The Myth of Conquest: Why Gaza Will Never Be Subdued by Israel

By Ramzy Baroud  

Israel itself is acutely aware of this inherent paradox, hence its immediate and brutal choice: the perpetration of a genocide, a horrific act intended to pave the way for the ethnic cleansing of the remaining survivors.

To conquer a place is to fundamentally subdue its population. This must be clearly differentiated from ‘occupation’, a specific legal…