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Despite the presence of centrist, center-left, and one small Palestinian party, power in the new government lies with the far right. There will be no shift in the conditions of life for Palestinians.
Why the Black Lives Matter movement might help shift the conversation about a conflict thousands of miles away.
Doctors, bank clerks, builders and teachers abandon work to join demonstrations. “This is the start of a new era, one united aim for all Palestinians, wherever they may reside. Our demand is that we want to live freely and in peace."
At the end of the day Israel is a tool (and Palestine is terrain) of U.S. imperialism. We fight for the dignity and liberation of our people from here to our homelands. We need to be working to build power, not just support.
The attempts by settlers to forcibly displace Palestinian families have set off a catastrophe.
With the triumph of the far-right in Israel, the backing of “peace partners” in the Gulf, and no likely obstruction from the White House whoever its occupant, the Palestinians have become a non-issue.
A people cannot negotiate their fundamental human, national, political and civil rights. The only way out of a colonial situation is through a process of decolonization.
Transferring the treatment of Israeli waste to the occupied West Bank is illegal under international law. It does not in any way benefit the indigenous Palestinian population.
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Criticism of Israeli policies and expressions of Palestine solidarity, while always to some degree controversial, had long been part of acceptable political discourse on the British left-of-center. That is no longer the case.
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