Occupied Palestine Is as Entitled to the World’s Solidarity as Occupied Ukraine
Israeli security officers driving Palestinian worshippers out of the Al-Aqsa Mosque after morning prayer on April 17, 2022.
We could soon see another brutal Israeli war on Palestinians after this weekend’s shocking attacks on Ramadan worshippers by Israeli forces. Yet the Western solidarity that’s rightly been forthcoming for Ukraine is now nowhere to be seen.
This past weekend, the armed forces of an occupying power engaged in another round of brutal repression of the neighboring people they are subjugating, attacking unarmed civilians with everything from tear gas to live ammunition, and clearly committing war crimes. In this case, however, the abusive belligerent happens to be a Western ally.
A year after Israel’s bloody raids on the Al-Aqsa Mosque mushroomed into an eleven-day-long war on the Gaza Strip, the world appears to be looking at an extremely violent case of déjà vu. Over Easter weekend, Israeli forces again raided the structure, firing live rounds and stun grenades into the mosque, storming the prayer hall, and indiscriminately beating protesters, worshippers, and other civilians. The attacks left more than a hundred fifty injured on Friday alone, including journalists and paramedics.
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