Sunday July 29, 2007

I've Been Thinking:

WAKSA.
In Arabic it means total humiliation.
It is the way the Arab world is defining the actions and behavior of the Palestinians - in Gaza and throughout the Palestinian Authority.

In the Arab world the Six Day War is defined as NAKSA.
NAKSA means a defeat by an outside force.
In the Arab world the creation of the State of Israel in 1948 is defined as NAKBA.
NAKBA means catastrophe.
They are powerful, emotionally laden terms - but WAKSA is the heaviest of all.
WAKSA implies self humiliation, self destruction, self ruination.

The loggerheads conflict between Islamic forces and nationalist forces is compelling both Palestinian intellectuals and the people on "the street" to ask themselves a very serious question?
Can Palestinians truly rule themselves, or will they only self-destruct?

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