Making peace with genocidal Zionism

Fatah, the dominant PLO faction, has become a Quisling Government and accepts the genocide being committed against its people. But this capitulation has yielded nothing for the Palestinians other than blood and tears.

Let’s correct that. The process has yielded some benefits, not for the Palestinian people, but for the corrupt top echelons of the PLO, and has enabled the Quislings to stay in power in the West Bank despite the victory of Hamas in the last democratic elections.

Now there are reports that Fatah and Hamas have begun peace talks and are close to an agreement that would paper over their differences. The two have much in common in terms of their social base. Until now they have been divided over how to respond to the genocide that is Zionism.

But the lesson for Hamas and Fatah in these negotiations should be clear.  The situation is now much worse for Palestinians than in 1993 when the two sides reached an agreement called the Oslo Accords in which the PLO enshrined its acceptance of Israel’s right to exist. This just means accepting the ongoing genocide of their own people.

The logic of Zionism is the genocide of the Palestinians. No matter what capitulation, what grovelling, what compromise the Quislings make, the long term goal of the Zionists is the extermination of the Palestinians as a people with any future in Palestine. 

For Zionism every peace negotiation, every invasion, every settlement is a small step towards that genocidal goal.