We Must Mobilize Against the Carnage Being Inflicted on the Palestinian People
Israel’s war on Gaza has already resulted in a horrendous death toll, yet Western politicians still refuse to call for a cease-fire. We need mass popular pressure in the US and Europe against the killing and the threat of forced population transfer from Gaza.
A pro-Palestinian protester stands on a giant lion by Nelson’s Column in London, United Kingdom, holding a green flare and Palestinian flag during a protest in support of Palestine and against Israeli attacks on Gaza, October 14, 2023. (Andy Soloman / UCG / Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
Israel’s war on Gaza has entered its second week and the death toll among Palestinians is now above three thousand, according to the health ministry in Gaza. Despite the horrific bloodshed at Al-Ahli hospital, the United States and the leading European states that back Israel are still refusing to call for a cease-fire.
We spoke to Palestinian academic Bashir Abu-Manneh about the political context in the occupied territories, the danger of a second Nakba, and the strategies that might deliver freedom for the Palestinian people. This is an edited transcript from Jacobin Radio’s Long Reads podcast. You can listen to the interview here.
Daniel Finn
To begin with the broader political background of what’s been happening over the last eighteen months: What has been going on in the occupied Palestinian territories? What is the political composition and the intentions of Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, and what has been happening on the regional, diplomatic front, with talk about normalization between Israel and states like Saudi Arabia?
Bashir Abu-Manneh
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