Resignation letter of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in New York.
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earthling (appassionato@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Nov-2023 15:16:42 UTC earthling -
jburd (jburd@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Nov-2023 15:18:14 UTC jburd @shaib @appassionato @palestine @Grandalf "For the record, that letter claims that Israel has no right to exist ("The European ethno-nationalist, settler colonial project in Palestine")."
He doesn't say it has no right to exist.
He is correct in that the state Israel started as a European settler colonial project. Because people later moved there from places other than Europe doesn't change that fact.
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砖讬 讘专讙专 :python: Shai Berger (shaib@tooot.im)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Nov-2023 15:18:14 UTC 砖讬 讘专讙专 :python: Shai Berger @jburd @appassionato @palestine @Grandalf
We can argue about that start (e.g, colonial projects are usually carried by European states, and in this project there was no such power). But referring to Israel now as such a project is an absurd lie, as much as referring to Australia or the US as such is.
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砖讬 讘专讙专 :python: Shai Berger (shaib@tooot.im)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Nov-2023 15:18:15 UTC 砖讬 讘专讙专 :python: Shai Berger @appassionato @palestine
For the record, that letter claims that Israel has no right to exist ("The European ethno-nationalist, settler colonial project in Palestine"). Somehow, for the Jewish population in Israel, the right of self-definition does not apply. Not to mention the blatant lie -- close to half of the Jewish population in Israel is of middle-eastern or north-African origins.Israel is doing a lot of bad in Gaza and the West Bank. But this is lies and misrepresentations.
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jburd (jburd@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Nov-2023 15:18:34 UTC jburd @shaib @appassionato @palestine @Grandalf "We can argue about that start"
But we won't because that's silly.The difference is some Palestinians who were ethnically cleansed in 1948 are still alive. Palestinians refugees have not been allowed to return to their homes and land. And the continued ethnic cleansing (stealing of land and resources) is still very much a current project.
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