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Shams News · 2021-05-22
Shams News reports his reading of the May 2021 war on Gaza. He argues that it created a new reality: a military solution for Gaza is off the table, and the blockade failed in its aim of separating the Strip from the rest of the Palestinian territories and the diaspora. The war, he says, took the cause out of the international freezer, revived popular support around the world and forced the new Biden administration to engage, citing Biden's calls to the Palestinian and Egyptian presidents and Blinken's visit. The challenge he names is turning these gains into an integrated Palestinian political project that goes beyond the division.
Shams News reports his reading of the May 2021 war on Gaza. He argues that it created a new reality: a military solution for Gaza is off the table, and the blockade failed in its aim of separating the Strip from the rest of the Palestinian territories and the diaspora. The war, he says, took the ca…
Strategic expert Omar Shaban believes that the war on Gaza has created a new reality for the Palestinian cause.
Shaban pointed out that a military solution is no longer on the table in dealing with the Gaza Strip, in addition to the failure of the Israeli blockade policy to achieve its goals, including creating a state of separation between the Gaza Strip and the Palestinian territories, and from the Palestinian people in the diaspora.
He explained that it restored momentum to the Palestinian cause and brought it out of the freezer of international politics, which had left it on the shelf for many long years, and restored the momentum of popular international support for Palestinian rights after years of stagnation and decline.
He stressed that it compelled the new US administration to deal seriously with the Palestinian cause, saying, “President Biden is holding talks with the Palestinian and Egyptian presidents for the first time since taking office in January. And he is sending his Secretary of State Blinken to the region on Wednesday, which is the first visit by a US official at this level.”
He continued, “The greatest challenge remains how to transform these achievements into an integrated Palestinian political project, one that goes beyond the abhorrent division,” warning that these achievements could be squandered if the Palestinian arena remains weak and exposed.
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