Tahafut IL occupation (incoherence
of the occupation)
In yet another failed attempt to focus on my final paper on
Averroes , the news about Ateret Kohanim , a jewish settler organization that
is known for purchasing properties in the eastside of Jerusalem suddenly
changed in my head from another frustration to a kinky smile with my mind
telling me : ‘ well, finally it will not be east and west’ .
In the last years, I was feeling naïve often , and stupidly
alone usually saying it’s Jerusalem . I
am not from East Jerusalem . I am from Jerusalem . Because the term east
Jerusalem is yet another term the Israeli occupation used to deem a reality of
alluding occupation . JHerusalem is an occupied city from it’s east to it’s
west by what seems to become a phantom UN resolution 181 as a (corpus separatum
) Separate entity . to be followed by resolutions :
2253,2254,250,252,267,271,298 and so many others…. That continued to confirm
that all administrative and legislative procedures taken by Israel in the city, such as estate transfer and land
confiscation, were illegal, as well as confirming that no more activities that
may change the city features or demography should be undertaken.
Ok … after decades
of occupation that included separation, confiscation, from an Exodus to a Disaster,
a Nakba, a Naqsa, an Intifada, Oslo, PA, Annapolis, Road Map, … what else. Erica
negotiations negotiation … on off on off on off on off.
A settlement here
and there. Inside the old city, on the walks of the city, in the boundaries of
the city, inside my house, over your roof … integration…
Yes… integration is
the word.
Re- reading history
says that Arabs and Jews lived (well) together in the city. Maybe that is Netanyahu’s
plan. Maybe Netanyahu is the savior Palestinian leader we are waiting for.
One thing for sure is taking place in my mind… Philosophy is
just making it severe …
What I had from some common sense that refrained me from my
Tahafut (incoherence) is now out and unrestrained from one incoherence to the other.
And I can loudly go to the Incoherence of the Occupation. Wow. That’s a nice title.
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