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The Lost 'Arab'
Gaza and the evolving language of the Palestinian struggle
Baroud, Ramzy http://consortiumnews.com/2025/03/06/the-lost-arab/
Publisher: Consortium News
Date Written: 06/03/2025
Year Published: 2025
Resource Type: Article
Ramzy Baroud on the isolation of Palestine, from physical sieges and military occupation into the realm of language.
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As Arab leaders are mobilizing to prevent any attempt to displace the Palestinian population of war-stricken Gaza — and the occupied West Bank for that matter — I couldn’t help but reflect on language: when did we stop referencing the "Arab-Israeli conflict," and substitute that with the "Palestinian-Israeli conflict?"
Aside from the obvious problem that military occupations should not be described as "conflicts" — a neutral term that creates a moral equivalence — the removal of "Arabs" from the "conflict" has greatly worsened matters, not only for Palestinians, but Arabs themselves.
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