Watching colonialism in real-time
The Israeli invasions across the Middle East and the Western government and media responses to it, we in the 21st century get to witness what colonialism looks in real-time and that the colonialism of the past is not some vestige to be forgotten. The lies, the deception, the alliances and exploitation are all there for everyone to see but the existing State narratives and allegiances prevent from any kind of opposition to take the central stage in public discourse. And if England and France were the colonial powers of the past century, the United States of America have taken over as their key player, being the Imperial State to giving a blank check to their vassal states to have complete dominion over a region and its resources.
If and when there's opposition, people are promptly labelled as terrorists or any other cancelling label of their choices and if the situation goes out of hand then the arms of the police states are ready to break necks if the situation demands. What we are seeing in the current conflict now are that some lives are worth more than the others and countries aligned with the imperial power of the United States have a blank cheque to act with impunity against their enemies to further local agendas in line with broader American interests.
The fight of Palestinians in turn becomes the fight of all post-colonial states, for those who didn't witness what these power structures did in our lifetimes the livestreams of atrocities are out for everyone to see. This expansionist project would not stop on the Arab borders, as time passes and newer resources become lucrative, the arbitrary fangs of the neo-colonialism will find newer people to subjugate under its chains. It is in the interest of every person from the non-hegemonic backgrounds to resist and urge their governments to resist what the U.S. imperial ambitions bring about in the world.
In Palestine's freedom we find our own.