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Subject: Restoring the Indigenous Voice of Palestine – The Tribe of Abimelech Platform Issues Statement on Gaza and Reaffirms Sacred Oath and Duty to Peace
Beersheba, Gaza– July 12th, 2025 – The Tribe of Abimelech platform for the Palestinian Bedouin clans of Hasanat Abu Mu'aliq and uniting twenty-two confederated families from ancestral territories between Gaza and Beersheba, issues the following statement:
We reaffirm over 4,000 years of continuity, recorded in biblical and historical accounts and the enduring ancestral obligation as the original guardians of peace and charity for Palestine.
We reaffirm that any movement of the tribal families to Jordan, Sudan, the Arabian Peninsula, or elsewhere occurred only after successive catastrophes through invasions into Palestine, not the other way around. We categorically reject the so-called Abraham Accords and the dangerous narrative now gaining ground in Western and Arab media, which suggests that Palestinians, because they are descendants of Canaan, must be destroyed according to biblical interpretations. We affirm instead that biblical narratives and the tribe's tradition and way of life is anchored in peace, justice, and coexistence. This truth is evident in the unbroken historical record of the tribe’s ancestors, who consistently pursued peace through covenants of oath, upholding justice, coexistence, and charity rather than violence or destruction of the land.
That same call of peace is still heard today among the indigenous families of the tribe across the Negev/Naqab, including Gaza, who carry this ancestral oath to bring peace to Palestine, regardless of who occupies it.
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During these uncertain times, amid threats of extinction on ancestral land, we reaffirm the ancient oath made by the seven tribes of Palestine, upheld through generations of Abimelech descendants and recorded alongside the Prophet Abraham and his descendants, as well as the Prophet Moses and his descendants. The records of the tribe remain unbroken, sustained by historical and biblical continuity, a cultural distinctiveness setting us apart from Arab identity, and an enduring connection to ancestral territories in the Naqab.
We reaffirm that the nation and people of Palestine were not born of invasion or conquest as is being portrayed to global audiences through Western and Arab media today, particularly by the state sponsors of the so-called Abraham Accords. Instead, Palestine emerged through a continuous covenant with God, formed on ancestral land and renewed across generations. This covenant of oath, upheld and preserved for millennia by this family and other indigenous Bedouin tribes in the Naqab, stands upon peace, justice, and the enduring relationship between humanity and the Almighty.
The Abrahamic tradition did not begin in exile or through domination as we see portrayed in Western and Arab media today. It began with an oath, an oath made at the well of Beersheba, where Abraham and the seven tribes of Palestine stood together in covenant before God.
This truth is anchored in the very soil of Gaza, Beersheba, Hebron, Jerusalem and elsewhere, where the holiest sites of the Abrahamic faith were built atop ancient Canaanite temples dedicated to the worship of God - places of peace that drew pilgrims to Salem (Jerusalem), the city whose very name means peace.
It is no coincidence that this land became the axis of faith for those who came after. Any descendants of Abraham today, those who speak in his name, or his children, have the right to do so. But that right does not grant them authority to erase those who came before. To erase a people through genocide is to erase the past itself and is a deliberate attempt to wipe clean the memory of God’s first covenant with this humanity and its keepers.
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Free Labor in Gaza – A Tribal Call to Action
The Tribe of Abimelech Platform calls on the confederated families of our tribe to urgently begin internal meetings led by our Sheikhs and Elders. This is a call to indigenous charity: to organize free tribal labor for rebuilding Gaza. We urge every family to answer this call with unity and dignity, offering your sons' labor to restore the heart of our homeland.
We reject imposed identities, artificial representation, and the Palestinian Authority's state narrative that has hijacked our heritage. We call instead for independent tribal coordination under the banner of a united tribal nation.
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Together, we carry forward the oath of peace.
