Course Code
LDR
Course Number
3905
Faculty/Instructor
Donna Mercado
Abstract, Summary, or Creative Statement
This project aims to educate and shed light into the colonization and oppression of Palestinians that has been happening long before October 7th of 2023 as something more than a conflict. What Palestine is facing is injustice, ongoing settler colonialism and systemic oppression under a military occupation. Since the Nakba of 1948, the displacement, land theft, and violence that the Palestinians face continues while the world continue to be silent and complacent because of the aid of western forces like the United States to the Israeli military both by arms deals and monetary aid to the Israeli military. Many human rights have been violated as well as international laws that were overruled and vetoed because of the United States, that results in not holding the Israeli government accountable for their actions as an occupying power. Reflection and immediate change needs to occur to put an end to this ethnic cleaning and genocide that is being witnessed all over social media.
Keywords
Palestine; Colonial; Colonization; conflict; oppression; funding; landloss; settler; Gaza; Israel; war; Muslim; indigenous; displace; ceasefire
Recommended Citation
Alkhub, Safia K. and Alkhub, Safia K., "Its not a “conflict” when its Colonization; The continued oppression of the Palestinians" (2025). LEAD Scholars Academy Showcase. 16.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/ulead-showcase/2025spring/posters/16
Audio description associated with the poster
Its not a “conflict” when its Colonization; The continued oppression of the Palestinians
This project aims to educate and shed light into the colonization and oppression of Palestinians that has been happening long before October 7th of 2023 as something more than a conflict. What Palestine is facing is injustice, ongoing settler colonialism and systemic oppression under a military occupation. Since the Nakba of 1948, the displacement, land theft, and violence that the Palestinians face continues while the world continue to be silent and complacent because of the aid of western forces like the United States to the Israeli military both by arms deals and monetary aid to the Israeli military. Many human rights have been violated as well as international laws that were overruled and vetoed because of the United States, that results in not holding the Israeli government accountable for their actions as an occupying power. Reflection and immediate change needs to occur to put an end to this ethnic cleaning and genocide that is being witnessed all over social media.
