nolongerinbetween

If you open the TV right now there’s an overwhelming barrage of commentators, journalists, politicians, pundits, officials etc outraged by the appalling attack perpetrated by Hamas, and as a consequence, expressing their support for Israel’s right to defend itself. How is it though that you NEVER hear these people EXTENDING the right of self-defence to Palestinians? Never. Every time violence spirals out of control I have to put up with this nauseating hypocrisy of the West where they defend the right to self-defence of the… OCCUPIER. What the actual fuck? Not even once have I heard them mentioning the right to resist and to self-defence of the occupied.

The same people who feel outraged at the occupation and annexation perpetrated by Russia of Ukrainian territories never express indignation over Israel’s occupation and anexation of the lands that belong to Palestinians. Where is the outrage of the West for the ethnic cleansing, for the evictions and deportations, for uprooting and stealing Palestinians’ homes and lands, for the illegal Jewish settlements on Palestinians’ soil? Turning a blind eye to the apartheid regime and Israelis’ daily atrocities against Palestinians is one of the most shameful and bizarre lapses and derelictions of duty of the West. What Hamas did is appalling and unjustified by any means. Calling them out and calling the Palestinians out for rejoicing at these murders is the right thing to do. But failing to address and recognize that THE ROOT of this never-ending cycle of violence is the OCCUPATION perpetrated by Israel is hypocritical and shameless. Until the West won’t stop giving Israel a pass for their atrocities and put pressure on them to stop the occupation nothing will change.

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