Jeff Halper's November Update - Normalization, the Greatest Threat to Palestinians since the Nakba

In his November update, Jeff Halper continues to place where we are in our struggle for Palestinian rights into the wider perspective. Jeff explains how we are currently at a stage between the pacification of Palestinian resistance and normalization.

Normalization is the process by which settler colonialism wins. The whole area between the Mediterranean and the River Jordan will simply by perceived as Israel. When you buy a ticket from the travel agent it will be to Israel, tour guides in, for example, Bethlehem and Hebron will be Israeli – there will be Hebrew names all around and highways will be Israeli. Palestinians will still be there but hard to find, locked away in small enclaves accessible via smaller roads behind the Israeli settlements and highways. You would need to specifically intend to visit to encounter Palestinians. To all intents and purposes, the image of the country would be one of Israel.

Jeff explains how Trump’s Abraham Accords provide a route map to this normalization. The so-called Two State solution envisaged by Trump is actually two-state apartheid with Palestinians relegated to living in small, disconnected Bantustans occupying about 15% of the country. The rest of the world would consider the situation resolved, normalised, and would move on. This represents the greatest threat to the Palestinians since the Nakba.

ICAHD has prepared a two-page flier on what the two state solution would really mean – this is available at https://icahd.org/2025/11/18/normalization-the-greatest-threat-to-the-palestinians-since-the-nakba/. We have to continue to raise awareness of where this process ends and our immediate goal should be to stop the process of normalization. The international movement that we are part of has a critical role to play – the ICAHD website (icahd.org) contains many invaluable materials and analysis to help equip you for the struggle.

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— ICAHD (icahd.org)
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