Political Inertia Leads to Fascism: A Critical Analysis of Israel-Palestine Conflict

Abstract

This study reconnoitres the deep-rooted nature of Israeli aggression towards Palestinians from the lens of systemic and structural international factors. Since October 2023, over 46,000 Gaza inhabitants have been killed amid ever-increasing violence uncovering a grievous humanitarian crisis comprising widespread disease(s), famine, and the collapse of basic health and social services. The international society regardless of ample evidence of genocide, has failed to act conclusively, manipulated by international power dynamics and ‘false equivalencies’ that abstruse the disproportionate suffering wreaked on Palestinians as compared to ventures taken by Hamas. The study critiques – the inaction of global society and particularly, the systemic and structural provision Israel obtains from international power stakeholders, underpinning how this patronage perpetuates Israel’s aggressive policies towards Palestinians. To examine this patronage relationship, the study employs the concept of ‘political inertia’ of Francis Fukuyama from holistic optics. The research contends that the international society’s failure to address Israel’s genocide - symbolises a suggestive political failure that inherits in ‘systemic-structural’ power dynamics which underpins Israel’s fascist behaviour.