For decades, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict has been portrayed as a problem of co-existence. Yet, it is vastly unbalanced that so often the conflict is viewed as a conflict based entirely on occupation and oppression. Of course, there is no doubt that Israel commands one of the world’s most powerful militaries and possesses the most powerful weapons. But the real problem is in the lack of connection between both communities.
In the Arab-Palestinian struggle against Israel occupation, very often is the term “normalization” misunderstood and this has led to many arguments regarding its parameters. To better understand this concept of “normalization” people refer to it as “colonization of the mind” where the colonizer’s truth or reality is…show more content… They very often face two different forms of normalization. The first is where they are forced to make normal relations with “the other” as form of survival on Israeli territories. The other form is where Palestinian citizens of Israel do not have to engage as a form of survival yet the absence of alertness in this case somehow shows the Palestinian public how it is possible to live with and accept “the other”.
Over the years, it has become senseless for Israelis and Palestinians to act like nothing is wrong with the status quo and carry on with their lives because this situation has become their truth and just something they need to adapt to in order to carry on with their lives. And this normalization may be more acceptable in conflicts where both sides are equals but not in Israel-Palestine. The only possible way we can normalize this situation is by giving both sides of the conflict equal standing and equal voice.
Many overlook the real problem, which is Zionism. Not only is Zionism the enemy of Palestine and Israel but also many Israeli-born Jews believe that Zionism and the Israeli regime are their enemy not the Palestinians. Many Jews have said it before that the State of Israel does not speak on the behalf of all Jews. And this is where co-resistance started…show more content… However, the more popular form of resistance is non-violent resistance yet it remains largely unacknowledged as compared with more violent resistance. Yet the reality remains that Palestinian resistance to occupation and injustice is overwhelmingly nonviolent. This non-violent resistance is pushing for a new reality and towards ending the occupation, equality and justice throughout the land of Israel-Palestine. Non-violent resistance has been practiced in several different forms. The most recent examples of this resistance include village protests and
