The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Was Never About Borders

By Yousef Abudayyeh

Palestinethinktank.com

December 26, 2008

The Palestinian-Zionist conflict is not about disputed borders, it's
about the very existence of the indigenous inhabitants of Palestine. The
Zionist invaders came to Palestine because according to the Zionists,
Palestine was a land with no people and needed to be filled with "people
who have no land."

Unless the whole world and especially the Arab Palestinians understand
this, things will get worse. What we saw in Akka (Akko) this week is a
continuation of the emptying of Palestine of its original people. This
has always been a fruitless undertaking, fueled by the invaderʼs
realization of the ultimate failure of the Zionist adventure - make no
mistake about it.

And just to let you know, whatʼs going on in Akka has been happening
on a different scale in all the cities and village of Palestine 48. A
few days ago, a friend of mine with some of his family members were
driving in Haifa when his car was stoned by these fascist Zionist
invaders with the "police" watching on and not doing a thing, a very
familiar scene.

These stepped up attacks on '48 Palestinians should make clear the
following:

- Our people of the '48 land have been living for more than 60 years,
under the worst of racist conditions. All the attempts that the Arab
leaders made in order to co-exist with the Zionists were attempts that
needed to be made in order to prove to the world, and more importantly,
to the Palestinian people, that the Zionist invaders were really not
interested in co-existence. All these invaders are interested in are
finding ways to push the Arabs out of their homes so they can salvage
their colonization "dream" of (at least half of) Palestine.

- The so-called Palestinian leadership in Ramallah, (in no way smarter
or tested than the leadership of the Arabs of '48), should go back to
the original writings of the PLO and study them and understand them. The
original understanding of the conflict was the right one. These Zionists
invaders are not interested in anything less than an empty Palestine.
Any misunderstanding of this fact will lead to more blood and misery.
The least they can do is talk with our leaders in '48 and learn from
them.
- The Arab countries should at once stop all dealings with the Zionists.

- The Zionist idea and doctrine is dead or at least cracked and cannot
be fulfilled. The building of racist walls and even getting involved
with "peace talks" are signs of the Zionists getting used to the fact
that they cannot have all of Palestine, definitely not without its
original inhabitants, and for sure not on their terms. Having said that,
this will bring the fascist elements of the invaders (and they are many)
to commit desperate acts. This will no doubt lead to more killing of
Arabs in the near future. The world community should be put on notice
that these fascists and their leaders should be tried for war crimes.
The whole Zionist state should be held responsible for any more
suffering the occupied Palestinian people will face.

- The only viable solution remains the one democratic state where
Palestine will go back to its Arab womb and where anyone who wants to
live in Palestine will be free of hatred and will have the same duties,
obligations and rights as anyone else that lives there.

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