ID: Instagram post by @/letstalkpalestine. The slide reads: “Let’s Talk: 8 things to know about what’s happening in Palestine.” End ID.
ID: “#1 This is possibly the largest ever Palestinian liberation operation in modern history. Never before have Palestinians succeeded in taking back so much of their land and breaking out of the segregated ghettoes in which Israel has concentrated them.” End ID.
ID: “#2 This was an ‘attack’ [the word attack is striked through] response. Anyone would fight back after a decades-long process of colonization, after they have been turned into stateless refugees, expelled and concentrated in tiny ghettoes, imprisoned, or killed for daring to resist.
For 15 years Israel has besieged Gaza with snipers stationed all around it, drones occupying its skies 24/7, and navy patrols shooting at any fishermen who venture too deep.
If this happened to your city, wouldn’t you fight back?” End ID.
ID: “#3 Palestinians didn’t 'infiltrate israel.” Most Gazans are not actually from Gaza.
70% of them are from the same surrounding lands they liberated yesterday morning.“
A map is shown of the area, overflowing with orange pins, with only a few red pins near the Mediterranean Sea. "Each orange pin is a Palestinian village that israel wiped out and ethnically cleansed. Most Gazans are from these places, fighting to return home.” End ID.
ID: “#4 Hamas has enough israeli prisoners to free every single Palestinian hostage held by israel.
Typically, israeli-held Palestinian hostages are only released through a swap with israeli prisoners.
The last Hamas-israel prisoner swap was 1 israeli soldier for 1,027 Palestinians.
Hamas has more than enough israeli prisoners for a deal that would free every imprisoned Palestinian based on past ratios.”
Two boxes are shown on each side of the slide, one that reads, “36+ estimated israeli prisoners,” and another that reads, “5,200 estimated Palestinian hostages.” End ID.
ID: “#5 The Fall of the Gaza Wall
In a historic moment already reshared millions of times online, Palestinian bulldozers have brought down parts of the israeli wall and fence that surrounds Gaza and traps in its residents.
This comes as Palestinians have finally regained control of parts of the border, including the crossing in & out of Gaza. This is a historic achievement.”
ID: #6 israel has never made concessions to Palestinians without pressure.
Palestine can only be liberated by both violent and peaceful resistance, like any colonized nation in history.
The only time in history israel gave up land was when it returned the Sinai Peninsula to Egypt. This was only achieved after the 1973 War when the Egyptian-Syrian attack showed israel that it couldn’t sustain its occupation of the territory, contrary to its prior belief.“ End ID.
ID: #7 This marks a new phase in Palestine.
Palestine will not be freed overnight. Liberation is a long-term process. But the resistance’s unprecedented achievements and strength have proven that even if Israel temporarily beats it back, the Siege on Gaza is coming to an end sooner rather than later.
This does not mean that Gaza will be fully liberated and independent, but that Palestinians will likely gain more control and that israel can no longer treat Gaza as it has for the last 15 years.” End ID.
ID: #7 Continued. Beyond Gaza, israel will be deterred from escalating its occupation against Palestinians in places like Jerusalem.
Hamas has conclusively proven the effectiveness of fight back against the occupation, in contrast to the diplomatic means of resistance which – while still important – on their own have proven to be futile in the face of israeli rejectionism.
This will likely shake up the Palestinian political scene, as the Palestinian Authority, which collaborates with the israeli military and refuses to defend its people, will now face even more challenges to its rule.“ End ID.
ID: “#8 What will happen now?
Palestinians have never responded to israel with such a large operation. israel’s actions will be more violent and intense than anything we’ve ever seen before. The Palestinian death toll is climbing faster than expected – at 320 at the time of this publication. israel is considering a full-scale land invasion of Gaza, which guarantees higher death tolls.
We need to keep sharing, educating and protesting in solidarity in order to pressure our governments to end their support for the israeli regime.” End ID.
