Professor of Political Science, Al-Najah National University - Palestine
The analysis examines the repercussions of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood on the Palestinian internal front. This was studied through three axes: implications for the conflict with the Israeli occupation, repercussions on the Palestinian political culture, and repercussions on the Palestinians' orientations and the weights of the Palestinian powers.
The analysis concluded with a set of results, the most important of which are: This battle brought about a change in the view of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict as a conflict that cannot be jumped upon and that it is with a brutal military occupation that is 75 years old. It constituted a nuclear shift in the culture of resistance and the view on the enemy, his time, and his capabilities, which made the operation successful. The Al-Aqsa Flood shook Israel and broke its military and intelligence reputation. The operation also caused the development of the perception of the Hamas movement and its great relative weight in the Palestinian political system to the extent that it is a determining factor for the Palestinian future. It also succeeded in influencing Israel's ongoing strategy to re-engineer Palestinian society in the West Bank, which was working to change the Palestinian thought in the conflict with the Israeli occupation towards relative coexistence by describing the prevailing resistance thought in the Gaza Strip as nihilistic and unproductive. However, the operation proved that the opposite is accurate and that the resistance in the Gaza Strip, Hamas, is the most capable of confronting the occupation, raising the Palestinian cause, and perhaps achieving the Palestinian goals of national liberation.
On the other hand, the Al-Aqsa Flood operation energized international awareness of the Palestinian cause under the Israeli unjust military occupation for 75 years. It also shattered the Israeli ideology of cheap occupation, the self-defense right, as Palestinians attacked Israel for no reason except terrorizing civilians. Many Israelis have come to know the reality of frustrating the Palestinian nation under occupation by Israeli soldiers and ignoring their fundamental rights as humans.
Keywords: Al-Aqsa Flood, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, conflict, political culture, Hamas Israel, Israeli occupation, Gaza, West Bank
