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To: Those in solidarity
with the Palestinian People
There are individuals
within the Palestinian solidarity movement seeking to create
divisions by:
* deliberately shifting focus away from Israel's war crimes and its
supremacist Zionist ideology;
* imposing unilateral agendas by presenting both sides as victims;
* sabotaging service to the
just cause of the Palestinian people;
* ignoring the issue of
right of return for the Palestinians;
* utilising the platform of
the Palestinian discourse to argue about anti-Semitism, which is not
a Palestinian problem and not created by Arabs.
Our primary and single
concern is solidarity with the Palestinian people.
As ethical human beings we
consider it our obligation to:
* do all we can to allow
the information to be diffused as widely and as quickly as possible;
* ensure the argument of
the oppression and disenfranchisement of the Palestinian people
stays in the forefront;
* present as clear and
honest a picture as possible of the meaning of Zionism and the
Jewish State;
* to cross the divide and to unite in our war against the Zionist
crime.
We accept and believe in
equality of all persons, regardless of their race, religion,
political or other orientation. We believe that full and
unconditional support of the Palestinian people is a condition sine
qua non for activists to adopt, and we recognise that their
attachment to their homeland is a fundamental and unalterable
condition. To that end we advocate for one unified State with equal
rights for all its citizens.
Any attempts at censoring
reasoned critique of Israel and Zionism must be refused a priori, as
it is in conflict with the goal of seeking to protect and support
the Palestinian people - as their empowerment is the only way to
peaceful coexistence for all the populations of the Middle East. Any
attempts at dictating what the Palestinians should do will be looked
upon with great circumspection and suspicion. Palestinians
themselves wish to construct their own future and are not pawns to
be shifted on the chessboard.
We demand free speech for
sincere critics of Zionism and call for an end to campaigns created
in order to ostracise its most vocal critics. Smear campaigns will
not be tolerated, as we recognise that they are the instrument of
choice of Zionists, and detract energy from our work. We will not
hesitate to expose the instrumental usage of them, no matter the
claimed principles of those who are engaged in creating such
campaigns. On the other hand, open dialogue and reasoned
argumentation is welcome and greatly encouraged as a tool to
understanding and collaboration. The indigenous people of Palestine
are facing extermination by the hands of the Jewish State, and the
world keeps silent. The sooner we draw public attention to Israel's
needless wanton destruction, the sooner we can do away with this
horrifying, insufferable situation.
Sincerely,
The Undersigned
Please Sign the Petition
The
Palestinians are
the Priority: an open statement of commitment to the Palestinian
Solidarity Cause Petition to Those in solidarity with the
Palestinian People was created by and written by Mary Rizzo (cattleandcane@hotmail.it).
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