{"id":106895,"date":"2021-05-15T09:55:47","date_gmt":"2021-05-15T04:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=106895"},"modified":"2021-05-15T09:56:44","modified_gmt":"2021-05-15T04:26:44","slug":"treating-israel-palestine-issue-with-a-humanitarian-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/treating-israel-palestine-issue-with-a-humanitarian-response\/","title":{"rendered":"Treating Israel-Palestine issue with a humanitarian response"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Synopsis<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">The <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/treating-israel-palestine-issue-with-a-humanitarian-response\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Israel-Palestine issue<\/a> should be looked beyond geopolitical opportunities. The world leaders must come forward and treat the issue with basic dignity and justice.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>Background<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/israel-palestine-conflict-explained-pointwise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Israel-Palestine issue <\/a>is one of the world\u2019s longest-running and most controversial conflicts.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a conflict between two self-determination movements \u2014 the Jewish Zionist project and the Palestinian nationalist project towards the same territory.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The issue was recently triggered by Israel. Israelis tried to dispossess and oppress the Palestinians. This resulted in deadly riots in Israel and the exchange of rockets between the two sides.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Experts believe that this instance is going to attract 3 kinds of responses &#8211; indifferent, imperial and humanitarian. Amongst them, the imperial response is likely to overpower the other two.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><b>Indifferent Response :<\/b><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>The majority of the global countries will adopt<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> an indifferent response to the situation. They believe that both Israelis and Palestinians have their share of rights and wrongs.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Israelis and Hamas infuse terror in the region. Similarly, places and Monuments are targeted by both sides.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This indifferent attitude towards the issue is the result of geopolitical self-interest shown by the US and Arab states towards the Palestinians.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their approach has only internationalised the issue and not helped in resolving the issue. The global countries have forgotten that <strong>injustice to Palestinians and denial of human rights forms the core<\/strong> issue.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><b>Imperial Response to <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Israel-Palestine issue<\/strong><\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Israel will adopt an imperialist response<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> towards the Palestinians. This is because its past actions have the characteristics of imperial modes of governance.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This includes measures such as,<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eviction of (Palestinian)people from property, <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Creation of second-class citizens to fight Palestine, <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maintenance of oppressively governed enclaves <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Israel has been pushing out Palestinians from the territory that Israel wants to claim. The country managed to evict as it enjoyed <\/span><b>considerable support from big powers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> like the US and the U.K.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The process began with Nakba(catastrophe) in 1947. Under this, evictions of more than half a million Palestinians happened.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since then, it has been doing consistent evictions by following a policy of thousand cuts to dispossess Palestinians of their homes.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is believed that reducing Palestinian presence in <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/israel-palestine-jerusalem-dispute\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">East Jerusalem is likely to be the next objective of Israel<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><b>Humanitarian Response to <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Israel-Palestine issue<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/b><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Firstly, this response calls for<strong> focusing on mutual sufferings<\/strong> observed by both the communities.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Secondly, it involves taking measures guided by shared humanity rather than ambitious political objectives.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Thirdly, Peace movements in the past have focused on this approach.<\/span> This approach uses the culture and a history of shared suffering to build bridges. They emphasise that dispossession and exile is something both communities share.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fourthly, this approach has met with limited success. This is because there is an absence of serious political solutions.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><b>Suggestions to resolve <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Israel-Palestine issue<\/strong><\/span>:<\/b><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Firstly, one must look at the Israel Palestine issue as an <strong>unfinished task of decolonisation<\/strong>, and <strong>a human rights catastrophe<\/strong>. Future negotiations must be based on the pillars of justice and human dignity.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Secondly, Israel must realise that it is not safe unless the Palestinians are safe. Further, Israel must forgo its adamant zeal of occupying three million people. Instead, it should work on a two-state solution.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thirdly, friendly countries including India must remind Israel about the brutal consequences of adhering to imperial politics. This includes the destruction of the moral legitimacy of one\u2019s own claims, undermining of human rights and justice etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/opinion\/columns\/israels-actions-are-destroying-the-moral-legitimacy-of-its-own-claims-7314153\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Indian Express<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"jKuyLpGtWv\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/icc-ruling-over-palestinian-territories\/\">\u2018ICC ruling\u2019 over Palestinian Territories<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;\u2018ICC ruling\u2019 over Palestinian Territories&#8221; &#8212; Free UPSC IAS Preparation For Aspirants\" src=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/icc-ruling-over-palestinian-territories\/embed\/#?secret=s1S51GRPM0#?secret=jKuyLpGtWv\" data-secret=\"jKuyLpGtWv\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Synopsis: The Israel-Palestine issue should be looked beyond geopolitical opportunities. The world leaders must come forward and treat the issue with basic dignity and justice. 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