Prefatory Note: A modified version of this interview conducted by Daniel Falcone, with a long introduction was published online in Truthout on October 29, 2023, The situation in Gaza and its increasingly regional implications grow more humanly distressing and politically menacing with each passing day. Israel has succeeded in influencing the Global West and its corporate main media platforms to accept two interpretations of events following the Oct 7 Hamas attack that are at best highly contentious and controversial and, in my understanding, deeply misleading and distorting: (1) that Hamas is nothing other than a group of terrorists engaged in barbaric crimes, and should be addressed in the same manner as ISIS and Al-Qaeda; (2) that it is legitimate in such a conflict to override normal rules of international law, even to the extent of engaging in genocidal means of ethnic cleansing.
GAZA in real time: Geopolitics versus Genocide
Tag: Ilan Pappé
Multiple Reports: Hamas Warned Israel Prior to Oct. 7 Attack
The scholar Ilan Pappé noted in a recent talk, given after the Oct. 7 attack, that of central importance for all the Palestinians “has been the political prisoners” — with Israel holding many Palestinians without charge while, Pappé notes, the PA was “doing nothing”. He notes, Hamas “warned Israel…we will not sit idle as long as the political prisoners are not going to be released…we will do all we can to abduct Israeli soldiers and citizens so we have something to deal with in order to deal with the most important thing for our society, which are the political prisoners.” Many thanks to Decensored News for video.
Multiple Reports: Hamas Warned Israel Prior to Oct. 7 Attack
Gaza War is Final Solution by Israel to Erase Palestinians and West is Complicit, says Israeli MP
Benjamin Netanyahu’s government is exploiting Hamas’s horror attack on October 7 to now implement a “final solution” to wipe out Palestinians.
That’s the view of Ofer Cassif, a lawmaker in the Israeli parliament. The definitive subjugation plan has been part of the Netanyahu government policy for several years. The war on Gaza is the opportunity to execute this plan.
The United States and the European Union are complicit in facilitating the genocidal operation being carried out by the Israeli regime.
Since the inception of the Israel state in 1948, Western governments have been complicit in the relentless oppression of Palestinians by giving their unswerving support for Israeli crimes. That 75-year genocide is now advancing to a final phase.
The international community must stand up against the Zionist destruction of the Palestinian people and their right to statehood.
Gaza War is Final Solution by Israel to Erase Palestinians and West is Complicit, says Israeli MP
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From the Uhuru Movement to Samidoun Deutschland: Solidarity is Important
Among some circles, there is the sentiment that activists in America should focus only on what is going on in their own country, as there are enough problems here, why put their energies elsewhere? On the other hand, there is the idea that if an individual has not recently visited Palestine, whether Palestinian or not, that person could not possibly have an informed perspective with which to speak.
From the Uhuru Movement to Samidoun Deutschland: Solidarity is Important
To All Who Care about Humanity’s and the Planet’s Future – Petition Campaign
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Humanity has reached a tipping point. It is time for governments, international institutions and people everywhere to take stock and act with renewed urgency.
To All Who Care about Humanity’s and the Planet’s Future – Petition Campaign
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