Al-Aqsa Storm debunks Zionist myths
By Mohsen Solgi
Guest contributor
One of the myths surrounding Israel was its deterrent power. This myth was debunked by Operation Al-Aqsa Storm, which was carried out by around 200 Hamas fighters alone. Although, during the 33-day war and other operations of the resistance front, these myths were challenged, it was during the recent war that we witnessed the final shattering of this myth.
The apartheid regime of Israel, which classifies even its own Jewish residents into first and second-class citizens, has another symbol known as the Holocaust. But even that symbol has been tainted by the recent war crimes of Israel, especially its targeting of children
in Gaza.
A symbolic religion of fear
Zionist Judaism is a phobic religion built on the fear of the other. it is a new, artificial, and counterfeit religion and therefore, inherently incapable of producing symbols on its own. So, myths and symbols such as deterrence must be created for it. Deterrence refers to the Arab-Israeli war and especially the capabilities of the regime to use nuclear weapons. The function of this myth is to allay the natural fears of Jewish residents who live in occupied lands.
Today, however, it has become clear that the regime has limited capability to use its deterring power such as its vast arsenal of nuclear weapons against Hamas. This is mainly because the land is so small that any nuclear radiation will affect Israeli residents too. Iran is not a great target for the nukes as well given the country’s vast expanse of land and incomparable population.
Another mass exodus in sight
Operation Al-Aqsa Storm has heightened the phobia of Israeli Jews in a way never seen before. The community, still suffering from the traumatic fear of the Holocaust — whether it be real or delusional — once fled from Europe swiftly. It is predicted that this time, too, the community will witness a mass exodus as the residents of the occupied territories, many of whom hold dual citizenship, probably immigrate to other countries.
If the United States’ atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki shattered the myth that the Japanese never surrenders, Operation Al-Aqsa Storm shattered Israel’s myths of deterrence, security, invincibility, and, more importantly, permanence. But the crucial difference lies in the fact that the Japanese are no longer afraid of atomic attacks, while the fears of the Zionists will never be eased unless they abandon the occupied land of Palestine.
Palestinians oppressed yet empowered
Another point to note is that Hamas carried out a historic and defensive act for its besieged people, and in the process, some non-combatant individuals, including an American tourist, have been killed. This prompted the enemies of the Islamic resistance to once again seek to promote and solidify the idea that the Palestinians are not victims. Hamas should know that national and ethnic myths are never shattered by a single act. This is especially true for genuine and deeply rooted national myths. While the victimhood of Palestine is a historical, authentic symbol supported by evidence, the myths of Zionism are artificial, which makes their collapse easier.
Moreover, in the recent war, Palestine — which has so far gained nothing from its victimhood, not even a negotiation or compromise — shattered both its own myth of being submissive and Israel’s myth of invincibility. Palestine emerged from this war as a more flourishing, wiser, resilient, and glorious entity. The resistance challenged the so-called “realist” logic of most Western governments. Western realism is primitive, warmongering, and based on aggression and expansionism, whereas the realism governing Hamas is a natural, rights-based one that believes in the face of blockade, invasion, humiliation, and terror, resorting to force and taking arms is necessary.
In a time when the UN has repeatedly warned in vain about the daily killing of Palestinians in the occupied territories by Israel and Jewish settlers, the resistance movement will have no choice but to adopt an offensive stance, a stance that will render Israel even more unstable and restless and bring its integrity closer to total collapse. This stance will empower Palestine and compel the world to take a more serious look at the Palestinian cause and make a more historically informed and accurate judgment about it.