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The self-centeredness of Jewish nationalism (Zionism):<\/b> The Zionist narrative is unable to interpret Palestinian history on its own; it pretends to,<\/span> as if the existence and identity of the Palestinians were merely an anti-Israel reaction.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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The modern and \u201efictional\u201d nature of nationalism<\/h2>\n
The sociological deconstruction of national consciousness (following Benedict Anderson's theory of "imagined communities"):<\/span><\/p>\n
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Every nation is "fake" in its own way:<\/b> Nationalism is a relatively modern,<\/span> the 18th-19th.<\/span> a phenomenon that emerged in the 20th century.<\/span> The French,<\/span> German or Italian national identity dates back only 150-200 years.<\/span> Before the unification of Italy or Germany, the locals were called Bavarians,<\/span> to the Prussians,<\/span> They identified themselves as Sardinians or Tuscans.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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Double standards:<\/b> No one questions the right to existence and self-determination of today's Germans or Italians on the pretext that,<\/span> that their nation did not exist 300 years ago.<\/span> Yet hasbara applies this historical double standard to the Palestinians,<\/span> expecting from them a static,<\/span> millennial,<\/span> nation-state past in the modern sense,<\/span> which no other European nation possesses.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
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Identity erasure as a colonial weapon<\/h2>\n
A<\/span>The intellectual, cultural and historical eradication of the indigenous population (ethnocide) is a fundamental tool of every settler-colonial system.<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n
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Lack of legitimacy:<\/b> To do this,<\/span> that a settler population can morally justify land grabbing and ethnic cleansing,<\/span> essential,<\/span> to deprive locals of historical continuity.<\/span> If Palestinians "have no identity,",<\/span> then they have no political rights to the land,<\/span> so colonization is not a crime,<\/span> but the inhabitation of an \u201eempty land\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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Colonizing egocentrism:<\/b> The hasbara's claim that,<\/span> that Palestinian national consciousness is merely a reaction to Zionism,<\/span> reflects a typical colonial mindset.<\/span> The colonizer is unable to conceive of the history of the indigenous population without,<\/span> to put itself at the center - as if the existence and self-determination of the Palestinians were only a reflection against the Jewish state.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n2. The real, pre-Zionist roots of Palestinian identity<\/h2>\n
Rashid Khalidi<\/b> historian, epoch-maker,<\/span> Palestinian Identity<\/i> Based on his work, the post presents the three key elements that,<\/span> which already in Ottoman times,<\/span> formed the Palestinian proto-national identity before the waves of Zionist immigration:<\/span><\/p>\n
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\n Pillar<\/strong><\/td>\n Description and Historical Background<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n\n \n Sacral attachment<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n The local residents (whether Muslim or Christian) have a deep, unique religious and spiritual connection to Palestine as the Holy Land.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Ottoman administration<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n From 1874, the Sanjak of Jerusalem (which included the areas of Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Hebron, Gaza, and Jaffa) was a separate administrative unit directly under Istanbul, separate from the surrounding Syrian provinces, and geographically covering present-day Palestine.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n \n Urban Patriotism<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n(Urban Patriotism)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n
The pride and local identity of the inhabitants of the large cities (Nablus, Gaza, Jerusalem, Hebron), which, through modernization, transportation and education, has merged into a regional, pan-Palestinian national consciousness. This is reflected to this day in family names (e.g. Al-Nabulsi<\/i>, Al-Khalili<\/i>).<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/h2>\n3. Tangible, irrefutable historical evidence<\/h2>\n
The post is so brilliant,<\/span> gives a practical example,<\/span> which completely destroy the <\/span>\u201e"non-existent identity"\u201d<\/i> theory:<\/span><\/p>\n
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The Press (1911):<\/b> The city of Jaffa was founded in 1911 (long before the British mandate and the proclamation of Israel) <\/span>Palestine<\/b> newspaper,<\/span> which became the political and cultural center of the region.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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The Diaspora and Sport (1920):<\/b> A group of Chilean Palestinian immigrants founded a football club in Santiago de Chile in 1920,<\/span> which <\/span>Deportivo Palestino<\/b>(the club still exists today in the Chilean first division).<\/span> This proves that,<\/span> that Palestine as a national and identity reference point also existed in the public consciousness globally.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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<\/p>\n4. Cultural Appropriation<\/h2>\n
While the Zionist narrative attempts to cut off the Palestinian past,<\/span> the Israeli state and culture systematically <\/span>appropriates Palestinian cultural trademarks<\/b> (a <\/span>Kuffiah<\/i>-t,<\/span> a <\/span>Dabkeh<\/i> dance,<\/span> and traditional dishes such as,<\/span> like hummus,<\/span> falafel or Jaffa oranges).<\/span><\/p>\n
The psychological and political purpose of this is <\/span>self-indigenization<\/b>:<\/span> the settler population tries to adopt elements of the indigenous culture,<\/span> to make it appear "native" on earth,<\/span> while dehumanizing real indigenous people and presenting them as unnecessary aliens.<\/span><\/p>\n
The Palestinian identity is not a political fad founded in 1967, nor is it a mere byproduct of Zionism. It is an organic reality with deep historical and cultural roots that cannot be erased from history by armed repression or by Frank Luntz-style PR manuals. The denial of the existence of a Palestinian nation is merely the last line of defense of the colonizers \u2013 a moral mirage that inevitably evaporates in the face of facts.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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