Gaza changes the world
As a lesson in history
Adel Samara
Occupied Palestine
“Revolutions are the locomotives of history/Marx
It may be hindered, but it is moving forward
The event is free and independent, if you did not expect it in advance, you must grasp it.
Adel Samara
Many have spoken and written that Tishreen/October 7 will change a lot in the world, but they themselves did not witness or grasp the beginning of the change! Perhaps because they are governed by certain relationships and connections.
The world Scene in brief
The movement of history confirms the shift of the counter-revolution to the defense, represented by the Zionist Entity- Israel (ZE). For the first time, the castle/base was stormed.
It is true that October war 1973 approached the border of the ZE castle, but it did not enter it because the entire West stood against it. But some overlooked the role of forces that reversed history to obstruct October 1973, i.e. the role of the dependent Arab capitalist comprador in betraying its army/Egypt and Arab nation, for example, embarking towards normalization with ZE.
On October 7, 2023, history was brought back to stand on its feet in a battle that was carried out by Arabs and Muslims in Gaza, an absolutely small position. But many forces, especially 57 Arab and Islamic regimes, stood against the movement of history, and since October 8 they have stood against Hamas and its comrades in Gaza creates a mixed situation of chaos:
– Arabs and Muslims of Yemen and part of Lebanon, Hizbullah stood with Gaza, Hamas and its companions.
– Other Arabs and Muslims stood against Hamas and Gaza as well.
– The majority of Arab and Islamic regimes support the ZE.
– The majority of Arab and Islamic peoples support Gaza and Hamas.
This mingling can be read or attributed to the rootedness of the state of cohabitation between ruling regimes, political parties, intellectuals, media and finally the masses, whether by force, oppression, or interest.
As the conflict deepened and turned into genocide against civilians in Gaza, history rose again and stood on its feet, and the peoples of the world, especially in the West, moved against the genocide. The Arab people and the Islamic peoples remained under the pressure of living in a pressure cooker whose lid had no venting hole.
Once again, history presented by the youth in Western universities stood against the counter-revolution, their motive being that they are the generation of history and history for man and not against or for this or that religion, contrary to the chatter of those who take humanity into the conflict of religions.
The people and youth of the world are neither Arabs nor Muslims, so what does this mean other than that the world conflict is not and must not be religious.
The ZE leaders tried to relieve the pressure on themselves by directing the war to Iran by attacking its consulate in Damascus, but Iran responded defensively, that is, in a semi-historical move for the time being.
The surprise was the insistence of most Arab regimes, which are mostly Islamic, to go against history by standing against Muslim Iran, so they participated in defending the ZE. This was followed by a clarity of the picture as:
– Those regimes confirmed that they are Zionist bases.
– The peoples confirmed that they are with Gaza, but they are being blocked.
The lesson this time came from Türkiye, the Islamic regime that had, for decades, supported the ZE without accountability. While the popular street began to turn away from an Islamic motive against the Entity’s position, the regime lost in the municipalities. The regime was forced, even if formally, to cut off economic exchanges with the ZE, and this was not out of a religious motive, but rather out of the interest of the Turkish commercial and industrial bourgeoisie.
On the other hand, the counter-revolutionary camp remained cohesive as a regime, that is, supporting the ZE and fighting alongside it. But the other axis did not rise to the task and required role except Yemen and Hizballah.
But, the people, especially the youth, confirmed their stance against their regimes, motivated by a humanitarian and civilized stance. It is true that the youth did not raise slogans against capital, but they are fundamentally against capitalism and imperialism, and this is a new and broad ideological position and not based on a religious motive.
Despite the complexities of the moment, imperialism insisted to not lose any thread and became aware of deepening of the Islamic internal conflict by granting Saudi Arabia a protection agreement against its people and against a baseless aggression from Iran.
In short, history is a living being that necessarily refuses, as we see today, the injection of two strange bodies into it:
• At the limited level, the Arab body rejects the existence of the ZE, even if only Palestinians, Yemenis and Lebanese are fighting it, and this will expand against the last white capitalist settler project is in a state of last defense, every day it becomes clear that it is not a religious project, so let us resist it for what it is.
• At the global level, the peoples of the world, especially the young generation in the West, stand against war-making capitalism. This takes time, but the early signs of its beginning are becoming clear.
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