Israel has been secretly arming gangs in Gaza that engage in stealing humanitarian aid and terrorizing civilians, according to a recent admission by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. This is just the latest example of Israel’s colonial strategy, which involves creating chaos and then blaming it on the Palestinian people.
For months, Israel claimed that Hamas was stealing humanitarian aid, using this claim as a pretext to starve two million people in Gaza and bomb bakeries and food convoys. However, a UN report revealed that there was no evidence of aid theft by Hamas, but Israel continued with its blockade anyway.
The real reason behind the Israeli strategy is not to protect Palestinian civilians, but to break them and turn them against each other. This approach has been used in colonialism 101: create anarchy, and then use it as proof that the colonized cannot govern themselves.
Israel’s policy involves supporting rival groups within the Palestinian movement, such as Hamas, to weaken national unity and prevent statehood. The Israeli government withholds tax revenues from the Palestinian Authority, protects settler militias, and conducts daily military raids in cities controlled by the PA.
This approach is not limited to Gaza; it also applies to the occupied West Bank. Inside Israel, Palestinian citizens face intentional neglect, impoverishment, and engineered chaos, stifling their economic potential and erasing their identity.
The Israeli strategy thrives on chaos because it discredits Palestinian agency and allows Israel to say that Palestinians only understand violence. This is not just brutal; it’s deeply calculated.
Gaza and the West Bank are not a failed state but places systematically denied the chance to become one. The world must stop treating them as testing grounds for military doctrine, propaganda, and geopolitical indifference. It’s time to take concrete actions to protect Palestinian lives and safeguard their right to self-determination.
The admission by Netanyahu that Israel is arming gangs in Gaza highlights a broader problem: the international community rewards cruelty and punishes survival. If we continue to look away, it’s not only Palestine that will be destroyed – it’s our moral principles and international law itself.
Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/6/8/the-real-reason-why-israel-is-arming-gangs-in-gaza