“What they want to do is take a concentration camp and put a sign on it that says: State of Palestine,” said executive director Ali Abunimah on The Electronic Intifada Livestream for 18 September.
Several of Israel’s staunch allies announced in late September that they are recognizing Palestinian statehood – including the UK, France, Australia and Canada.
But they are all attempting to dictate that the Palestinian Authority must rule, Hamas can play no role and the resistance to Israel’s ongoing occupation and genocide must disarm.
These colonial-like diktats negate any notion of sovereignty, self-determination, independence and democracy.
Some statements, including Australia’s, make no mention of stopping the genocide. More analysis below.
“I have survived genocide”
On this program, Ahmed Abu Artema speaks about his experience surviving 690 days of genocide and being evacuated to the Netherlands in late August.
Abu Artema is a Palestinian writer, poet, and journalist who helped organize the Great March of Return in 2018 – a weekly nonviolent mass mobilization by Palestinian refugees to march to the Gaza barrier and demand the right to return to their homes. ….more
