6 Ways to Fabricate the Historical Truth of the Palestinians in Jerusalem

For more than a century, the city of Jerusalem has been subjected to systematic attempts to steal its identity and erase its Arab and Islamic history, as part of a Zionist project that aims to reshape global collective consciousness to serve its narrative. These efforts have relied on various tools—political, media, and cultural—that aim to obscure Palestinian rights and distort historical facts.

The following are the six most prominent methods used in this dangerous endeavor:

1.    The misleading Zionist narrative:

Since its inception, the Zionist movement has adopted a discourse that claims that only Jews have a "historical right" to Jerusalem and Palestine. Through this discourse, it has sought to obscure the Arab and Islamic presence in the city and to deny its deep roots in both place and time.

2.   Western media dominance.

Western media show a noticeable bias towards the "Israeli" narrative, often ignoring or marginalizing many Palestinian facts; this weakens global awareness of the justice of the Palestinian cause and distorts the image of the Jerusalem struggle.

3.   The political and diplomatic support for the occupation:

Major powers, led by the United States, provide political and diplomatic cover for "Israel," allowing it to continue denying Palestinian rights and solidifying the reality of the occupation as a fait accompli that is not open to discussion.

4.   Undermining the Arab and Islamic role:

The fragmentation of the Arab and Islamic world, along with the countries' preoccupation with internal issues and contradictory alliances, has contributed to the absence of a unified and effective stance to defend Jerusalem; this has weakened the Arab presence in the face of Judaization and falsification projects.

5.   Policies of Judaization and Settlement

The occupation relies on systematic plans to change the demographic, religious, and cultural character of Jerusalem, through settlement, the demolition of homes, and the falsification of historical landmarks, in an attempt to create a "new reality" that denies the Palestinian existence.

6.   Absence of documentation and global awareness:

Palestinian efforts in historical and legal documentation in a global language are still limited, and international awareness campaigns are insufficient, allowing the occupation to question or completely ignore these rights.

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