Ongoing Israeli Aggression: More than a conflict with Hamas or Gaza

Since the start of the Israeli aggression, massive protests were staged across the Arab region to support the Palestinian people, hence bringing the Palestinian cause, the issue of normalization, and the relationship between Arab countries and Western colonialism back to the forefront. [...] Thousands of Jordanians organized a march under the slogan “Sweeping Deluge” in the capital Amman to support Palestinian resistance and call for the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador following the attack on the National Baptist Hospital in Gaza, the bloodiest since the beginning of the aggression, which killed 500 people.35 The hospital attack led to protests in different parts of Lebanon, espec. [...] In Tunisia, protestors took to the streets from the first days and several parties and organizations announced the establishment of the National Committee for the Support of Palestinian resistance. [...] Despite the fact that most supporters of the Palestinian cause in Europe and the United States belong to the opposition, this was not the case in Spain where the left-wing political party Podemos, which is part of the government, declared solidarity with the Palestinian people. [...] This shift also re-opened the debate about the distinction between the terms “anti-Israeli” and “anti-Semitic.” This distinction was at the core of the mass resignation by members of the Labor Party in the United Kingdom citing the party’s support for Israel.