Palestinian people must focus on their rights

What is occurring in occupied Palestine — the West Bank, Jerusalem, Gaza Strip — as the region tethers on the brink of a religious war reiterates the ‘dumb’ political mind behind the racial and cultural status of Israel’s control.

It inhabits a ‘Rambo’ culture, in which it can handily defeat armies and destroy states. Its army and security services are invincible.

The true problem with this culture is that Israel’s entire political system is infected. Out of nowhere, an illusion of absolute security is conjured up. The dilemna with which the Israeli occupation does not wish to grapple is that this is not a classic military balance between two armies, but between a people and the army of occupation. Yet the imbalance of power has not succeeded in defeating the Palestinian will for freedom and independence.