Moroccan philosopher Dr. Taha Abdel Rahman said that the Al-Aqsa Flood operation launched by the Palestinian resistance on October 7th is truly self-defense, denouncing Israel’s demand from the countries of the world to condemn it.
Abdel Rahman explained – in a statement published today, Saturday – that this Israeli claim is invalid in at least the following respects:
The first aspect is that Israel is an occupying party, so the flood is a payment for the previous occupier.
The second aspect is that Israel practiced the siege, by land, sea and air, on Gaza for 18 years. This flood is a push for this siege after the Gazans have been demanding its lifting throughout this period, and there is no answer.
The third aspect is that the area in which the flood occurred is not part of the State of Israel, which was recognized by the United Nations in 1948 with specific borders, but rather it is an area that Israel seized after that date. Accordingly, the flood reflects the Palestinians’ will to regain this stolen area.
The fourth aspect is that the Israeli narrative about the flood included “blatant lies and falsehoods,” some of which were acknowledged by some of the Israeli sources themselves.
The fifth aspect is that the State of Israel is an “absolutely occupying entity.” It was not established or expanded except by expelling the Palestinians from their historical land 75 years ago.
The sixth aspect is that the occupation, whatever it may be, requires its victim to resist it, so what should one think of an occupation “based on ancient myths that call for the extermination of the indigenous population?”
Abdel Rahman concluded by saying that the “absolute evil that Israel represents” made it turn values upside down, so it considers self-defense to be its right, not the right of the victim.
Since Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, the Israeli army has been waging a devastating war on Gaza that, as of Saturday, has left 23,843 martyrs and 60,317 injured, according to data from the Ministry of Health in the Strip.
In its response to South Africa’s lawsuit against it before the International Court of Justice, Israel, through its legal team – in yesterday’s session on Friday – denied committing genocide and claimed that its war on Gaza was “self-defense.”
