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Source: https://www.hoover.org/research/jews-muslims-and-origin-story-arab-israeli-conflict
The Palestinians Chose to Self-Immolate on the Altar of Destroying Israel
(Hoover Institution-Stanford University) Franck Salameh - The story of Israel is the tale of a Jewish state that views its rebirth as restitution and justice. It is also the tale of an Arab (Muslim) state that never was, that chose to self-immolate on the altar of preventing Israel's emergence, and that views the Jewish state in its midst as an aberration and disruption of God's justice, the personification of injustice. Justice from a Jewish perspective is "Israel reborn," while injustice in Arab (Muslim) eyes is this same "Israel reborn." How does one resolve such a dilemma when Israel, having achieved "justice," seeks "recognition," when Arabs seek its correction? For fans of "context" - from Hamas apologists, to honest human rights activists genuinely concerned for civilian lives, to infantilized pedestrians gorged on social media fallacies devoid of reflection, discernment, or critical analysis, to outright antisemites to whom Israel can't seem to do anything right and has no right to self-defense - that is the context of October 7, 2023. Arabs won't "recognize," and Israel won't oblige by offering its "demise." The writer is Professor of Near Eastern Studies at Boston College.