=Occupation of most of the [[Palestine|Palestinian territory]] by the [[State of Israel]]|combatants_header=Groups involved|combatant1=<b>Perpetrators | *Continued oppression of Palestinians|place=[[State of Palestine]]|territory=Occupation of most of the [[Palestine|Palestinian territory]] by the [[State of Israel]]|combatants_header=Groups involved|combatant1=<b>Perpetrators</b><br>[[State of Israel]] (1948-present)<br>[[United Kingdom]] & [[Zionism|Zionist]] organizations (1917-1948)<br>Supported by:<br>[[United Kingdom]] (1948-present)<br>[[French Republic]]<br>[[United States of America]]|combatant2=<b>Victims</b><br>[[State of Palestine|Palestinian people]]<br>[[Lebanon]]<br>[[Syria]]<br>[[Jordan]]<br>[[Egypt]]|units1=[[British Armed Forces]] (until 1948)<br>[[Jewish National Council]] (1920-1948)<br>[[Haganah]] (1920-1948)<br>[[Irgun]] (1931-1948)<br>[[National Military Organization in Israel]] (1940-1948)<br>[[Mahal volunteers]] (1947-1949)<br>[[Israel Defense Forces]] (1948-present)|units2=[[State of Palestine|Palestinian resistance groups]] | ||
*[[Hamas]] | |||
[[League of Arab States]] | |||
*[[Hezbollah]]}}The '''Palestinian genocide''', also known as the '''Nakba<ref name=":1">[https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2017/5/23/the-nakba-did-not-start-or-end-in-1948 The Nakba did not start or end in 1948]</ref><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" />''' and wrongly called the '''Israeli-Palestinian conflict''' by [[the West]],<ref>[https://www.usip.org/publications/2022/02/israeli-palestinian-conflict-danger-no-solution-messaging The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: The Danger of ‘No Solution’ Messaging]</ref> is the ongoing systematic [[genocide]] and [[oppression]] of the [[State of Palestine|Palestinians]] by the [[State of Israel]]. It is defined by the [[Settler colonialism|settler colonial]] project of the Israeli state known as [[Zionism]] and has pushed for the cultural destruction of the Palestinian people.<ref>[https://www.liberationschool.org/massacres-were-indispensable-to-creation-of-the-israeli-state/ Massacres were indispensable to creation of the Israeli state]</ref><ref name=":2">[https://www.palestineremembered.com/WhatIsNakba.html What is Nakba?]</ref><ref name=":3">[https://www.telesurenglish.net/analysis/On-the-72nd-Nakba-Palestine-Faces-Its-Biggest-Threat--20200515-0004.html On the 72nd Nakba Palestine Faces Its Biggest Threat]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIaYSd87g1U How Israel colonized Palestine]</ref> The genocide has led to the rise of Palestinian resistance groups such as [[Hamas]] and the [[Palestine Liberation Organization]] (PLO).<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkxJd88xkBU Israeli Soldier's Explosive Tell-All: "Palestinians are Right to Resist"]</ref> Resistance to the genocide has led to Israel enacting a [[Siege of Gaza|siege]] on the [[Gaza Strip]] with the goal of eliminating the Palestinian resistance from Hamas.<ref>[https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13642987.2022.2065261?journalCode=fjhr20 Genocide in Palestine: Gaza as a case study]</ref> | |||
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=== First World War === | |||
{{Main article|First World War}} | |||
During the [[First World War]], two of the main combatants on the [[Middle East|Middle Eastern]] front were the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland]] (UK), alongside its vast [[British Empire]], and the [[Sublime Ottoman State]].<ref>[https://artsandculture.google.com/entity/middle-eastern-theatre-of-world-war-i/m08qz1l?hl=en Middle Eastern theatre of World War I]</ref> The region of Palestine was under the rule of the Ottomans as part of [[Ottoman Syria]] prior to the outbreak of the First World War.<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/place/Syria/Ottoman-period Ottoman period]</ref> Under Ottoman rule, both [[Islam|Muslim]] Palestinians and the [[Judaism|Jewish people]] recieved a level of relative equality as the Islamic Ottomans were open to sheltering Jewish communities that faced oppression by [[Europe|European]] powers, especially the [[French Republic]].<ref>[https://www.dailysabah.com/feature/2017/10/13/jewish-community-in-ottoman-empire Jewish Community in Ottoman Empire]</ref> | |||
The Ottomans entered the First World War on 2 November 1914 when the [[Russian Empire (1721–1917)|Russian Empire]] declared war on them due to their naval activities and their close ties to the [[German Empire (1871–1918)|German Empire]], Russia's war-time enemy.<ref>[https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/ottoman-empire/enters-the-war Page 4 – Ottoman Empire enters the First World War]</ref> Almost immediately upon Ottoman entry into the war, the British took advantage of their [[Colonialism|colonial]] power in [[Kuwait]] and [[Egypt]] to invade both [[Ottoman Iraq]] and Ottoman Syria. The Ottomans, which had placed their early war-time capabilities on trying to fight off the Russians in the [[Caucasus]], failed to hold Palestine, losing the region by 1918.<ref>[https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/ottoman-empire/at-war Page 5 – Ottoman Empire at war]</ref> With British control in Palestine secured, they issued the [[Balfour Declaration]] on 2 November 1917. This declaration promised the Zionists, a political movement of Jews in Europe hoping to settler colonize Palestine, all of the Palestinian territory.<ref>[https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2018/11/2/more-than-a-century-on-the-balfour-declaration-explained More than a century on: The Balfour Declaration explained]</ref> As a result, Zionists began stepping up their activities in Palestine and officially launched their settler colonial project.<ref name=":1" /> | |||
== Genocidal activity == | |||
=== Apartheid === | === Apartheid === | ||
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The Palestinian genocide, also known as the Nakba[1][2][3] and wrongly called the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by the West,[4] is the ongoing systematic genocide and oppression of the Palestinians by the State of Israel. It is defined by the settler colonial project of the Israeli state known as Zionism and has pushed for the cultural destruction of the Palestinian people.[5][2][3][6] The genocide has led to the rise of Palestinian resistance groups such as Hamas and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).[7] Resistance to the genocide has led to Israel enacting a siege on the Gaza Strip with the goal of eliminating the Palestinian resistance from Hamas.[8]
History
First World War
See main article: First World War
During the First World War, two of the main combatants on the Middle Eastern front were the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (UK), alongside its vast British Empire, and the Sublime Ottoman State.[9] The region of Palestine was under the rule of the Ottomans as part of Ottoman Syria prior to the outbreak of the First World War.[10] Under Ottoman rule, both Muslim Palestinians and the Jewish people recieved a level of relative equality as the Islamic Ottomans were open to sheltering Jewish communities that faced oppression by European powers, especially the French Republic.[11]
The Ottomans entered the First World War on 2 November 1914 when the Russian Empire declared war on them due to their naval activities and their close ties to the German Empire, Russia's war-time enemy.[12] Almost immediately upon Ottoman entry into the war, the British took advantage of their colonial power in Kuwait and Egypt to invade both Ottoman Iraq and Ottoman Syria. The Ottomans, which had placed their early war-time capabilities on trying to fight off the Russians in the Caucasus, failed to hold Palestine, losing the region by 1918.[13] With British control in Palestine secured, they issued the Balfour Declaration on 2 November 1917. This declaration promised the Zionists, a political movement of Jews in Europe hoping to settler colonize Palestine, all of the Palestinian territory.[14] As a result, Zionists began stepping up their activities in Palestine and officially launched their settler colonial project.[1]
Genocidal activity
Apartheid
The Israeli state uses apartheid-like segregation in order to systematically oppress the Palestinians, treating them like lesser beings and stripping them of many human rights.[15]
Ethnostatism
A large part of of the Palestinian genocide is the existence of Israel as a Jewish ethnostate. Due to this ethnostatism, the Palestinians living in land occupied by Israel are often treated as second-class citizens in their very own homes.[15]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Nakba did not start or end in 1948
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 What is Nakba?
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 On the 72nd Nakba Palestine Faces Its Biggest Threat
- ↑ The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: The Danger of ‘No Solution’ Messaging
- ↑ Massacres were indispensable to creation of the Israeli state
- ↑ How Israel colonized Palestine
- ↑ Israeli Soldier's Explosive Tell-All: "Palestinians are Right to Resist"
- ↑ Genocide in Palestine: Gaza as a case study
- ↑ Middle Eastern theatre of World War I
- ↑ Ottoman period
- ↑ Jewish Community in Ottoman Empire
- ↑ Page 4 – Ottoman Empire enters the First World War
- ↑ Page 5 – Ottoman Empire at war
- ↑ More than a century on: The Balfour Declaration explained
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 How a Zionist Defamed Me, How 'Leftist' Creators Helped Her Do It, and Why It Will Happen Again