One year ago today Palestinian fighters led by Hamas launched an unprecedented military offensive out of the Gaza Strip.
The immediate goal was to inflict a shattering blow against Israel’s army bases and militarized settlements which have besieged Gaza’s inhabitants for decades – all of which are built on land that Palestinian families were expelled from in 1948.
The bigger goal was to shatter a status quo in which Israel, the United States and their accomplices believed they had effectively sidelined the Palestinian cause, and to bring that struggle for liberation back to the forefront of world attention.
“military offensive” - yikes. Shattering blow against civilians maybe. IDF seemed well and running just a day after. How is this a news piece? It is outright propaganda.
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Propaganda is how the imperial media consistently obscures the ongoing genocide by calling it a war, military offensive, etc. Oct 7 was far more of a military offensive than the current genocide against palestinians. People have a right to resist oppression and likewise people have no right to oppress others. Those who steal land, criminally occupy it, and impose apartheid should expect justified resistance.
