3 years since October 7... objective reading

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Last Wednesday, 3 years passed since October 7, 2023, when the Hamas movement carried out what was called the “Al-Aqsa Flood” operation, and Israel responded by launching an unprecedented brutal aggression against the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, and many countries in the region. Although the results have become largely clear on the ground, the division still exists, and sometimes even among Israelis, regarding the evaluation of the results that resulted from this incident. Did the “Flood” operation contribute Al-Aqsa” in bringing the independence of the Palestinian people and the establishment of their state closer, or vice versa? In my opinion, the clear and glaring answer is no, as the dream of an independent Palestinian state has declined to a large extent, the settlements have become brutal, and the Gaza Strip has become almost completely destroyed. Now we quickly monitor what has been achieved on the ground, so that the answer is closer to objectivity. Before October 7, the Palestinians were living a life closer to normal in the Gaza Strip. It is true that Israel was besieging them from most directions, but they were entering and exiting through the Egyptian Rafah crossing, and receiving goods and merchandise through the Israeli crossings. The Hamas movement ruled the Gaza Strip alone, and it had a large army and tunnels covering most of the Gaza Strip. Now, after the operation, 74,000 were killed, 175,000 were injured, 80% of the Strip’s housing and facilities were demolished, and Israel occupies 65% of its area, cramming the Palestinians into a narrow strip, along the sea, hoping to displace them. The Palestinians in the Gaza Strip now live a very miserable life, deprived of the most basic human rights, and Israel prevents reconstruction, citing thousands of arguments, betting that this will achieve the plan. The displacement has not occurred completely yet, despite Egyptian effortsAl-Kabir, who temporarily aborted this plan. Also because of October 7, Israel is carrying out a systematic process to Judaize the West Bank and annex it to Israel. Also because of October 7, Israel returned to occupy part of southern Lebanon, removing entire villages from existence. Also because of October 7, Israel was able to destroy the majority of Syrian military capabilities and occupy more Syrian lands, to the point that it stands at the gates of the Damascus countryside. The Palestinians have the right to resist Israel by all means guaranteed by it. International and humanitarian law, but Hamas had to realize that there is a very extremist right-wing government, impatiently waiting for any mistake, in order to implement a plan formulated by the Palestinian cause. Unfortunately, the chances of establishing a Palestinian state declined greatly after October 7, and the Palestinians’ ultimate hope was that humanitarian aid would be allowed to enter, and that they would not be displaced. The global outburst to support the Palestinian people was due to the brutal Israeli aggression, which made large sectors of the world, especially young people, condemn this aggression, but that was a very small gain, compared to the catastrophic losses suffered by the Palestinian people. Israel achieved many military and field gains in Palestine, Lebanon, Syria and the region, but it did not translate that into political and strategic realities, settling on the ground due to confronting the settlement policy. But in general, what happened in Palestine after October 7, 2023, was perhaps the greatest shock to the Palestinian people, even compared to the Great Nakba in 1948.