Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing

 Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing

Author: Gouya Roshan (Güya Aydın )  

The history of Palestine and Zionism stands as living testimony to this bitter truth. From the very days when the first Jewish immigrants came to Palestine under the pretext of work and a better life, the seeds of deceit and occupation were sown in the simplicity and trust of the people of this land.

The Palestinians, who had lived for centuries in peace and coexistence with their neighbors, did not know that these newly arrived guests had a plan far beyond ordinary life—a plan that would later shake the world under the name “Zionism.”

At the dawn of the twentieth century, waves of organized Jewish migration from Europe to Palestine began, openly supported by Great Britain. Lands were bought or seized through deceit and pressure, and behind calm faces and promises of friendship lay a scheme to change the demographic structure and gain complete control of the country.

The simple Palestinian belief that “a neighbor is a neighbor” became the greatest opportunity for the wolves of politics and colonialism. The year 1948 was a turning point in this history: the official establishment of Israel, accompanied by the catastrophe of the Nakba, during which more than 700,000 Palestinians were driven from their homes. From that day on, the evil wolf could no longer hide; towns and villages were burned, families were displaced, and the historical memory of a nation was condemned to erasure.

Decades passed, and with every new war, every new siege, and every new occupation, this wolf grew more savage. The wars of 1967 and 1973, the expansion of settlements, the blockade of the Gaza Strip, and apartheid-like policies were all a continuation of the same plan that had been devised from the start: the erasure of the Palestinian people from geography and history.

Today, after more than seven decades of occupation, the same simplicity and sincerity that gave the wolf the chance to strike at the start of the twentieth century appears in another form: in the unshakable faith of the Palestinian people in their return, in their love for their land and homeland, and in their steadfastness against bombs and walls. Zionism may have managed to seize the land, but it has not been able to conquer the spirit of the Palestinian people.