Without waiting for anyone to tell them what to do and what not to do, Norway was the first EU country to re-establish political and economic relations with the new Palestinian government. OTOH, as usual, U.S. doing its best to maintain ‘conflict’ in the region and ‘not to recognize’ the elected Palestinian government, they are ‘disturbed’ by Palestinian ‘right to resist’ and disappointed by Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh’s speech on Saturday expressing that right.
There you go, another basic human right that U.S. and Zionist want Palestinians to compromise. How come the Israeli ‘right to defend’ (right to occupy and kill innocents) is respected and supported by U.S. but Palestinians ‘right to resist’ and fight back the occupation is a crime? What a hypocrisies and double standard.
Why should we abandon our right to resist and remain living in the realm of the murderously absurd? Why should we live under oppression and submit to injustice is unacceptable? Resistance not only is a right and a duty, but is a remedy for the oppressed, even if not as a strategic, pragmatic option, we should resist as an expression of— and insistence on— our human dignity.
It is important, however, to distinguish between permissible (military) and impermissible (civilian) targets, and to set limits for the use of arms. Nor must the oppressor be exempt from these same principles (which by the way was never respected).
The Palestinians resistance is protected by all human and heavens’ laws. It is one of the basic human rights, international law and widely shared norms of behavior. However, at this stage, I believe that Palestinians should be more creative in providing effective peaceful alternatives for resistance that can invite the progressives of the world to join our struggle. Ultimately, the strength of the Palestinian plight lies in its moral, humanitarian characteristics; it is to our benefit to find moral, humanitarian means to protect that strength.
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