1/ The immediate trigger for this latest flare-up was not rocket fire from Gaza. It was Israeli snipers using live-fire on protesters by the fence area. Two of the Palestinians who had been shot on Friday morning, before a single rocket was fired, have died.
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2/ The escalation is a continuation of the same dynamic that has taken hold in Gaza since November 2018, and in different guises since
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3/ Israel rightly wants “calm” and an end to indiscriminate rockets. Yet it refuses to acknowledge the suffering it imposes through the blockade, itself an act of indiscriminate violence, or to assume responsibility as an occupying power to the population under its control.
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4/ There is an urgent need to end the immediate suffering and save lives by averting another war in Gaza. The steps required are well-known: alleviate the stranglehold, allow relief in, and end movement restrictions on Palestinians.
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5/ Stopping there and dealing with Gaza solely in this manner is a strategic and a moral failure. The situation in Gaza cannot be “fixed” if the overarching structure Gaza is kept within is premised on its subjugation, pacification and isolation.
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6/ The only way “calm” can be achieved is if Palestinians in Gaza, alongside those elsewhere, are seen as a people deserving of political rights, not an economic project to be developed or a humanitarian challenge to be altruistically addressed.
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7/ Until a political framework, one that deals with the fragmented Palestinians as one people, comes into being, and recognizes their right to sovereignty and security, calm will remain elusive, and we are bidding time until the next round of bloodshed.
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