Palestinian Responsibility in the Face of Collapse: The Necessity of Reviewing Arab Strategies Two Years After the Genocide

Over the past two years of the genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, Arab and Palestinian strategy has witnessed a state of political realism that has yielded entirely counterproductive results for the interests of the Palestinian people. At a time when the occupation seeks to crush Palestinian existence, official parties have continued to pursue paths that have proven to be failures in curbing aggression or protecting legitimate national rights.

A close examination of the statements of Netanyahu's government ministers and the policies implemented on the ground in the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem clearly reveals the fallacy of relying on the 'realism' that has been promoted for three decades. This approach ultimately led to the abandonment of struggle alternatives and subservience to a reality imposed by the occupation through force of arms and unlimited Western support.

Today, there is an urgent need to restore an effective and influential Arab strategy, capable of absorbing the radical changes that have swept the region since the start of the genocidal war. The Zionist project is no longer content with occupying land; it is expanding to impose its complete control through Judaization and the final fragmentation of Palestinian geography.

These transformations coincide with escalating American-Israeli mobilization targeting regional powers such as Iran, with continued direct threats to Lebanon and Syria. This geopolitical climate aims to create international conditions that impose absolute submission to the Israeli fait accompli as the sole dominant power in the Middle East.

Recent events have revealed the depth of American adherence to Israeli policy, a connection that extends beyond political interests to deep ideological and colonial considerations. Despite this clarity, official Arab and Palestinian policy has remained in retreat, unable even to adhere to the minimum of the Arab Peace Initiative.

The state of political crushing experienced by some Arab capitals has led to the dwarfing of roles supposed to defend an existential cause. The direct result of this weakness has been the expansion of the Israeli threat to include Arab national security in its comprehensive sense, from the front-line states to the depths of the Gulf and the African continent.

Successive American administrations, especially during the Trump era, used a purely Zionist lexicon in addressing the world, which led some Arab politicians to despair of the justice of the cause. This despair led some towards security alliances with the occupation, bypassing the rights of the victims and holding them responsible for resisting Zionist criminality.

Today, the Palestinian and Arab sides lack the 'element of power' that intellectual and political elites have called for over decades. Adhering to the minimum of a national strategy requires activating diplomatic and legal struggle tools in a real way, not just slogans consumed in international forums without tangible effect.

The current approach to dealing with Israeli expansion needs a comprehensive revolution in tools, starting with activating a comprehensive boycott and holding occupation leaders accountable for war crimes. Without a real deterrent, political slogans will remain mere ink on paper, blown away by the wind with every bomb that falls on the heads of civilians in Gaza.

The seriousness of the stage is evident in the dwindling influence of pro-Palestinian Arab policy, which deepens the victims' feeling of betrayal by their strategic depth. This fragmentation of positions and goals gives the occupation a golden opportunity to entrench the apartheid system and prevent the establishment of any geographically contiguous Palestinian entity.

In the face of these existential challenges, Palestinian responsibility emerges as a cornerstone for rekindling hope in the Arab street. Unifying efforts to dismantle the colonial structure of the Zionist regime is the first and essential step towards defeating the occupation, a task that requires a high appreciation of the self-power of the masses.

The moral and political collapse of the Israeli narrative in international forums must be leveraged, an achievement made possible by the steadfastness and sacrifices of the Palestinian people. This global shift provides a historic opportunity to present a new model of struggle and politics based on historical rights, not on gratuitous concessions.

An influential Arab political structure cannot be achieved without a real evaluation of the internal Palestinian path and an end to the state of fragmentation and subservience to external dictates. Palestinian responsibility, first and foremost, is the driving force that can stop the successive collapses in the Arab political system regarding the issue.

In conclusion, the reliance remains on the awareness of the Palestinian street and its ability to impose a national agenda that transcends the stumbling blocks of the past. Confronting the fascist Zionist mind requires a firm will that believes that rights are not begged for at absurd negotiation tables, but are seized by the steadfastness and unity of the people in the field of comprehensive confrontation.

Mobilizing and unifying efforts to dismantle the colonial structure of the Zionist apartheid system is the first step to defeating the occupation, and it is a Palestinian responsibility first and foremost.