90% of homes are destroyed and most of Gaza is uninhabitable. True? If they build a beautiful place to live in Egypt or Jordan, wouldn’t people go? I would. Perhaps offer annual income to live on also. But, my bet is they won’t offer such reparations. They don’t care enough.
>>"f they build a beautiful place to live in Egypt or Jordan, wouldn’t people go? I would."
THAT is the difference between YOU and the Palestinians. Palestine means something to Palestinians (that have lived there for generations).
I suggest reading the book "Orientalism" by Edward Said (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/355190.Orientalism) to understand how their CULTURE is VERY DIFFERENT from "Western culture" (i.e. your thought processes).
A quote from Orientalism ->
“Every single empire in its official discourse has said that it is not like all the others, that its circumstances are special, that it has a mission to enlighten, civilize, bring order and democracy, and that it uses force only as a last resort. And, sadder still, there always is a chorus of willing intellectuals to say calming words about benign or altruistic empires, as if one shouldn't trust the evidence of one's eyes watching the destruction and the misery and death brought by the latest mission civilizatrice.”
and another one ->
“Always there lurks the assumption that although the Western consumer belongs to a numerical minority, he is entitled either to own or to expend (or both) the majority of the world resources. Why? Because he, unlike the Oriental, is a true human being. No better instance exists today of what Anwar Abdel Malek calls “the hegemonism of possessing minorities” and anthropocentrism allied with Europocentrism: a white middle-class Westerner believes it his human prerogative not only to manage the nonwhite world but also to own it, just because by definition “it” is not quite as human as “we” are. There is no purer example than this of dehumanized thought.”
Exactly. Vijay Prashad calls it the international division of humanity - Westerners literally think they are better than everyone else, and they constantly need to reinforce that division. Most Palestinians would sooner die than abandon the land that is rightfully theirs. And after seeing the Resistance in Gaza the past week and how strong, brave, and popular they are, I don't think Trump or "Israel" will have a chance in hell of success with their evil plans.
Chang, Thanks for reminding us of the great intellectual Edward Said and his seminal work " Orientalism ".
Nothing has changed from his time to now. ".... as if one shouldn't trust the evidence of one's eyes watching the destruction and the misery and death brought by the latest mission civilizatrice.”
Always trust the evidence of one's eyes... . What would Edward Said say today facing a Trumpian empire that doesn't even pretend?
indeed, the paragraph on 'voluntary migration'. after doing nothing (resultswise, let's be real), it would be kinda rich to kinda demand that the women and children continue their heroic struggle and keep living among the destruction / mass grave site without forcing tremendous amounts of temporary shelter and other infrastructure and aid into gaza (saw the chinese build a temporary hospital in 10 days during covid). to the streets!
90% of homes are destroyed and most of Gaza is uninhabitable. True? If they build a beautiful place to live in Egypt or Jordan, wouldn’t people go? I would. Perhaps offer annual income to live on also. But, my bet is they won’t offer such reparations. They don’t care enough.
>>"f they build a beautiful place to live in Egypt or Jordan, wouldn’t people go? I would."
THAT is the difference between YOU and the Palestinians. Palestine means something to Palestinians (that have lived there for generations).
I suggest reading the book "Orientalism" by Edward Said (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/355190.Orientalism) to understand how their CULTURE is VERY DIFFERENT from "Western culture" (i.e. your thought processes).
A quote from Orientalism ->
“Every single empire in its official discourse has said that it is not like all the others, that its circumstances are special, that it has a mission to enlighten, civilize, bring order and democracy, and that it uses force only as a last resort. And, sadder still, there always is a chorus of willing intellectuals to say calming words about benign or altruistic empires, as if one shouldn't trust the evidence of one's eyes watching the destruction and the misery and death brought by the latest mission civilizatrice.”
and another one ->
“Always there lurks the assumption that although the Western consumer belongs to a numerical minority, he is entitled either to own or to expend (or both) the majority of the world resources. Why? Because he, unlike the Oriental, is a true human being. No better instance exists today of what Anwar Abdel Malek calls “the hegemonism of possessing minorities” and anthropocentrism allied with Europocentrism: a white middle-class Westerner believes it his human prerogative not only to manage the nonwhite world but also to own it, just because by definition “it” is not quite as human as “we” are. There is no purer example than this of dehumanized thought.”
Good quotes, thanks. Western culture is like a famished pig with blinders.
Exactly. Vijay Prashad calls it the international division of humanity - Westerners literally think they are better than everyone else, and they constantly need to reinforce that division. Most Palestinians would sooner die than abandon the land that is rightfully theirs. And after seeing the Resistance in Gaza the past week and how strong, brave, and popular they are, I don't think Trump or "Israel" will have a chance in hell of success with their evil plans.
Chang, Thanks for reminding us of the great intellectual Edward Said and his seminal work " Orientalism ".
Nothing has changed from his time to now. ".... as if one shouldn't trust the evidence of one's eyes watching the destruction and the misery and death brought by the latest mission civilizatrice.”
Always trust the evidence of one's eyes... . What would Edward Said say today facing a Trumpian empire that doesn't even pretend?
Chang, 👏👏👏!
indeed, the paragraph on 'voluntary migration'. after doing nothing (resultswise, let's be real), it would be kinda rich to kinda demand that the women and children continue their heroic struggle and keep living among the destruction / mass grave site without forcing tremendous amounts of temporary shelter and other infrastructure and aid into gaza (saw the chinese build a temporary hospital in 10 days during covid). to the streets!
Then allow the Chinese to come in and build temporary shelters, hospitals and schools.
The Palestinians ain’t goin’ NOWHERE.