Multiple injuries were reported at a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Berlin commemorating the Nakba and criticizing Israel on Thursday. Police and politicians have condemned the violence.
The only way to understand the slogan as a call for genocide is if you have accepted the premise that “a Free Palestine Must Necessarily Mean The Extermination Of Jews”. And that is a profoundly fucked up thing to say.
if you have accepted the premise that “a Free Palestine Must Necessarily Mean The Extermination Of Jews”
Yes, a free Palestine ranging “from the river to the sea” while at the very same time -just like Israel- staunchly rejecting the idea of a two-state solution is exactly that.
Out of the two insane and genocidal sides of that conflict none can claim moral superiority.
(For reference: see §2 of the Hamas charter that clearly defines the borders of their “free Palestine” that covers 100% of Israel, West Bank and Gaza…)
How does reinstate Palestinian land for displaced Palestinians equate to an exterminate jews though? I don’t doubt that Hamas has that view but the those words alone does not mean that.
You could argue it’s a dog whistle for antisemitism, but historically there has been many different groups with visions for what a one-state solution could look like.
Israel is helping settlers settle in Palestinian territories, forcefully pushing way Palestinian and destroying their homes withe help of the Israeli military.
No they are fucking not. That’s your bad faith twisting of their writing. You’re not discussing in good faith.
And also THERE ARE NO JUST 2 SIDES HERE. THERE ARE 3 SIDES. THE INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY EXISTS AND THE ISRAELIS ARE DOING EVERYTHING TO DELEGITIMIZE IT.
The only way to understand the slogan as a call for genocide is if you have accepted the premise that “a Free Palestine Must Necessarily Mean The Extermination Of Jews”. And that is a profoundly fucked up thing to say.
Yes, a free Palestine ranging “from the river to the sea” while at the very same time -just like Israel- staunchly rejecting the idea of a two-state solution is exactly that.
Out of the two insane and genocidal sides of that conflict none can claim moral superiority.
(For reference: see §2 of the Hamas charter that clearly defines the borders of their “free Palestine” that covers 100% of Israel, West Bank and Gaza…)
How does reinstate Palestinian land for displaced Palestinians equate to an exterminate jews though? I don’t doubt that Hamas has that view but the those words alone does not mean that.
You could argue it’s a dog whistle for antisemitism, but historically there has been many different groups with visions for what a one-state solution could look like.
Israel is helping settlers settle in Palestinian territories, forcefully pushing way Palestinian and destroying their homes withe help of the Israeli military.
You are still trying to justify Palestinian calls for a genocide with Israel’s genocidal actions.
So I will repeat again:
No they are fucking not. That’s your bad faith twisting of their writing. You’re not discussing in good faith.
And also THERE ARE NO JUST 2 SIDES HERE. THERE ARE 3 SIDES. THE INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY EXISTS AND THE ISRAELIS ARE DOING EVERYTHING TO DELEGITIMIZE IT.