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Palestine’s new resistance model
Last year redefined how Palestinians fight against their occupiers, overcoming years of factional division and arbitary standards imposed on them from outside — the 'Unity Intifada' shows no sign of fading, writes RAMZY BAROUD
A Palestinian demonstrator holds a national flags in front of Israeli forces in the West Bank
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WHAT took place between May 2021 and May 2022 is nothing less than a paradigm shift in Palestinian resistance. Thanks to the popular and inclusive nature of Palestinian mobilisation against the Israeli occupation, resistance in Palestine is no longer an ideological, political or regional preference.
In the period between the signing of the Oslo Accords in 1993 and only a few years ago, Palestinian “muqawama” — or resistance — was constantly put in the dock, often criticised and condemned, as if an oppressed nation had a moral responsibility in selecting the type of resistance to suit the needs and interests of its oppressors.
As such, Palestinian resistance became a political and ideological litmus test. The Palestinian Authority of Yasser Arafat and, later, Mahmoud Abbas, called for “popular resistance,” but it seems that it neither understood what the strategy actually meant and certainly was not prepared to act upon such a call.
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