Why Palestine Still Exists Despite Israeli Efforts to Make the World Forget it

The
Palestinian cause has been a serious regional issue for at least 5 decades
since the arrival of the Zionists to occupy their land. As the Zionists regime
tried to gain global recognition, it is also trying to make the world forget
Palestine. Decades went by and Palestine still exists. The issue made many
political circles in the world to study the factors that led to the survival of
Palestine despite Western all-out supports.

The Arab
states gathered to solve the issue. They have fought five fruitless wars with
Israel between 1948 and 1982. They pour out multimillion-dollar support for the Palestinian
Authority has resulted nothing but security coordination with Israel.

The Saudi
initiative, which was ridiculed by Sharon, declared that "what a pity for
the pen and paper that was spent writing this plan!" It did not benefit
either the Palestinians.

The
position of the Arab governments against the 13-year siege of the Gaza Strip,
the development of settlements in the West Bank is another example of the
shameful stance of Arab governments. Later in 2020 some of these Arab countries stated that the way
to solve Palestinian issue is to make a peace deal with Israel. They normalize
their relation with Israel which Palestinian consider it as a ‘stab in the
back’ instead of solution of the conflict. 

So, what
are the real reasons behind the Palestine’s survival as a recognized state and
the failure of Western projects on this land? Studies show that it was because of Iran. Iran has been
officially supporting Palestine since the beginning of the Islamic Revolution
era. As the First Iranian Supreme Leader, Imam Khomeini called the world to
regard the last Friday of Ramadhan (ninth month of Islamic calendar) as Quds
International Day where the people gather to express their supports toward
Palestinians and denounce the Zionist’s occupation. The gathering went
international and is being held across the globe annually.

Another
reason was lied within Khomeini’s successor, Ali Khamenei’s remark. He stated
that Iranian Top General, Qasem Soleimani ‘filled Palestinian’s hands’ so they
could build power to confront Israeli occupation. So far Palestinians have 2
main resistance group: Hamas and Islamic Jihad Movement. Both of the groups
admit Iranian and Soleimani’s pivotal role in their struggle as Ismail Haniyeh
(one of Hamas leader) hailed him as “Quds Martyr”.

The
groups presence has changed the power equation. These groups were able to force
Israel to call for a ceasefire just in 48 hours. This fact shows that what keep
Palestine exist was not a diplomatic compromise with the Zionists, but the
resistance. Under Soleimani’s command, Gaza became the main obstacle to realize
the Zionist and Western project in the occupied land. 

The
outcome of diplomatic compromise is illegal settlements construction which
slowly grab Palestinian land inch-by-inch in West Bank every single day. But
did we see any settlement construction in Gaza? The resistance groups have
shown Mahmoud Abbas and their allies that compromising with Israel won’t solve
anything. Without the resistance, Palestine would have been completely erased from
the world’s mind a long time ago