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Confronting the occupation’s violence strategically
['Mehdi Editor']
Middle East Monitor
Then, whenever the people of the land resist, the occupation inflicts “additional violence” which it presents as a reaction to the act of resistance.
This additional violence is designed to make the people of the land wary of resistance and to make them cry out against their oppression: “Enough violence!
”—meaning: “The routine violence is enough; why bring additional violence upon ourselves?”
Therefore, rather than hiding behind the reality that “there is no escape from the occupation’s additional violence” to justify any acts of resistance, resistance options must undergo a feasibility study before being implemented and a critical review afterward.
As we have mentioned, the occupation’s violence is calculated, and our response to it must be calculated as well.