The Palestinian Ambassador to the UK, Hossam Zomlot, excelled in his responses to some Western media retailers that hosted him to touch upon the course of occasions in Occupied Palestine, considering that they might extract an prompt assertion from him condemning the Palestinian resistance’s operations towards the Israeli occupation, in order that they may shortly flow into it amongst themselves. This could trigger the Palestinian diplomacy to look ashamed and meek however, as an alternative, the Ambassador clashed verbally with the retailers a number of instances and left them shocked, till now, after he uncovered the hypocritical media’s true bias in favour of the Occupation. His actions had been met with pleasure and help on social media.
The verbal conflict that happened was not solely between Hossam Zomlot and a gift, nevertheless it was a conflict between two narratives, the primary of which is the narrative of the Palestinian refugee in Europe, which highlights the protests of the Palestinian folks within the face of the injustice of the Occupation and its felony mentality based mostly on killing, displacing, besieging, ravenous and arresting. The second narrative is the Western media narrative that’s not honest to the Palestinian folks, even when they’re underneath barbaric bombing that has left 1000’s of martyrs and wounded and brought about large destruction to the infrastructure contained in the Gaza Strip, which is left as we speak with out even probably the most fundamental wants for all times – and suspicious silence from the worldwide
Hossam Zomlot’s determined defence of the rights of our folks, and his publicity of the true face of Western positions, grew to become obvious solely days later, because the British Dwelling Secretary demanded, in a transparent public method, the suppression of pro-Palestine demonstrations and their dispersal, even by power, underneath the pretext that they elevate the slogan “Palestine from the river to the ocean.” In response to the British Dwelling Secretary’s perception, this requires the elimination of Israel and is veiled anti-Semitism, hurting the emotions of the Jews who reside in her nation. Nonetheless, the Palestinians in her nation don’t have any emotions as they watch their fellow countrymen struggling underneath the barrage of missiles.
Therefore, the Palestinian Ambassador was absolutely conscious upfront of the coverage of the European nation during which he lives, and he was conscious that those that granted the Balfour Declaration as a free promise to the occupiers and served it on a silver platter wouldn’t allow the Palestinians on the opposite aspect to sentence Balfour’s youngsters themselves, who had been born from that false promise on our land.
Hossam Zomlot and his anger represents the anger of all of the Palestinians of Europe, who’re forbidden from talking out, and are held accountable for a mere tweet on X or a submit on Fb, whereas a whole lot of French troopers mobilise to combat alongside the Israeli occupation. That is additionally whereas the American plane service, Gerald Ford, the most important plane service on the planet, is deployed brazenly, adopted by one other service, each transferring in the direction of the waters of the Center East to strike the besieged Gaza Strip and end it off with heavy weapons. In the meantime, you, Palestinian residing in Europe, should watch the scene carefully and observe with out lifting a finger, and you have to management your self to stay “average” and never trigger any inconvenience or hurt to others. In any other case, you will see your self accused of supporting terrorism or being anti-Semitic, you’re free to decide on which of the 2 prices you get.
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On this context of the Western double requirements revealed by Hossam Zomlot, I’m wondering: Why is it okay for European nations to return to the rescue of the Ukrainians within the face of the battle launched by Russia towards their nation, and help them with weapons, gear, political platforms, asylum and help, whereas Qatar, for instance, is requested to play a job in stopping the entry of different events into the continued battle between the Palestinian resistance and the Israeli occupation, despite the fact that areas inside Palestine, such because the West Financial institution, are categorised by worldwide legislation as Occupied Territories? What proper does the Israeli occupation should threaten Egypt with bombing reduction vans in broad daylight in the event that they try to enter the Gaza Strip to offer meals for the hungry and besieged folks there? How can human rights organisations and nations supporting human rights stay silent within the face of this Israeli thuggery and conceitedness?
That isn’t all. There are statements issued by the leaders of the Israeli occupation that show the magnitude of their thuggery and logic, because the “human animals” that their Minister of concern, Yoav Gallant, referred to are lions who trampled over the standing and status of the occupation earlier than the eyes of its residents and the world, making the “invincible military” a military of prisoners, lacking individuals, distressed and the useless. Even the Israeli intelligence company, which they’ve gone on and on about through the years, has turn out to be an company of junk radios which might be solely appropriate for listening to the “rule of justice” programme each Tuesday afternoon. That is why the Israeli lawyer, Revital “Tally” Gotliv, a Likud MK, referred to as for the usage of nuclear weapons and violent retaliation in response to Hamas’s assaults, and the worldwide neighborhood heard her making this assertion about nuclear weapons with out objecting to it. They solely objected to the Palestinian Ambassador to London not condemning Hamas.
Nobody protested when the Ambassador mentioned that he was there to signify the Palestinian folks, as a result of in his clashes, he represents all of us, certainly. We pray to God that every one the Ambassadors of Palestinian diplomacy would have the identical degree of braveness, composure and steadfastness in such conditions.
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This text first appeared in Arabic in Arabi21 on 11 October, 2023.
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