American student movement, “Biden’s” deadlock and breaking the monopoly of “Generation Z”

Mehr News, International Group- Mohammadreza Moradi: In the last 7 months, the Zionist regime has committed an all-out genocide to impose its equation on the Palestinian people. Not only has this genocide not brought the opposition of major world powers in practice, but America, as Israel’s main strategic partner, continues to prepare for the escalation of genocide (such as approving a budget of 26 billion dollars to Israel). But the process of developments has marked the course of events in a different way. Students of more than 40 American universities have started a series of protests that have led to an influential variable in raising the issue of Palestine at the global level. The response of the American government to these demonstrations has been nothing but suppression and attacks on universities. But this student movement is very important in several aspects:

1. The student movement is an influential variable in important developments: always In the past few decades, the American student movement has played an effective role in the policies of this country. There are about 20 million students in America. This population has a very important potential to play a role in various developments. In the 1960s, when America was involved in the Vietnam War, student movements played a unique role in protesting this war. In 1970, about one million students from 880 American universities started continuous protests, which eventually led to the end of the Vietnam War in 1975. In the 1980s, student protests against the apartheid regime in South Africa led to changes in American policies towards South Africa. In addition to this, anti-war student demonstrations have been very important to the issue of Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya. Therefore, the student movement in America is not only a protest movement, symbolic and without real impact. In the current situation, student protests have led to the arrest of 1,500 people. This issue has caused a lot of criticism towards the American police. In fact, the spirit of this movement and the reaction of the American police have shown that protest of any kind can be tolerated in America as long as it is in line with the country’s goals. Of course, so far the students have won this campaign; If Joe Biden wants to back down from the students, his votes will be greatly affected by the Zionist lobby. In addition, Biden’s continued support for the Gaza war and the suppression of American students will greatly reduce Biden’s popularity among the “generation z” of America. gave In fact, Biden is now caught in a deadlock situation that he caused himself. Biden’s continued support for Israel in the past 7 months has created this impasse. So, at first glance, this student movement has been successful up to this point.

2. Passing “generation z” America from the mainstream media: American youth who were born in 1996 and later are introduced in the form of “Generation Z”. This young generation is the axis and the center of escape and cannot be analyzed in traditional frameworks. The most important feature of this generation is breaking the monopoly in news sources. In the age range of 40 years and above in America, mainstream media such as “SNN” and “Fox News” are usually followed as the main source of news. These media also present the news to the audience in a highly censored and specific direction. The result of this is the lack of accurate information of the American people about global developments. For example, in the war in Yemen, the main American media rarely published the crimes committed in Yemen and the martyrdom of Yemeni women and children, or if they did, they considered it the result of the policies of Yemen’s internal parties. If the perpetrator of these attacks was Saudi Arabia with the help of the United Arab Emirates and the United States. The result of this was the insensitivity of the Americans to the war in Yemen.

But “Generation Z” in America has bypassed the traditional American media monopoly and receives news directly from multiple sources. This issue has led to a real awareness of the real policies and trends of the world. For this reason, this generation, which has received the news directly, has now reacted against the Gaza genocide, and one of the most unprecedented movements has been formed in American universities. A new survey by the Pew Research Center shows that the number of young Americans who have a positive view of Palestine during the current aggression against Gaza is higher than their number regarding Israel. This survey indicates that 60% of young Americans aged 18 to 29 have positive opinions about the Palestinian people, while 46% had positive opinions about Israel.

3. Turning Palestine into a global issue: The Palestinian issue Since 1948 and the formation of the Zionist regime, it has always been one of the central issues in the Islamic world. Of course, in recent years, the normalization process of some Arab countries, such as the UAE and Bahrain, with Israel has led to attempts to marginalize this issue in the Islamic world. But the Al-Aqsa storm operation and Israel’s crime in Gaza have caused the course of events to take a different turn. The media attributed to Israel as well as the Zionist lobby in different countries have tried to greatly reduce the importance of the Palestinian issue. But the movement of American students has caused this problem to go beyond the Islamic world and now become the first problem of the world. This will be one of the most effective variables in the future of the Palestinian people.

Maybe the American student movement cannot prevent the continuation of Israeli crimes in Gaza or even prevent the start of Israeli operations in Rafah, but the important thing is that Palestine It has always become a global issue and it is no longer possible to confine Palestine to Palestine. This issue will definitely influence the decisions of Tel Aviv for the future of Palestine, and this regime will review its global consequences many times before starting any other crime.