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September 19, 2025Majlis Perundingan Pertubuhan Islam Malaysia (Malaysian Consultative Council of Islamic Organizations) – MAPIM
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The True Narrative: Correct Terminology for Gaza
- Nature of the Crime
Genocide → not “conflict” or “war.”
Ethnic cleansing → not “evacuation” or “population transfer.”
Massacre / Slaughter → not “casualties” or “clashes.”
State terrorism → not “security operations.”
Deliberate famine / starvation as a weapon of war → not “food shortage.”
Collective punishment → not “military retaliation.”
Apartheid regime → not “democracy under threat.”
Colonial occupation → not “territorial dispute.”
- Actors Responsible
Israeli settler-colonial regime → not “Israel’s democracy.”
US-Israeli military alliance → not “Israel’s right to defend itself.”
Complicity of Western powers → not “neutral mediators.”
Zionist project → not “Jewish homeland” (important distinction between Zionism and Judaism).
- Victims
Palestinian people under occupation → not “Hamas supporters.”
Civilians deliberately targeted → not “human shields.”
Children victims of genocide → not “collateral damage.”
Defenders of their land → not “terrorists.”
- Gaza’s Reality
Open-air prison → not “disputed territory.”
Besieged population → not “volatile border zone.”
Man-made famine → not “food insecurity.”
Destruction of life-support systems (hospitals, schools, water) → not “military targets.”
- International Response
US veto = complicity in genocide → not “diplomatic disagreement.”
UNSC paralysis → not “lack of consensus.”
Uniting for Peace mechanism → not “symbolic debate.”
Global solidarity with Palestine → not “pro-Hamas protests.”
✅ This lexicon helps shape a counter-hegemonic narrative: instead of repeating Israel–US propaganda framing, it asserts truth grounded in international law, morality, and lived Palestinian reality.
Mohd Azmi Abdul Hamid
President MAPIM
