The ABCs of Israel/Palestine: From “Never Again” to “There are No Uninvolved Civilians”

Elites use identity, particularly national identity, as a way of advancing their own interests, often against the interests of the populations that they pretend to represent. The Israel Palestine conflict is a stark example of this, where nationalist elites initially manipulated their respective populations into a path of violence and conflict, sabotaging the potential for peaceful coexistence and eventually leading us to the current mass slaughter in Gaza. But before we can understand this, we need an ABC of the conflict, to get a grasp of the basic events, and the conflicting historical narratives, which interpret all of these events in completely different ways, with opposite moral implications, so that we can then proceed to look at what actually happened, and what the moral implications of that are for the present and future.

 Doctors Without Borders in Gaza and West Bank: https://www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/gaza-msf-provides-medical-care-and-donates-supplies-amidst-conflict/  

Palestine Children’s Relief Fund: https://www.pcrf.net  

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