plus far fewer sources on the ground

Yeah it’s weird. Everything that makes the other place so terrible is also what makes it harder to leave especially in times like this

seeing the video of the abominable erez crossing in the hands of the colonized reminded me of all the times i walked through there marveling at how empty it seemed, like dude where are the soldiers at.

of course politics is about making the inconceivable suddenly seem obvious.

we can't rule out the possibility -- and the zentity surely hasn't -- that there are other cadres who crossed the fence but remain hidden and will only strike later. which is to say the feeling of unsettlement will continue to haunt.

this holding of space disrupts any clear sense of inside/outside, front/rear. it is also likely complicating any planning for an invasion of gaza's populated areas, rendering the staging areas for such an operation insecure and buying crucial time

it's been 48 hours and they _still_ haven't reasserted control over the area. unforeseen because inconceivable in the arrogant mindset of colonialism.

what happened now was no mere 'infiltration,' sneaking through the fence to disrupt. by holding space, they actively un-settled the colonial state's sense of territorialized normality.

this builds on the achievements and sacrifices of the freedom march, which turned the fence into a site of mass protest and confrontation at immense human cost and did much to puncture its aura of invincibility

the achievement this week was for the colonized to make the fence permeable to themselves too, to reverse ever so slightly the logic of the frontier

mass confinement meant armed resistance was limited to projectiles or infiltration. the former had to deal with challenges of range and accuracy, the latter was extremely difficult and dangerous. the area around the fence was depopulated, razed, and turned into a kill zone.

this is why almost immediately after the disengagement in 2005, the army was back inside the gaza strip a few days later and it was a non-event. it wasn't a 're-invasion' or a 'return' because they never really left, just moved their barracks a few kilometers away

a key precept of zionist doctrine is that there is no *border* with the gaza strip. a border means you relinquish authority over the other side. the fence is a frontier -- a line with no permanence, one that only the colonizer can traverse.

thoughts and prayers

going to that place is truly taking one for the team