1) Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda:
“They are getting richer and building empires over our bodies”
“Dear brothers and sisters in humanity, we are living in a dirty, ugly unfortunate world and in its worst era, I have never seen all of you or hear your stories, life struggles and hopes but I truly believe that standing for Gaza - Palestine is also standing for your lives and families, the devil is the same, capitalism and capitals.. colonialism and colonisers and their belief that they own us and our world.. and that it’s ok to plan everything related to us and our children years before we find out the disaster (NAKBA) we are all in!!! Hhhh when the real designers die then the next colonisers start apologising and condemning, and continue to fool us.. Colonisers are not creative."From: https://x.com/gazanotice/status/1796954144139317516. Sunday 2 June
2) Lines of grief:
3) Zionism was a...flower grown from European nationalism, anti-Semitism and colonialism, while Palestinian nationalism, derived from the great wave of Arab and Islamic anti-colonial sentiment.
—Edward Said
4) “Israel burned men, women and children alive. And the world stands by.”
See the speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H21edCN3Q7c.
5) Whoever thought Trump was/is isolationist, his legacy is here. Abraham Accords.
The American DEMOCRACY is a sham. It's a 1-party imperialist system.
6) So what's really hurting the empire's information interests today is the fact that there was widespread social consciousness about Palestine already in place before the Gaza assault began, combined with the consciousness-expanding effects of social media and the ease with which ordinary people can now circulate raw video footage. Which really goes to illustrate the fact that consciousness and dysfunction cannot coexist, whether you're talking about humans as individuals or as a collective. If we can really see something and deeply understand it, it's much harder for depravity to function. Caitlin Johnstone@caitoz
Twitter post: https://x.com/caitoz/status/1797026945668190609 1 June 2024
7) Bombed by US and UK warplanes just last night, yet here they are in their MILLIONS for the 33rd consecutive week, mobilising for Gaza: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeHnJmm_fNo.
1 June 2024
6) Understanding South Africa’s ICJ case against Israel by Sohela Surajpal and Justin Winchester in Africa is a Country on 01.10.2024:
First South Africa argues that Israel is killing Palestinians in Gaza in large numbers, with more than 21,110 Palestinians reported killed since October 7, and an estimated 7,780 people missing presumed dead.Second South Africa argues that Israel is causing serious bodily and mental harm to Palestinians in Gaza with an estimated 55243 Palestinians already wounded by Israel since October 7 many with serious burns amputations and suffering the effects of banned chemical weapons.Third Israel is inflicting on Palestinians conditions of life intended to bring about their destruction as a group.Fourth Israel is destroying the life of the Palestinian people in Gaza. Israel has destroyed homes hospitals schools university campuses museums historical archives and ancient cultural sites approximately 318 Christian and Muslim religious sites courts parliamentary buildings libraries agricultural land bakeries and electricity water and sewage infrastructure. In doing so Israel has targeted “life-sustaining infrastructure” the “infrastructure and foundations of Palestinian life”.Finally by killing and injuring a disproportionate number of women and children including pregnant women and denying them access to healthcare South Africa argues that Israel is imposing measures intended to prevent Palestinian births.On genocidal intent (usually the most difficult requirement to prove) South Africa quotes what it calls “significant and overt” statements of genocidal intent.Why does South Africa get to appoint a Judge? Both Israel and South Africa have been allowed to appoint ad hoc judges to the bench that will consider this matter. The governing statute of the ICJ provides that a party to a case before the ICJ with no judge of its nationality on the bench may choose a person to sit as a judge in that specific case under specific conditions. These ad hoc judges are likely to be more familiar with the context and views of the state that has appointed them, which can be useful to the ICJ when considering complex matters.Regardless of the outcome South Africa’s application creates a public record of Israel’s actions and forces Israel to publicly account for its conduct in a legal forum relying on evidence rather than bad-faith hysterics. This can only help the Palestinian cause.
We are witnessing the genocidal violence being perpetrated against the largely defenseless population of Gaza. It is a unilateral war of annihilation conducted through the criminal collusion between some of the most powerful militarized states allied with the Zionist apartheid Israel. The barbaric acts we witness have also given rise to global protests and mobilization against Israeli apartheid Zionism US imperial interests and the complicity of other states against human rights and the very existence of Palestinians.Against this background one hears the question about why “the world is sitting still” why “world leaders” are not demanding a stop to these brutalities and why even multilateral agencies like the United Nations equivocate about Israel’s brutality seeking to win favor with Israel by pointing to acts of violence by Hamas. And why indeed powerful national institutions like universities have chosen to remain silent on these issues except where they have openly sided with apartheid Israel.There are some obvious reasons why Israel remains at the fulcrum of collaboration against the Palestinian people. apartheid Israel’s actions can only be understood through its collaborations with imperial interests since without that it would not be possible for Israel alone to pursue its onslaught on Palestine.The creation and existence of Israel also assuages the guilt that Imperial states bear, treating the establishment of the state of Israel as a response to Hitler’s fascist Holocaust even though it reinforces the racism deeply entrenched in the ideas of colonial empires together with the xenophobia against people who are not of European origin.In effect, Zionist Israel has, from its earliest days, been a favorite child of imperialist interest and is directly implicated in its global power both as a bulwark against the rise of socialist ideas in the Middle East and for its strategic location as explained above.I think that one of the unacknowledged reasons why Zionist Israel has been able to act with such impunity and arrogance despite many condemnatory and openly hostile statements against it, is the fact that in reality, a large swathe of the members of society have deliberately chosen to remain silent or indifferent.I think that this can be attributed to the deep-seated, mostly unconscious, affinity with at least some of the values contained in reactionary Zionism and other conservative socio-economic and political ideologies.What is the basis of these value systems reflecting the rise of a new global and neo-fascistic culture that mirrors what gave rise to World War II?Firstly, these values are built on entrenching the power of a privileged caste within societies based on ideas about its specialness. This claim is derived from some or other proclamation, historical or religio-cultural demand that justifies such privilege. Secondly, is the claim of “superiority” derived from the belief that such a group is inherently endowed with some or other characteristic that entitles it to a preeminent place in society.They exist in our society despite the proclaimed advances in general levels of understanding and “civilization” because they are perpetuated by those who have an interest in constructing social relations that are unequal, exploitative, discriminatory, and oppressive. Regrettably, they also conform to what is often misconstrued as one’s “culture and tradition.”
“...I was born a Black woman and now I am become a Palestinian against the relentless laughter of evil there is less and less living room and where are my loved ones? It is time to make our way home.” — JUNE JORDAN, MOVING TOWARDS HOME (1982)
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