| Gebhard Sengmüller via nettime-l on Thu, 12 Oct 2023 13:16:19 +0200 (CEST) |
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I agree. The role of Palestinians as pawns in the hands of Arab nations seems to be largely excluded from the left’s „imperialism“ discourse on the topic. Doesn’t make a difference for suffering civilians now of course, but just try imagine other countries in similar predicaments acting like this.
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> 1. Re: silence on Palestine? (Rahul Goswami)
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> From: Rahul Goswami <[email protected]>
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> I present a few points here to bring balance to the subject:
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> 1. On 29 November 1947, the UN General Assembly adopted Resolution 181,
> known as the Partition Plan. Acceptance of the Partition Plan would have
> meant the establishment of two states, but the surrounding Arab
> countries and the local Arab population vehemently rejected the proposal.
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> 2. After the May 1948 war, Israel (other Western countries too)
> immediately absorbed Jewish refugees. Palestinian refugees were placed
> in camps and kept there generation after generation as a matter of Arab
> policy. Israel withdrew entirely from Gaza in 2005, but there are still
> eight UN-run refugee camps there. Why should there be? Gaza is
> completely under Palestinian control. But dismantling the camps would
> mean removing symbols of Palestinian ?resistance?.
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> 3. During the 1990-91 Gulf War, Kuwait expelled over 300,000
> Palestinians working in the country when Yasser Arafat supported Saddam
> Hussein. The Palestinians were seen as a likely fifth column. There was
> scant objection from other Arab countries, or pro-Palestine voices in
> the West, about the expulsion.
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> Rahul Goswami
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