Why Anarchists Should Reject Politically Created Divisions

Anarchism at its core is a rejection of the state and all systems of power that seek to control and manipulate human life. To take sides in a state created conflict is to legitimize the very institutions that anarchists oppose. Nowhere is this clearer than in the ongoing violence between Israel and Palestine: a conflict that only exists because of state power, corporate greed, and political manipulation.

The state of Israel is not an organic entity that emerged from the free association of people: it is an invention of political and economic interests, constructed by the United States, the United Nations, and the forces of global fascist corporatism. Outside the framework of geopolitics, Israel does not exist, just as borders, nations, and governments do not exist without the coercion that sustains them. The occupation, the settlements, the endless cycles of war …none of this would be possible without the corporate profiteering that fuels military aggression on all sides. Arms manufacturers, defense contractors, and oil cartels all thrive on division. They do not care whether one supports Israel or Palestine, they only care that the division remains profitable.

To choose a side in this manufactured conflict is no different from choosing between two corporate brands in a marketing war. One might argue that Coke is better than Pepsi, but at the end of the day, both are part of the same global fascist machine, exploiting labor and driving consumer dependency. The same applies to politically engineered conflicts: choosing one state backed entity over another does nothing to spread awareness about the systems of control that cause the bloodshed in the first place.

Anarchists who take sides in such conflicts betray their own principles. By endorsing one nation state over another, they play into the illusion that the problem is merely a matter of which government holds power, rather than the existence of government itself. This is no different from voting in an election and believing that a new ruler will bring freedom. If one truly opposes state violence, one must reject the very premise of the debate rather than engaging in its false dichotomy.

Without political constructs like the Israeli state and its occupation of Palestine, there would be no forced divisions, no artificial national identities used to pit people against each other, and no perpetual war machine profiting from suffering. Peace is not found in supporting one government’s struggle over another’s; it is found in the rejection of the entire political and economic framework that allows such conflicts to exist.

For an anarchist, the only ethical position is to reject the entire game. To take a side is to remain a pawn in the system. True resistance lies in recognizing the machinery of state power, in rejecting the narratives that keep people divided, and in striving toward a world where no one is ruled, exploited, or slaughtered for the profit of the elite.