![Palestinians, struggling with hunger, receive limited amount of flour and infant formula at humanitarian aid distribution point at Zikim border crossing in Gaza on August 1, 2025. [Ali Jadallah - Anadolu Agency]](https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/AA-20260101-40130785-40130781-AAS_IMAGES_OF_THE_YEAR_CONTEST_KICKS_OFF_GAZA_HUNGER.jpg)
In the lexicon of modern geopolitics, language is rarely used to describe reality; more often, it is used to camouflage it. The emergence of proposals such as a “Gaza Board of Peace” represents a sophisticated linguistic pivot—a transition from the raw violence of military occupation to the sterile, bureaucratic violence of recolonization. By framing the administration of Gaza as a “peace-building” initiative, proponents are attempting to revive the Mandate System of the early 20th century, effectively stripping a population of its agency under the guise of humanitarian necessity. To understand the gravity of this moment, we must analyse it not as a temporary security measure, but as a deliberate manifestation of neo-colonialism and a direct assault on the project of decoloniality. The “civilising mission” and the […]
