The Challenge of Academia in the Face of Palestinian Genocide

Abstract

The Middle East scenario since October 2023 reveals a structural colonial logic where Israel, backed by the United States, emerges as the main factor of regional instability. During January-August 2025, Israel has simultaneously attacked Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Iran, and Yemen, deploying a systematic policy of extermination against the Palestinian population.

Actions include deliberate destruction of civilian infrastructure—hospitals, schools, electrical networks—and selective elimination of community leaders, constituting genocidal practices according to international standards. State Zionism functions as an updated extension of European colonialism within the context of global capitalism's crisis.

Particularly devastating is the impact on Palestinian children, whose vulnerability becomes a deliberate target. This violence has generated a massive international solidarity response, renewing emancipation agendas. The Palestinian situation constitutes a laboratory for studying both the structural violence of late imperialism and the powerful emerging resistance practices.