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Bennett’s political theatre: the decisive Israeli-Palestinian fight ahead
Despite the new adminisration’s bombastic talk of military victories over in Gaza, a long-term Palestinian uprising with specific demands and a unified leadership remains the greatest threat to Israel, writes RAMZY BAROUD
STOLEN LIVES: A local child hurries past invading Israeli police in the Silwan neighbourhood of East Jerusalem where over a dozen Palestinian homes face imminent demolition

MANY Palestinians believe that the May 10-21 military confrontation between Israel and the Gaza resistance, along with the simultaneous popular revolt across Palestine, was a game-changer. Israel is doing everything in its power to prove them wrong.

Palestinians are justified to hold this viewpoint; after all, their minuscule military capabilities in a besieged and impoverished tiny stretch of land the Gaza Strip, have managed to push back — or at least neutralise — the massive and superior Israeli military machine.

However, for Palestinians, this is not only about firepower but also about their coveted national unity. Indeed, the Palestinian revolt, which included all Palestinians regardless of their political backgrounds or geographic locations, is fostering a whole new discourse on Palestine — non-factional, assertive and forward-thinking.

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