Political analyst and thinker, Dr. Shafiq Al-Ghabra, a professor of political science at Kuwait University, described the current events in Palestinian territories and the escalating confrontations as a "popular uprising", marking a new wave of resistance after years of buildup. He emphasized that what distinguishes this uprising is that it is "civil" and reveals the true face of the occupation and its racist practices.
Al-Ghabra explained the factors that led to this natural result, including political deadlocks, lack of solutions, increasing settlement expansion that poses a greater threat to Al-Aqsa Mosque, widespread unemployment among youths, university graduates, and illiterates.
He added that there is a major dilemma that has led Palestinian youth to this situation, also influenced by the Arab conditions that have stirred the young Arab generation. Palestinian youth seek to express themselves with a Palestinian identity in alignment with the Arab youth movement, aiming to stop Jewish settlements, counter occupation, and halt the killings perpetrated by Israel.
He stressed that the ongoing violence, segregation, and oppression against Arab citizens in 1948 territories reflect a large-scale racism in their daily lives and activities.
Al-Ghabra pointed out that the suffocating blockade on Gaza before, during, and after the war, alongside the blocked horizons, inevitably lead to these results.
Regarding this uprising and whether it will be a temporary phase like previous Palestinian waves of anger, he affirmed that the level of Palestinian resistance has risen. However, it may not resemble the first intifada or the second one, stating that it will be different, a civil wave that rises, falls, rises again, falls again, coming and disappearing, manifesting in a deeper way.
He warned that this will be the nature of the next stage, where resistance will expose the Zionist movement and Israel's racist policies, placing significant international and Arab pressures on Israel to disclose the true face of its occupation. This will make the occupation accountable, responsible, and constantly seeking to shift blame onto the victim, marking the beginning of a new phase that will deepen Palestinian resistance, confrontations, and expose the Israeli situation with a focus on Netanyahu's government.
