Against All Odds: Gaza’s defiance, resistance and resilience in the time of genocide
TAHRIR HAMDI
Abstract
This article argues that the extreme dehumanization, genocide and expulsion tactics used by the Zionist settler colonial entity to exterminate the Palestinian population cannot and will not succeed. The extreme violence used by the Zionist entity is and will continue to be countered by strong resistance, defiance and sumud until the liberation of Palestine. This kind of resistance is in line with the philosophical argument that Patrick Williams makes in his important essay, “‘Outlines of a Better World’: Rerouting Postcolonialism,” based on Theodor Adorno’s concept of the “consummate negativity.” Using several literary examples by Palestinian artists, such as Ghassan Kanafani, Mahmoud Darwish, Refaat Alareer and Lubna Ahmad Abu Dahrouj, this article examines how Gaza, with the solidarity of anti-Zionist/anti-colonial comrades from all over the world, fights back, resists and remains resilient against all odds.
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Gaza, Palestine, genocide, Zionist entity, sumud, Palestinian literature
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87-96