Monday 17 May 2021

I have never stood for Palestinians because I'm a Muslim

I have never stood for Palestinians because I'm a Muslim. I've been fiercely anti Israeli because they are a criminal, illegal and colonial state. The suffering they have caused is enough to make any blood boil, regardless of creed or race. And, best part is, I was always inspired to support Palestinian struggle thanks to the great struggles of South Africans who were always speaking loudest against injustice. It was the graciousness of Desmond Tutu who when visiting Palestine said, our own experience was walk in the park compared to what Palestinians are living through. Let's not forget what colonial settlers did to black peoples in South Africa, the ugliest apartheid system. Let's not forget the great Nelson Mandela who opposed the imperial Americans, the dinosaurs, the war mongers. From the struggle of black people we have been given inspiration, courage, clarity to speak against oppression everywhere! So, the anti Semitics in Pakistan, the ordinary chap or woman who has only been fed a religious identity, you don't support struggle because of religion but because of principle, because of the rage you feel in your blood, because of the clarity of your thoughts. And, lastly, the greatest intellectual thinker of our times, Chomsky, a Jew, taught us about the crimes of Israel. So, Pakistanis, support Palestine on principles and courage, not religion. Don't spread anti-Semitism. Because that's bullshit.

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