A Lesson for Israel from the Algerian War for Independence

A heavy handed reaction to a revolt by the indigenous population will always backfire. And the Zionists need to admit that they are not truly native to Palestine. Additionally, early Zionists knew there would be a problem with the native population, which is why Israel has become an apartheid state. This was a situation doomed to failure. From Algerian Independence, 1954–1962: Case Outcome: COIN Loss Paths to Victory: Detailed Insurgency Case Studies, 2013, pp. 75-93 (19 pages)

The French-Algerian conflict, which has been described as the “last,
the greatest and the most dramatic of colonial war,” was launched in
1954 with a series of uncoordinated bombing attacks by 300 members
of the National Liberation Front (FLN) guerrilla movement.  Initially
dismissed as “traditional banditry,” the FLN attacks drew an increas-
ingly forceful response from the French army as the insurgency gained
strength and began targeting civilians in the French settler commu-
nity, known as colons, or colonists. In response, the French military
increased its presence in the region and imposed brutal COIN tactics
against Algeria’s native Muslim population and FLN leaders.

The basic gist, which everyone has been pointing out is that a brutal counterinsurgency will only breed a stronger resistance. Toss in that the occupier needs a military victory, which is impossible.

The defender only needs to survive.

Popular support for Israel dries up day by day as people have to admit that there is a genocide. Even worse, the genocide is being perpetrated by victims of another genocide who have the nerve to keep chanting "never again". The Zionists who do this fail to understand that they lose credibility by being hypocrites: one cannot denounce genocide and go on to ethnically cleanse another population.

Toss in that 75 plus years of ethnic cleansing has not led to any form of "security". The American spokespeople who make this claim show a massive amount of ignorance of this situation.

The reality is that this is a very simple situation where the Palestinians' right of return guaranteed by multiple UN Resolutions is implemented. Of course, this will require the invaders to return to their respective homes if they cannot live in peace with their neighbours.