A recent report by Axios revealed that Israel is open to discussing “post-war Gaza” with US officials, noting that US Vice President Kamala Harris’s national security adviser Phil Gordon and Middle East Adviser Ilan Goldenberg met with Israeli and Palestinian Authority officials this week. The question of whether the PA should be allowed to return in a governing role in Gaza was a central issue. However, the report stands out in terms of the intention to preserve Israeli settler-colonialism. Palestinians in Gaza are merely mentioned as a collective requiring humanitarian aid, but are kept absent from the political discussion. Whether Israel colonises Gaza directly as the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) hints in taunting videos, or the PA enters the scene, … Continue reading ‘Post-war Gaza’ will not see the end of Palestinian anti-colonial struggle