The resilience of the Palestinians in their ancestral land of Palestine can’t be overcome, not even by the formidable Israeli-American military might. Their unwavering bravery and fight for freedom and justice are inherent traits passed down through generations.
He says that China “has consistently supported the just cause of the Palestinian people in restoring their legitimate right”.
“Chinese President Xi Jinping has stressed on multiple occasions that China calls for a comprehensive ceasefire and the early solution to the question of Palestine on the basis of a two-state solution through negotiation,” he said.
“In pursuit of the right to self-determination”, he states, the Palestinian people’s use of force to “resist foreign oppression” and complete the establishment of an independent state is an “inalienable right”.
By Dan Sheehan
October 28, 2024
Percival Everett, Sally Rooney, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Kaveh Akbar, Michelle Alexander, Naomi Klein, Téa Obreht, Peter Carey, Jericho Brown, Natalie Diaz, Mary Gaitskill, Hari Kunzru, Rachel Kushner, Jhumpa Lahiri, Justin Torres, Raven Leilani, Susan Abulhawa, Valeria Luiselli, Jia Tolentino, Ben Lerner, Jonathan Lethem, Hisham Matar, Maaza Mengiste, China Miéville, Torrey Peters, Max Porter, Miriam Toews, Leslie Jamison, Layli Long Soldier, and Ocean Vuong are among the hundreds of prominent authors who have signed an open letter pledging not to work with “Israeli cultural institutions that are complicit or have remained silent observers of the overwhelming oppression of Palestinians.”
The letter (published in its entirety below) represents perhaps the most forceful statement of condemnation—and largest commitment to cultural boycott—ever made by the global literary community with regard to the Israeli cultural sector:
This is a genocide, as leading expert scholars and institutions have been saying for months. Israeli officials speak plainly of their motivations to eliminate the population of Gaza, to make Palestinian statehood impossible, and to seize Palestinian land. This follows 75 years of displacement, ethnic cleansing and apartheid.
Culture has played an integral role in normalizing these injustices. Israeli cultural institutions, often working directly with the state, have been crucial in obfuscating, disguising and artwashing the dispossession and oppression of millions of Palestinians for decades.
We have a role to play. We cannot in good conscience engage with Israeli institutions without interrogating their relationship to apartheid and displacement. This was the position taken by countless authors against South Africa; it was their contribution to the struggle against apartheid there.
Therefore: we will not work with Israeli cultural institutions that are complicit or have remained silent observers of the overwhelming oppression of Palestinians.
The letter has been signed by multiple winners of, and finalists for, almost every major literary award in the world—from the Booker to the Pulitzer, the National Book Award to the Women’s Prize for Fiction—and closes with a call to action for all in the book world:
To work with these institutions is to harm Palestinians, and so we call on our fellow writers, translators, illustrators and book workers to join us in this pledge. We call on our publishers, editors and agents to join us in taking a stand, in recognising our own involvement, our own moral responsibility and to stop engaging with the Israeli state and with complicit Israeli institutions.
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Here is the letter in full:
We, as writers, publishers, literary festival workers, and other book workers, publish this letter as we face the most profound moral, political and cultural crisis of the 21st century. The overwhelming injustice faced by the Palestinians cannot be denied. The current war has entered our homes and pierced our hearts.
The emergency is here: Israel has made Gaza unlivable. It is not possible to know exactly how many Palestinians Israel has killed since October, because Israel has destroyed all infrastructure, including the ability to count and bury the dead. We do know that Israel has killed, at the very least, 43,362 Palestinians in Gaza since October and that this is the biggest war on children this century.
This is a genocide, as leading expert scholars and institutions have been saying for months. Israeli officials speak plainly of their motivations to eliminate the population of Gaza, to make Palestinian statehood impossible, and to seize Palestinian land. This follows 75 years of displacement, ethnic cleansing and apartheid.
Culture has played an integral role in normalizing these injustices. Israeli cultural institutions, often working directly with the state, have been crucial in obfuscating, disguising and artwashing the dispossession and oppression of millions of Palestinians for decades.
We have a role to play. We cannot in good conscience engage with Israeli institutions without interrogating their relationship to apartheid and displacement. This was the position taken by countless authors against South Africa; it was their contribution to the struggle against apartheid there.
Therefore: we will not work with Israeli cultural institutions that are complicit or have remained silent observers of the overwhelming oppression of Palestinians. We will not cooperate with Israeli institutions including publishers, festivals, literary agencies and publications that:
A) Are complicit in violating Palestinian rights, including through discriminatory policies and practices or by whitewashing and justifying Israel’s occupation, apartheid or genocide, or
B) Have never publicly recognized the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people as enshrined in international law.
To work with these institutions is to harm Palestinians, and so we call on our fellow writers, translators, illustrators and book workers to join us in this pledge. We call on our publishers, editors and agents to join us in taking a stand, in recognising our own involvement, our own moral responsibility and to stop engaging with the Israeli state and with complicit Israeli institutions.
Initiating Signatories [you can find the full list of signatories here],
Fatin Abbas
Taiba Abbas
Nuzhat Abbas
Yassmin Abdel-Magied
Amy Abdelnoor
Sandy Abdelrahman
Idil Abdillahi
Mohamed Abdou
Hassan Abdulrazzak
Omar Abed
Jordan Abel
Aria Aber
Charlotte Abotsi
Alex Abraham
George Abraham
Susan Abulhawa
Maan Abutaleb
Samuel Ace
Tendayi Emily Achiume
Pip Adam
Brittany Adames
Juana Adcock
Amanda Addison
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Nancy Agabian
Pragya Agarwal
Tolu Agbelusi
Zena Agha
Silvia Aguilera
Aamina Ahmad
Rukhsana Ahmad
Naylah Ahmed
Shahnaz Ahsan
Cina Aissa
Jim Aitken
Amna A. Akbar
Kaveh Akbar
Sascha Akhtar
Vasiliki Albedo
Ammiel Alcalay
Kathleen Alcott
Aleksander Aleksander
Michelle Alexander
Kristen Vida Alfaro
Farah Ali
Kazim Ali
Hassan Ali
Najwa Ali
Sabrina Ali
Salma Ali
Sarah Ghazal Ali
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown
Kip Alizadeh
San Alland
Ashleigh Allen
Esther Allen
Rachael Allen
Lulu Allison
Ekbal Alothaimeen
Yazan Al-Saadi
Yassin Alsalman
Hanan Al-Shaykh
Lilliam Eugenia Gómez Álvarez
Miguel Álvarez Sánchez
Raquel Alvarez Sanchez
Hatem Aly
Alia Alzougbi
Justice Ameer
Suad Amiry
Sarah Amsler
Tahmima Anam
Anthony Anaxagorou
Darran Anderson
Sophie Anserson
Abi Andrews
Chris Andrews
Noah Angell
Callum Angus
Aileen Angsutorn
Sinan Antoon
Raymond Antrobus
Marni Appleton
Gina Apostol
Laura Arau
Nilson Araujo de Souza
Farhaana Arefin
John Manuel Arias
Julia Armfield
Amy Arnold
Mirene Arsanios
Ayan Artan
Claire Askew
Marigold Atkey
Polly Atkin
Jennifer Atkins
Jacqueline Atta-Hayford
James Attlee
Matthew Austin
Makram Ayache
MiMi Aye
Sarah Aziza
Hajjar Baban
Indie Laras Bacas
Tareq Baconi
Danielle Badra
Valérie Bah
Bilal Baig
Priya Bains
Jennifer Baker
Jo Baker
Nikkitha Bakshani
Sita Balani
Emily Balistrieri
Ibtisam Barakat
Frank Barakat
J. Mae Barizo
Lana Barkaei
Tim Barker
Frankie Barnet
Cassandra Barnett
Damian Barr
Emily Barr
Ania Bas
Lana Bastasic
Liam Bates
Rim Battal
Alyssa Battistoni
Jumana Bayeh
Richard Beck
Sarona Bedwan
Hannah Beer
Henry Bell
Kobby Ben Ben
Ronan Bennett
Ariana Benson
Sophie Benson
Laura van den Berg
Franco Berardi Bifo
Bennet Bergman
David Bergen
Chase Berggrun
Jay Bernard
Susan Bernofsky
Sarah Bernstein
Omar Berrada
Marie-Helene Bertino
Rahul Bery
Deepa Bhasthi
Gargi Bhattacharyya
Fatima Bhutto
Rose Biggin
Joanna Biggs
Irene Bindi
Maya Binyam
Beverley Birch
Brandi Bird
Hera Lindsay Bird
Farid Bitar
Adelheid Bjornlie
Sin Blaché
Grace Blakeley
A K Blakemore
Nicholas Blincoe
Selina Boan
Lindsey Boldt
Yolanda Bonnell
Naomi Booth
Patricia Borlenghi
Houria Bouteldja
Felix Chau Bradley
Gracie Mae Bradley
Katie Bradshaw
Solomon Brager
Nathaniel Braia
Beth Brambling
Dionne Brand
James Bridle
Elizabeth Briggs
Octavia Bright
Victoria Brittain
Rula Jones Brock
Marianna Brooker
Jennifer Brough
Jericho Brown
Kerry Donovan Brown
Simone Browne
Natascha Bruce
Anca Bucur
Victoria Adukwei Bulley
Judith Butler
Alex Caan
Troy Cabida
Amina Cain
Danny Caine
Felicity Callard
Jen Calleja
Anje Monte Calvo
Marta Fernández Campa
Rosa Campbell
Olga Campofreda
Paul Cannon
Anthony V. Capildeo
Anna Carastathis
Peter Carey
Daragh Carville
Brad Casey
Maya Caspari
Joyoti Grech Cato
Fesal Chain
Jody Chan
Vajra Chandrasekera
Jade Chang
Hayan Charara
Jos Charles
Ruth Charnock
Amit Chaudhury
Cathy Linh Che
Alexander Chee
Melissa Chemam
Anelise Chen
Ching-In Chen
Lisa Hsiao Chen
Tim Tim Cheng
Heerahn Cheon
Selim-a Atallah Chettaoui
Eugene Yiu Nam Cheung
Anne Chisholm
Satinder Kaur Chohan
Mona Chollet
Cat Chong
Chrysanthemum
Bora Chung
Gina Chung
Tice Cin
Jo Blair Cipriano
Susannah Clapp
Eliza Clark
Caro Clarke
John Clifford
Dave Coates
Lucy Coats
Lindsey Collen
Bea Colley
Peter Collins
David Colmer
Joey Connolly
Rachel Connolly
Ingrid Rojas Contreras
Swithun Cooper
Hannah Copley
Jonah Corne
Jacqui Cornetta
Rio Cortez
Mary Costello
Glen Coulthard
Leah Cowan
Molly Crabapple
Raymond Craib
Mac Crane
Andy Croft
Paul Ian Cross
Tess Cullity
Harriet Cummings
Doreen Cunningham
Faye Cura
Grace Curtis
Lauren Aimee Curtis
Sarah Cypher
Selma Dabbagh
Sky Dair
Gabriel Dalpiaz
William Dalrymple
Alain Damasio
Jared Davidson
Danielle Davis
Jenny Fran Davis
Roisin Davis
Gloria Dawson
Aviah Sarah Day
Eccy de Jonge
Saraid de Silva
Ren Dean
Tricia Dearborn
Siddhartha Deb
Claire Dederer
Sharanya Deepak
Michael DeForge
Trynne Delaney
Lauren Delphe
Jemma Desai
Sharan Dhaliwal
Junot Díaz
Natalie Diaz
Susannah Dickey
Ellen Dillon
Brian Dillon
Nicola Dinan
Merima Dizdarević
Farzana Doctor
Kerri ní Dochartaigh
Ted Dodson
Anna Doherty
Michael Donkor
Sarah Dowling
Nicky Downes
Erin Doyle
Ian Dreiblatt
Sarah Driver
Sophie Drukman-Feldstein
OmiSoore H. Dryden
Sharon Duggal
Lisa Duggan
Cyrus Dunham
Natalie Dunn
Roisin Dunnett
Ben Durham
Carolina Ebeid
Caroline Eden
Martin Edmond
Chikè Frankie Edozien
Ben Ehrenreich
Deborah Eisenberg
Nidhi Zakaria Eipe
Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch
Nadine El-Enany
Tala El-Fahmawi
Yara El-Ghadban
Walid El Hamamsy
Mirna El Helbawi
Mohammed El-Kurd
Mirna El Mahdy
Yasmin El-Rifae
Inua Ellams
Zetta Elliott
Maia Elsner
Lucie Elven
Soula Emmanuel
Jonathan Emmett
Shareefa Energy
Mercedes Eng
Annie Ernaux
Ninar Esber
Martín Espada
Nick Estes
Sarala Estruch
Diana Evans
Gareth Evans
Percival Everett
Eve L. Ewing
Keeyana Ezna (Kezna Dalz)
Allegra Le Fanu
David Farr
Shon Faye
Sonia Fayman
Melissa Febos
Silvia Federici
Elaine Feeney
Anita Felicelli
Camonghne Felix
Jordan Felkey
Megan Fernandes
Ferrao
Julie Finidori
Susan Finlay
Samuel Fisher
Emily Fitzell
Fernando A. Flores
Genessee Floressantos
Angela Flournoy
Omar Foda
Ashley Fortier
Sesshu Foster
Yara Rodrigues Fowler
Dan Fox
Lorna Scott Fox
Livia Franchini
Micha Frazer-Carroll
Indigo Freeman
Ru Freeman
Talia Freimanis
Sasha Frere-Jones
Connor Frew
Temim Fruchter
Diane Fujino
Oliver Fugler
Elizabeth Fullerton
Aja Gabel
Ellen Gabriel
Kay Gabriel
Mary Gaitskill
Harry Gallon
Shannon Galpin
Jay Gao
Angela Garbes
Marc Garcés
Suzanne Gardinier
Ed Garland
Camryn Garret
Florence Gauthier
Karl Geary
Joma Geneciran
Puloma Ghosh
Nadene Ghouri
Annie Gibson
Harry Josephine Giles
Cassia Gaden Gilmartin
Ruth Wilson Gilmore
Fausto Giudice
Nicholas Glastonbury
Carly Gledhill
Rory Gleeson
Sinéad Gleeson
Brannavan Gnanalingam
Katie Goh
Em Goldman
Martin Gollan
Noam Gonick
Gia Gonzales
Elisa Gonzalez
Avery Gordon
Sylvia Gorelick
Molly Gott
Rebecca Ruth Gould
Niven Govinden
Marlowe Granados
Greg Grandin
Charlotte Geater
Aoife Greenham
Madeleine Grive
Faïza Guène
Amba Guerguerian
Gioia Guerzoni
Guy Gunaratne
Anna Gunin
Abdulrazak Gurnah
Susila Gurusami
Kevin Guyan
Marilyn Hacker
Saleem Haddad
Swapna Haddow
Subhi Hadidi
Jessica Hagedorn
Simon Haines
Mashinka Firunts Hakopian
Robert Hamberger
Mohsin Hamid
Omar Robert Hamilton
Isabella Hammad
Mohammed Hanif
Kaoutar Harchi
Githa Hariharan
Matef Harmachis
Malcolm Harris
Will Harris
Alison B. Hart
Markus Harwood-Jones
Sabrin Hasbun
Mir Shamsedin Fallah Hashemi
Sarvat Hasin
Tobi Haslett
Janet Hatherley
Owen Hatherley
Alice Hattrick
Naomi Head
Sophia Hembeck
Nadia Henderson
Catherine Hernandez
Etzali Hernández
féi hernandez
Liz Heron
Trevor Herriot
Kit Heyam
layla-roxanne hill
Matt Rowland Hill
Afua Hirsch
Emma Hislop
Bára Hladík
Jean Chen Ho
Hermione Hoby
Jennifer Hodgson
Annie Hodson
Rachel Holmes
Cathy Park Hong
Claire Hong
Amelia Horgan
Tansy E. Hoskins
Andrew Hsiao
Jane Hu
Sally Huband
Mike Huett
Caoilinn Hughes
Femi Hughes
Kelly X. Hui
William Rayfet Hunter
Anton Hur
Amber Husain
Emteaz Hussain
Lizzie Huxley-Jones
Jungeun Hwang
Matilda Feyiṣayọ Ibini
Abubakar Adam Ibrahim
Mayada Ibrahim
Sabrina Imbler
Saba Imtiaz
Paul Ingram
Mie Inouye
Anne Irwin
Burhana Islam
Hanan Issa
Deepa Iyer
Mira Jacob
Harriet Jae
Sarah Jaffe
Nasim Marie Jafry
Wren James
Leslie Jamison
Randa Jarrar
Tom Jeffreys
Nozizwe Jele
Mike Jempson
Mike Jenkins
Claire Jimenez
Ha Jin
Jessica Gaitán Johannesson
Jessica Johns
Daisy Johnson
Evan Johnson
Galen Johnson
Jenny Johnson
Rebecca May Johnson
Caitlin Johnstone
El Jones
Ellen E Jones
Owen Jones
Kira Josefsson
Fady Joudah
Laura Ellen Joyce
Helen Jukes
Park min jung
Loll Jung
Jennifer Kabat
Dina Ahmed Kabil
Elaine Kahn
Taran Kahn
Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian
Megan Kamalei Kakimoto
Donia Kamal
Anjali Kamat
Meena Kandasamy
Malav Lanuga
Balsam Karam
Ghada Karmi
Raghu Karnad
Yumna Kassab
Karim Kattan
Arthur Kaufman
Sophie Monks Kaufman
Navjot Kaur
Rupi Kaur
Sharada Keats
noam keim
Robin D.G. Kelley
Kaie Kellough
Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp
Niyati Keni
Peter Kennard
Louise Kenward
Emily Kenway
Jennie Kermode
Amy Key
Porochista Khakpour
Muhammed Ali Khalidi
Hannah Khalil
Amyra El Khalili
Shamus Khan
Shubnum Khan
Tawseef Khan
Michelle Khazaryan
Lydia Kiesling
Crystal Hana Kim
SJ Kim
Shilo Kino
Ana Kinsella
Gary Kinsman
Blue Kirkhope
Alyson Kissner
Vanessa Kisuule
Naomi Klein
Cecilia Knapp
Rosalie Knecht
Lisa Ko
Claire Kohda
Jamil Jan Kochai
Talia Lakshmi Kolluri
Gowri Koneswaran
Amelia Kraigher
Kate Kremer
Michelle de Kretser
Nancy Kricorian
Charlot Kristensen
Mark Krotov
Zaffar Kunial
Hari Kunzru
Rachel Kushner
Grace Kwan
Abdellatif Laabi
Souad Labbize
Armelle Laborie-Sivan
Catherine Lacey
Daisy Lafarge
Marion Olharan Lagan
Sabinha Lagoun
Jhumpa Lahiri
Léopold Lambert
Asma Lamrabet
Charles Lang
Michael Langan
Patrick Langley
Sarah Lasoye
Davide Gallo Lassere
Andrea Lawlor
Tim Lawrence
Kiese Laymon
Jessica J. Lee
Matthew Lee
Soje Lee
Sara Lefsyk
Eugenia Leigh
Raven Leilani
Mica Lemiski
Ben Lerner
Céline Leroy
Jonathan Lethem
Anna Leventhal
Sophie Lewis
Daryl Li
Erika Olofsson Liljedahl
Sasha Lilley
Thea Lim
Ursula Lindsey
David Ross Linklater
Jazmine Linklater
Robert Liu-Trujillo
Mikaela Loach
Kirsty Logan
Amber Lone
Layli Long Soldier
Cherise Lopes-Baker
Alan Pelaez Lopez
Kyle Carrero Lopez
Nora Loreto
Roberto Lovato
Lia lovenitti
Rebecca Lowe
Melissa Lozada-Oliva
Emily Lee Luan
Canisia Lubrin
Melissa Lucashenko
Valeria Luiselli
Ed Luker
Len Lukowski
Tariq Luthun
lisa minerva luxx
Alexis Lykiard
Eadaoin Lynch
Rosa Lyster
Maatin
Helen Macdonald
Robert Macfarlane
Carmen Maria Machado
Kama La Mackerel
Weston MacLeod
Guy Maddin
Simon Maddrell
Michael Magee
Sabrina Mahfouz
Michael Malay
Ayisha Malik
Rachel Malik
Emanuela Maltese
Bo Mandeville
Preethi Manuel
Olivier Marboeuf
Spyros Marchetos
Miriam Margolyes
Lauren Markham
Francisco Márquez
Andrew Martin
Manjula Martin
Ariél M. Martinez
Vanessa Martina-Silva
Ahmed Masoud
Patricia Massay
Noreen Masud
Hisham Matar
Sarah Thankam Mathews
Ioanna Mavrou
So Mayer
Robyn Maynard
Kelli McAdams
Tim McCaskell
Sophie McCreesh
Breanna J. McDaniel
Jen McDerra
Martine McDonagh
MK McGrath
Fiona Kelly McGregor
Jon McGregor
Lisa McInerney
Kimberly McIntosh
Oisín McKenna
Rachel McKibbens
Matthew McNaught
Cassie McQuater
Don Mee Choi
Susana Medina
Shafik Meghji
Jamal Mehmood
Pauline Melville
Maaza Mengiste
Juliana Mensah
Lucy Mercer
Iman Mersal
Lina Meruane
Philip Metres
China Miéville
Jon Lindsay Miles
Iulia Militaru
James Miller
John Douglas Miller
Maggie Millner
Nina Millns
Bridget Minamore
Adrian Minckley
John Mingay
Frankie Miren
Fatima Farheen Mirza
Pankaj Mishra
Peter Mitchell
Hussein Mitha
Monique Mojica
Kagiso Lesego Molope
Nadine Monem
Adam Moody
Nathan Alexander Moore
Caroline Moorehead
Alan Morrison
Ghazal Mosadeq
Maria Motunrayo Adebisi
Hannah Moushabeck
Michel S. Moushabeck
Dwi Rahmad Muhtaman
Neel Mukherjee
Susan Muaddi Darraj
Alex Mullarky
Lorna Munro
Nora Lester Murad
Sahar Muradi
Rob Myatt
Sara Mychkine
Taiyo Na
Johanne Lykke Naderehvandi
Noor Naga
David Naimon
Ambika Nair
Ron Naiweld
Taghreed Aref Najjar
mélie boltz nasr
Susheila Nasta
Sham-e-Ali Nayeem
Jennifer Neal
Nawara Negm
Cecily Nicholson
Shanice Nicole
Nic Nicoludis
Kerem Nisancioglu
Rémy Ngamije
Joshua Nguyen
Viet Thanh Nguyen
Mark Nowak
Clara Nubile
Matteo Nucci
Jonathan Nunn
N S Nuseibeh
Alice Nuttall
Téa Obreht
Richard O’Brien
Anthony Christian Ocampo
Mark O’Connell
Meaghan O’Connell
Sinéad O’Hart
Suyi Davies Okungbowa
Nathalie Olah
Daniel José Older
Lola Olufemi
Hussein Omar
Ondjaki
Troy Onyango
Andrés N. Ordorica
Chibbi Orduna
Ian O’Reilly
Kenan Orhan
Amanda Orozco
Fiona O’Rourke
Lucia Osborne-Crowley
Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio
Alice Oswald
Peter Oswald
Naomi Paik
Patty Paine
Allison Tamarkin Paller
Angela Palm
Gianfranco Pancino
Stan Papoulias
Ajay Parasram
George Parker
Jen Parker
Morgan Parker
Heather Parry
Shailja Patel
Vikki Patis
K Patrick
Lara Pawson
Martha Paynter
Jeda Pearl
Jonathan Pelham
Telka Pelova
Nicola Penfold
Lee Pepper
Rebecca Perry
Zoë Perry
Holly Pester
Gordon Peters
Torrey Peters
Andreas Petrossiants
Richard Phoenix
Laura Di Pietro
Alycia Pirmohamed
Hazel Jane Plante
Edward Plett
Casey Plett
Joanna Pocock
Justine Podur
Ethel Baraona Pohl
Clare Pollard
Gabriel Polley
Max Porter
Nina Mingya Powles
Pratyusha
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
Cameron Price
Devon Price
Rosie Price
Joy Priest
Alexandra Pringle
Mira Ptacin
Jasbir Puar
E.R. Pulgar
Derecka Purnell
Marcia Lynx Qualey
Michael Quille
Linda Quiquivix
Zaynah Qutubuddin
Jamali Rad
Monika Radojevic
Nat Raha
Sue Rainsford
Monisha Rajesh
Shivanee Ramlochan
Ravinder Randhawa
Rahul Rao
Clarie Ratinon
Vidyan Ravinthiran
Kate Rawles
Cathy Reay
Jini Reddy
Francesca Reece
Martin Reed
Will Rees
Dave Rendle
Nausicaa Renner
Sarah Resnick
Emma Reynolds
John Reynolds
Jamie Richards
Geoffrey Rickly
Keith Ridgway
Charlotte Lydia Riley
Claude Rioux
Chrissie Roberts
Luke Roberts
Corey Robin
Tom Robinson
Sallyanne Rock
Monique Roffey
Fariha Róisín
Sally Rooney
Sophia K Rosa
Jacqueline Rose
Michael Rosen
Jordy Rosenberg
Gabriel Rosenstock
Tracy Rosenthal
Andrew Ross
Leone Ross
Margaret Ross
Noah Ross
Rhonda Roumani
Heather Rounds
Anita Roy
Arundhati Roy
Ryan Ruby
Chloe Ruthven
Hugh Ryan
Reda Sadiki
Eun Sae (검은새)
Kholod Saghir
Burcu Sahin
Ron Sakolsky
Trish Salah
Aida Salazar
Sara M Saleh
Edward Salem
Mohamed Salmawy
Seif Salmawy
John K Samson
Julia Sanches
Varli Pay Sandi
Nasia Sarwar-Skuse
Ayşegül Savaş
Julian Sayarer
Bobuq Sayed
Laura Scarmoncin
Robin Beth Schaer
James Schamus
Maya Schenwar
Sarah Schulman
Kit Schluter
Bhakti Shringarpure
Susan Schuppli
Claire Schwartz
Cam Scott
Grayson Scott
Walter Scott
Waithera Sebatindira
Kenza Sefrioui
Namwali Serpell
Richard Seymour
Sarah Shaffi
Hamid Darwish Shahkaly
Durre Shahwar
Elhum Shakerifar
Kamila Shamsie
Charif Shanahan
Solmaz Sharif
Azad Ashim Sharma
Kashif Sharma-Patel
Cason Sharpe
Christina Sharpe
Clare Shaw
Dan Sheehan
Farhana Sheikh
Shela Sheikh
Jack Shenker
Tyler Shipley
Parini Shroff
Nikesh Shukla
Terisa Siagatonu
Michèle Sibony
Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
Safiya Sinclair
Sunny Singh
Hamed Sinno
Leona Skene
Johanna Skibsrud
Ryan Skrabalak
Tara Skurtu
Paulo Slachevsky
Alice Slater
Zeina Sleiman
Gillian Slovo
Mike Small
Nichola Smalley
Deborah Smith
Courtney Smyth
Rhona Snelling
Jess X. Snow
Oki Sogumi
Addy Rivera Sonda
Natasha Soobramanien
Ahdaf Soueif
Rae Spoon
Nicola Spurr
Gina Srmabekian
Cath Staincliffe
Alina Stefanescu
Rebecca Stoehill
Degna Stone
Anna Della Subin
Olivia Sudjic
Jaz Sufi
Smokii Sumac
Marsha Swan
Brandon Sward
Kate Sweeney
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
Neferti Tadiar
Madiha Tahir
Rana Tahir
Tanaïs
Ginny Tapley Takemori
Preti Taneja
Rebecca Tamás
Ben Tarnoff
David J Tate
Sasha Tate-Howarth
Annie Taylor
Astra Taylor
Joelle Taylor
Nicholas Taylor
Brian Teare
Saeed Teebi
Janne Teller
Matthew Teller
Emily Temple
Jocelyn Tennant
Jacques Testard
Xuanlin Tham
Charles Theonia
Kai Cheng Thom
Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
Ashley Thorpe
Andrzej Tichý
Lena Tichy
Jenevieve Ting
Shze-Hui Tjoa
Tara Tobler
Miriam Toews
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In the tumultuous landscape of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the values of justice, peace, and freedom resonate deeply within the aspirations and struggles of the Palestinian people. For generations, Palestinians have endured displacement, dispossession, and systemic oppression, yet their unwavering commitment to these universal principles serves as a beacon of resilience, courage, and hope amidst adversity.
At the core of the Palestinian quest for justice lies the fundamental demand for recognition of their inherent rights, including the right to self-determination, sovereignty, and the return of refugees. Decades of occupation, colonization, and displacement have inflicted profound injustices upon the Palestinian people, denying them basic freedoms, dignity, and equality under the law. From the Nakba of 1948 to the ongoing expansion of illegal settlements and the blockade of Gaza, the Palestinian experience epitomizes the urgent need for justice and accountability for past and ongoing violations of international law and human rights.
Peace, elusive yet indispensable, remains a cherished aspiration for Palestinians and Israelis alike. The pursuit of peace requires a genuine commitment to dialogue, reconciliation, and mutual respect, grounded in the recognition of the rights and aspirations of those opressed. The absence of peace perpetuates cycles of violence, suffering, and mistrust, underscoring the urgent need for a just and comprehensive resolution to the conflict based on international law, relevant UN resolutions, and the principle of land for peace. True peace cannot be achieved through military might or unilateral dictates but through genuine efforts to address the root causes of the conflict which is end of apartheid and occupation and forge a just and lasting peace for all.
Freedom, the cornerstone of human dignity and agency, lies at the heart of the Palestinian struggle for liberation from occupation and oppression. Palestinians yearn for the freedom to live in dignity, without fear of arbitrary detention, home demolitions, or restrictions on movement. The siege of Gaza, the construction of the separation wall, and the expansion of illegal settlements have encroached upon Palestinian land, resources, and freedoms, perpetuating a system of apartheid and dispossession that denies Palestinians their most basic rights and freedoms. True freedom requires the dismantling of oppressive structures and the realization of Palestinian rights to equality, justice, and self-determination.
In the face of immense challenges and adversity, Palestinians continue to embody the values of justice, peace, and freedom in their daily struggles for liberation and dignity. From grassroots activists and human rights defenders to artists and educators, Palestinians are reclaiming their narrative, amplifying their voices, and mobilizing global solidarity in pursuit of their rights and aspirations. The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) peaceful movement, inspired by the South African anti-apartheid struggle, exemplifies the power of nonviolent resistance and solidarity in challenging injustice and promoting accountability.
As the world grapples with the complexities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the values of justice, peace, and freedom offer a pathway towards a just and sustainable resolution. By upholding these principles and supporting the Palestinian struggle for rights and dignity, we affirm our commitment to a future where all people can live in peace, freedom, and equality. In the words of Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, “On this earth, what makes life worth living is worth fighting for.” Let us stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people in their quest for justice, peace, and freedom, and work tirelessly towards a future of dignity and equality for all.
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Continue to persist in the struggle for justice in Palestine; remain engaged and visible. Our liberation won’t materialize on its own, nor will it come swiftly or effortlessly.
Attacking UN peacekeepers is a dangerous policy
Philip Giraldi • October 15, 2024
That Israel is now attacking United Nations peacekeepers in south Lebanon might well be decisive in turning its few remaining “friends” against it. Spain, France, Ireland and Italy, all of which contribute to the peacekeepers force (UNIFIL), and which continued to look the other way when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his band of war criminals committed atrocity after atrocity against Arabs, are now finding themselves mortified when European soldiers are being attacked and wounded by cannon fire from snipers and Israeli tanks. In one incident, Israeli armored vehicles smashed their way through the gate of a UNIFIL base, allegedly using chemical weapons that injured 15 UN soldiers. The Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is urging Europeans to cut off all trade and especially weapons sales with Israel. French President Emmanuel Macron declared an embargo on selling weapons to Israel and called for an immediate cease fire while several prime ministers have all expressed their “outrage” at the Israeli actions. Even the occupied-by-Israel UK declared itself to be “appalled.” Giorgia Meloni of Italy observed that two bases manned by Italians soldiers had been hit. Her Minister of Defense Guido Crosetto called the attackon the UNIFIL bases “totally unacceptable,” elaborating that “This was not a mistake and not an accident. It could constitute a war crime and represents a very serious violation of international military law.” He might have also added that since it was a gross violation of the UN Charter countries including permanent Security Council members China and Russia are demanding a full investigation of what took place.
As usual, Israel portrayed itself as the innocent victim surrounded by evil neighbors. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called on the UN chief to remove the UN peacekeepers who are now deployed in southern Lebanon. He claimed, without providing any evidence, that UNIFIL was serving as a “human shield to Hezbollah terrorists… This endangers both [those in UNIFIL] and the lives of our soldiers… Mr. Secretary General, get the UNIFIL forces out of harm’s way. It should be done right now, immediately.” The reality is, of course, that anyone encountering armed Israelis is automatically in “harm’s way,” ask any Palestinian. The Israeli armed forces, having already killed scores of UN workers during their 13-month siege of Gaza, appear set to double down and take on UN peacekeeping forces on their mission to expand the war to Syria and Iran. United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has thus far refused to remove UNIFIL.
Regarding UNIFIL, the United States characteristically played its usual game of protecting Israel and throwing in a couple of misrepresentations of fact while saying nothing substantive. A National Security Council spokesman said that the White House is “deeply concerned” by reports Israel fired on the UN peacekeeper headquarters and bases in south Lebanon. “We understand Israel is conducting targeted operations near the Blue Line to destroy Hezbollah infrastructure that could be used to threaten Israeli citizens. While they undertake these operations, it is critical that they not threaten UN peacekeepers’ safety and security.” It was an all too rare expression of the reality that the United States is being dragged into a war in which it has no real interests by a ruthless client state that has been able to buy or coerce nearly all Congressmen into cheering and singing its song while also controlling much of the relevant bureaucracy and the White House itself. It is also being reportedthat a beefed up CIA station at the US Embassy in Beirut is collecting information on Hezbollah that is passed on to Israel to assist in its targeting.
It is not the first attack by Israel on United Nations personnel and it will probably not be the last as the Israel Occupation Force (IOF) has been de facto waging war against the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in Gaza over the past year, targeting and killing its personnel and denying or blocking its largely humanitarian mission. And the United Nations is also a target more generally speaking. At his most recent visit to the UN in New York, the monstrous Netanyahu exhibited a new low even for him, shouting to a nearly empty General Assembly room that the UN has become a “swamp of antisemitic bile,” again playing his favorite tune that Israel is always the victim. And the US has played a role in that campaign, denying any funding to the UNRWAand other international humans rights bodies while also attacking the UN’s broader mission which has been to prevent wars of choice like what is occurring in what was once Palestine.
Inevitably, however, the Zionist fanatics in power in Washington are still motivated to ride the Israeli horse no matter who Netanyahu marks for death, leading to strident calls in Congress, mostly coming from Christian Zionist Republicans, to defund or even leave the United Nations completely. Given Donald Trump’s total fealty to Israel, it is something he just might consider doing if he is reelected. And the threats from individual congressmen to kill UN officials as well as justices and their families who serve on the international courts are all part of what one is hearing.
One particularly charming threatcomes from a Jewish former White House advisor Matthew Brodsky, who has lived and studied in Israel. Brodsky recommended in a tweet on X that Israel should attack Irish peacekeepers in South Lebanon, suggesting what kind of advice the White House and Congress are accustomed to receive regarding Israel and Palestine from their overwhelmingly Jewish foreign policy team, which consists of nearly all confirmed Zionists, including President Biden, and also includes a number of dual nationals who hold Israeli citizenship. Brodsky’s background includes briefing members of Congress, the Department of State, Department of Defense and the National Security Council on Iran, Syria and Palestinian-Israeli issues. Brodsky is currently a Senior Fellow at the Gold Institute for International Strategy and a former Director of Policy at the Jewish Policy Center. He wrote that: “Israel should carpet bomb the Irish area and then drop napalm over it.” The tweet included a map showing the deployment of Ireland’s peacekeeping force in Southern Lebanon, presumably to help guide the Israeli pilots.
There is considerable evidence that Brodsky is far from alone in expressing his complete loyalty to Israel no matter what crimes it commits. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, also Jewish and possibly a dual national, has been acting as Israel’s lawyer, complete with lies about Israeli behavior to cover-up war crimes like the deliberate starving of the Gazan people that equates to genocide. And he is joined in the Middle East by Amos Hochstein, Joe Biden’s personal roving ambassador to the region, who reportedly connived at Israel’s recent invasion of Lebanon. And clearly there is a long tradition of asserting Jewish supremacism within the upper levels of the US government. Last year Stuart Seldowitz, a former US State Department official, was filmed in New York City threatening an ethnic Egyptian halal food street vendor, calling him a terrorist . Seldowitz was recorded saying that the death of 4,000 Palestinian children “wasn’t enough”, highlighting legitimate concerns about anti-Palestinian sentiment among some former US officials. Seldowitz worked for former State Secretary Madeline Albright, who in a shocking interview once justified the killing of 500,000 Iraqi children, stating her view that the killings were “worth it”.
So where do we go from here. Sometimes recognizing that we have a problem can be the first step in coming up with a solution. To my mind, the rot started with President Harry Truman, who sold out to Jewish money and media power in the 1948 creation of the state of Israel, which real statesmen like Secretary of State George Marshall warned against. Some would put the betrayal earlier, with the creation of the Federal Reserve Bank in 1913. In any event, it is now counter to actual US interests to be so totally subservient to Israeli priorities. A good first step would be to require the constituent groups that make up the Israel Lobby to register as foreign agents under the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, which would require them to reveal their sources of income and their connections to Israel. It would also prohibit them from interfering in US politics. In addition, it does not make sense to send American Ambassadors and Emissaries to Israel who are far more loyal to Israel than to the United States, as the last several have been. Nor does it make sense to have a Jewish/Zionist Secretary of State backed up by a largely Jewish staff and White House cabinet to carry out diplomacy in the Middle East. Diplomacy is precisely what Blinken has not been doing and if he had any decency, which he does not, he would in any event recuse himself from involvement with anything having to do with Israel.
The unconditional ironclad pledge to defend a nation carrying out a genocide while simultaneously seeking to go to war with all its neighbors is a formula for initiating World War 3, which will kill millions of people. Indeed, Biden, who has been discussing with Netanyahu how to attack Iran, has now deployed to Israel a $1.15 billion Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense system to be manned by 100 American soldiers on the ground in Israel. The Washington Post is reporting that Israel has decided to attack military sites in Iran before the US election. This is just what Netanyahu wants as he will initiate a new conflict with Iran, Iran will retaliate, possibly killing US military based inside Israel, and bingo the US will be at war. In truth, the world needs less of a rabid dog Jewish state calling the shots as well as less of a corrupted and befuddled America dedicated to protecting the ravening beast. International lawyer John Whitbeck has described the current reality best: “By their venality, cowardice, moral bankruptcy and near-treason, the American political class is flushing a once great country down history’s toilet, and the Global West, if it does not liberate itself from domination by the Israeli-American Empire, risks a similar fate.”
Philip M. Giraldi, Ph.D., is Executive Director of the Council for the National Interest, a 501(c)3 tax deductible educational foundation (Federal ID Number #52-1739023) that seeks a more interests-based U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. Website is councilforthenationalinterest.org, address is P.O. Box 2157, Purcellville VA 20134 and its email is inform@cnionline.org.
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In the occupied Palestinian territories, the omnipresent checkpoints serve as physical and psychological barriers, imposing daily hardships on Palestinians and impeding their freedom of movement. There are currently one thousand checkpoints in the West Bank, erected by the Israeli occupation forces, which symbolize the systemic oppression and control exerted over the Palestinian population, exacerbating tensions and perpetuating cycles of violence and unrest.
For Palestinians, the experience of passing through checkpoints is fraught with anxiety, humiliation, and uncertainty. Whether commuting to work, visiting family members, or seeking medical care, Palestinians must navigate a labyrinth of bureaucratic hurdles, arbitrary regulations, and dehumanizing treatment at these checkpoints. Long queues, invasive searches, and arbitrary delays are a routine part of life for Palestinians living under occupation, undermining their dignity and autonomy.
Beyond the logistical challenges, checkpoints also serve as sites of confrontation and violence, where tensions between Israeli occupation forces and Palestinian civilians often escalate into clashes and bloodshed. The presence of heavily armed soldiers, fortified barriers, and surveillance cameras creates an atmosphere of fear and intimidation, exacerbating feelings of resentment and alienation among Palestinians. Incidents of harassment, abuse, and even fatalities at checkpoints are all too common, further fueling animosity and mistrust between the two communities.
Moreover, the impact of checkpoints extends far beyond the physical barriers they impose, permeating every aspect of Palestinian life. Economic livelihoods are disrupted, as Palestinians face restrictions on access to markets, employment opportunities, and agricultural land. Students are hindered in their pursuit of education, as travel to schools and universities becomes arduous and unpredictable. Families are separated, as travel between Palestinian towns and villages is hindered by Israeli checkpoints and roadblocks.
The plight of Palestinians at checkpoints underscores the broader reality of illegal occupation and colonization in Palestine, where the denial of basic rights and freedoms is a daily reality for millions of people. The systematic use of checkpoints as a tool of control and domination perpetuates a cycle of oppression and resistance, fueling grievances and deepening divisions between Israelis and Palestinians.
In response to the challenges posed by checkpoints, Palestinians have employed various strategies of resistance and resilience. From grassroots activism and civil disobedience to legal advocacy and international solidarity, Palestinians have mobilized to challenge the status quo and demand an end to the israeli occupation. Organizations such as B’Tselem and Al-Haq document human rights abuses at checkpoints and advocate for accountability and justice, while movements like Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) call for global solidarity in support of Palestinian rights.
As the struggle at checkpoints in occupied Palestine continues, it serves as a poignant reminder of the enduring resilience and determination of the Palestinian people in the face of adversity. Despite the challenges they face, Palestinians remain steadfast in their pursuit of freedom, dignity, and self-determination, refusing to be silenced or deterred by the barriers that stand in their way. The checkpoints may divide Palestinian communities, but they also serve as symbols of resistance and resilience, inspiring hope and solidarity among Palestinians and their allies around the world.
British charity organisation Oxfam accused Israel of collectively punishing more than two million civilians in the Gaza Strip, stating: “There can be no justification for using starvation as a weapon of war.”
Oxfam urged that food, water, fuel and other necessities should be permitted to enter Gaza.
With the crisis entering its 19th day of escalation, 2.2 million people are currently in critical need of food. Before the hostilities began, food was being delivered to the besieged Gaza Strip by 104 trucks every day, or one truck every 14 minutes.
Oxfam posted on its X account on Friday: “Over 2 million civilians in #Gaza are being collectively punished for the world to see. Using starvation as a weapon of war is inexcusable.”
It added: “The call for urgent aid and a #CeasefireNOW is imperative.”
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This land gives us all that makes life worth living: April's blushing advances, the aroma of bread at dawn, a woman's haranguing of men, the poetry of Aeschylus, love's trembling beginning, moss on a stone mothers dancing on a flute's thread and the invaders' fear of memories. This land give us all that makes life worth living: September's rustling end, a woman leaving forty behind with her apricots, an hour of sunlight in prison, clouds reflecting swarms of insects, a people's applause for those who laugh at their erasure, and the tyrant's fear of songs. This land give us all that makes life worth living: Lady Earth, mother of all beginnings and endings, She was called Palestine and she is still called Palestine. My Lady, because you are my Lady, I deserve life.
Philip Giraldi • October 15, 2024
That Israel is now attacking United Nations peacekeepers in south Lebanon might well be decisive in turning its few remaining “friends” against it. Spain, France, Ireland and Italy, all of which contribute to the peacekeepers force (UNIFIL), and which continued to look the other way when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his band of war criminals committed atrocity after atrocity against Arabs, are now finding themselves mortified when European soldiers are being attacked and wounded by cannon fire from snipers and Israeli tanks. In one incident, Israeli armored vehicles smashed their way through the gate of a UNIFIL base, allegedly using chemical weapons that injured 15 UN soldiers. The Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is urging Europeans to cut off all trade and especially weapons sales with Israel. French President Emmanuel Macron declared an embargo on selling weapons to Israel and called for an immediate cease fire while several prime ministers have all expressed their “outrage” at the Israeli actions. Even the occupied-by-Israel UK declared itself to be “appalled.” Giorgia Meloni of Italy observed that two bases manned by Italians soldiers had been hit. Her Minister of Defense Guido Crosetto called the attackon the UNIFIL bases “totally unacceptable,” elaborating that “This was not a mistake and not an accident. It could constitute a war crime and represents a very serious violation of international military law.” He might have also added that since it was a gross violation of the UN Charter countries including permanent Security Council members China and Russia are demanding a full investigation of what took place.
As usual, Israel portrayed itself as the innocent victim surrounded by evil neighbors. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called on the UN chief to remove the UN peacekeepers who are now deployed in southern Lebanon. He claimed, without providing any evidence, that UNIFIL was serving as a “human shield to Hezbollah terrorists… This endangers both [those in UNIFIL] and the lives of our soldiers… Mr. Secretary General, get the UNIFIL forces out of harm’s way. It should be done right now, immediately.” The reality is, of course, that anyone encountering armed Israelis is automatically in “harm’s way,” ask any Palestinian. The Israeli armed forces, having already killed scores of UN workers during their 13-month siege of Gaza, appear set to double down and take on UN peacekeeping forces on their mission to expand the war to Syria and Iran. United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has thus far refused to remove UNIFIL.
Regarding UNIFIL, the United States characteristically played its usual game of protecting Israel and throwing in a couple of misrepresentations of fact while saying nothing substantive. A National Security Council spokesman said that the White House is “deeply concerned” by reports Israel fired on the UN peacekeeper headquarters and bases in south Lebanon. “We understand Israel is conducting targeted operations near the Blue Line to destroy Hezbollah infrastructure that could be used to threaten Israeli citizens. While they undertake these operations, it is critical that they not threaten UN peacekeepers’ safety and security.” It was an all too rare expression of the reality that the United States is being dragged into a war in which it has no real interests by a ruthless client state that has been able to buy or coerce nearly all Congressmen into cheering and singing its song while also controlling much of the relevant bureaucracy and the White House itself. It is also being reportedthat a beefed up CIA station at the US Embassy in Beirut is collecting information on Hezbollah that is passed on to Israel to assist in its targeting.
It is not the first attack by Israel on United Nations personnel and it will probably not be the last as the Israel Occupation Force (IOF) has been de facto waging war against the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in Gaza over the past year, targeting and killing its personnel and denying or blocking its largely humanitarian mission. And the United Nations is also a target more generally speaking. At his most recent visit to the UN in New York, the monstrous Netanyahu exhibited a new low even for him, shouting to a nearly empty General Assembly room that the UN has become a “swamp of antisemitic bile,” again playing his favorite tune that Israel is always the victim. And the US has played a role in that campaign, denying any funding to the UNRWA denying any funding to the UNRWAand other international humans rights bodies while also attacking the UN’s broader mission which has been to prevent wars of choice like what is occurring in what was once Palestine.
Inevitably, however, the Zionist fanatics in power in Washington are still motivated to ride the Israeli horse no matter who Netanyahu marks for death, leading to strident calls in Congress, mostly coming from Christian Zionist Republicans, to defund or even leave the United Nations completely. Given Donald Trump’s total fealty to Israel, it is something he just might consider doing if he is reelected. And the threats from individual congressmen to kill UN officials as well as justices and their families who serve on the international courts are all part of what one is hearing.
One particularly charming threatcomes from a Jewish former White House advisor Matthew Brodsky, who has lived and studied in Israel. Brodsky recommended in a tweet on X that Israel should attack Irish peacekeepers in South Lebanon, suggesting what kind of advice the White House and Congress are accustomed to receive regarding Israel and Palestine from their overwhelmingly Jewish foreign policy team, which consists of nearly all confirmed Zionists, including President Biden, and also includes a number of dual nationals who hold Israeli citizenship. Brodsky’s background includes briefing members of Congress, the Department of State, Department of Defense and the National Security Council on Iran, Syria and Palestinian-Israeli issues. Brodsky is currently a Senior Fellow at the Gold Institute for International Strategy and a former Director of Policy at the Jewish Policy Center. He wrote that: “Israel should carpet bomb the Irish area and then drop napalm over it.” The tweet included a map showing the deployment of Ireland’s peacekeeping force in Southern Lebanon, presumably to help guide the Israeli pilots.
There is considerable evidence that Brodsky is far from alone in expressing his complete loyalty to Israel no matter what crimes it commits. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, also Jewish and possibly a dual national, has been acting as Israel’s lawyer, complete with lies about Israeli behavior to cover-up war crimes like the deliberate starving of the Gazan people that equates to genocide. And he is joined in the Middle East by Amos Hochstein, Joe Biden’s personal roving ambassador to the region, who reportedly connived at Israel’s recent invasion of Lebanon. And clearly there is a long tradition of asserting Jewish supremacism within the upper levels of the US government. Last year Stuart Seldowitz, a former US State Department official, was filmed in New York City threatening an ethnic Egyptian halal food street vendor, calling him a terrorist . Seldowitz was recorded saying that the death of 4,000 Palestinian children “wasn’t enough”, highlighting legitimate concerns about anti-Palestinian sentiment among some former US officials. Seldowitz worked for former State Secretary Madeline Albright, who in a shocking interview once justified the killing of 500,000 Iraqi children, stating her view that the killings were “worth it”.
So where do we go from here. Sometimes recognizing that we have a problem can be the first step in coming up with a solution. To my mind, the rot started with President Harry Truman, who sold out to Jewish money and media power in the 1948 creation of the state of Israel, which real statesmen like Secretary of State George Marshall warned against. Some would put the betrayal earlier, with the creation of the Federal Reserve Bank in 1913. In any event, it is now counter to actual US interests to be so totally subservient to Israeli priorities. A good first step would be to require the constituent groups that make up the Israel Lobby to register as foreign agents under the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, which would require them to reveal their sources of income and their connections to Israel. It would also prohibit them from interfering in US politics. In addition, it does not make sense to send American Ambassadors and Emissaries to Israel who are far more loyal to Israel than to the United States, as the last several have been. Nor does it make sense to have a Jewish/Zionist Secretary of State backed up by a largely Jewish staff and White House cabinet to carry out diplomacy in the Middle East. Diplomacy is precisely what Blinken has not been doing and if he had any decency, which he does not, he would in any event recuse himself from involvement with anything having to do with Israel.
The unconditional ironclad pledge to defend a nation carrying out a genocide while simultaneously seeking to go to war with all its neighbors is a formula for initiating World War 3, which will kill millions of people. Indeed, Biden, who has been discussing with Netanyahu how to attack Iran, has now deployed to Israel a $1.15 billion Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense system to be manned by 100 American soldiers on the ground in Israel. The Washington Post is reporting that Israel has decided to attack military sites in Iran before the US election. This is just what Netanyahu wants as he will initiate a new conflict with Iran, Iran will retaliate, possibly killing US military based inside Israel, and bingo the US will be at war. In truth, the world needs less of a rabid dog Jewish state calling the shots as well as less of a corrupted and befuddled America dedicated to protecting the ravening beast. International lawyer John Whitbeck has described the current reality best: “By their venality, cowardice, moral bankruptcy and near-treason, the American political class is flushing a once great country down history’s toilet, and the Global West, if it does not liberate itself from domination by the Israeli-American Empire, risks a similar fate.”
Philip M. Giraldi, Ph.D., is Executive Director of the Council for the National Interest, a 501(c)3 tax deductible educational foundation (Federal ID Number #52-1739023) that seeks a more interests-based U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. Website is councilforthenationalinterest.org, address is P.O. Box 2157, Purcellville VA 20134 and its email is inform@cnionline.org.