Colin Tiyani Anderson’s Post

𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿. 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲: #Holocaust refers to “the systematic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of six million European Jews by Nazi Germany and those fascist and extreme nationalist partners and other collaborators who participated in those crimes. However, sometimes “Holocaust” is extended to include other targeted groups such as Roma and Sinti, communists, socialists, Jehovah’s Witnesses, homosexuals, persons with disabilities, Slavic peoples, and Soviet prisoners of war. Other times, the term is used as a universal symbol of suffering or simply to gather public attention, which leads to distortion. We use “Holocaust” only to refer to the Nazi-led and supported persecution and extermination of vulnerable groups in Europe between 1933-1945. The term “𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲” can lead to similar confusion. There can be tensions between the legal meaning in the Genocide Convention, other scholarly definitions, and the popular use to signify the most serious forms of harm – but that’s not technically genocide. 𝗪𝗲 𝘂𝘀𝗲 “𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲” 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 #𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲, 𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁, 𝗮 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹, 𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗰, 𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹, 𝗼𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽. 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿.

"Carter presented even-handedness as a public charade, just as every US president has done. He, like all the others “talked” about a two state solution — Let’s get real here: If the US government had ever wanted a two state solution, it would be done — especially after decades of rhetoric (if it were real). But it’s not real, is it? And to remind people, the partition resolution which Zionists and the US and Britain pressured for intensely (against strong objections from the State Department), WAS NEVER APPROVED BY THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL. Israel, the “State”, doesn’t exist — only a colonial regime under martial law(s) which has no Right to self-defense. The chit-chat question of late among people with hearts is, “Why do politicians talk peace and send bombs (and sign them)?” Because as the EU Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell has stated, the countries engaged “want the war”. The second article talked about the open admission in Israel of using antisemitism as a crutch (a crutch to feign disability); but what also has always been talked about openly in Israel is eretz Israel, the back to the future mythical kingdom. And Israeli PMs have made it VERY clear, this is a Zionist kingdom ONLY, and they have a right to conquer and possess it, because “God” promised it." https://lnkd.in/gy8qRenw

Western Democracy’s Future Depends on Israel’s Victory - WSJ, by Gerard Baker If the Jewish state can be bullied into letting Hamas survive, how can any free nation defend itself? If Israel is prevented from defeating Hamas, we should be under no illusions about what it will mean for the future of democracy. If, under the pressure of internal Democratic politics and global public opinion, the Biden administration forces a “cease-fire” that leaves our closest ally in the region short of victory over an enemy that seeks to destroy it, sooner or later we shall all pay the price. This isn’t only because Israel is a democratic nation fighting nihilist savages and theocratic tyrants, though it is that. It is because forcing it to succumb to moral outrage over the violence that invariably comes with waging war would represent the self-imposition of an inescapable restraint on our own ability to defend ourselves. Of course Israel is battling, above all else, for its own survival. In a hostile region, it is also the sole standard-bearer of individual freedom, tolerant pluralism and self-rule. Contrast the condition of ethnic minorities, women, gays and dissidents in Israel with that of their counterparts anywhere else in the Middle East. We should give thanks every day for the sacrifices Israelis make at the fragile frontier of freedom. Condemning and isolating our only real friend and ally in the Middle East will leave in place the people who perpetrated the Oct. 7 massacre and their sponsors. If this is the way we fight modern wars, our enemies will have freedom to commit acts of bestial savagery on us, knowing that our own scruples will give them an insuperable advantage. And in demanding that a democratic country conduct war to standards that have never been met by any belligerent in history—and could never be met—we will be signaling the ultimate surrender of our own democracy too. https://lnkd.in/eZBTBxaX

The US House of Representatives just passed a highly concerning and simultaneously subversive "Antisemitism Bill". It overthrows free speech and is clearly designed to ban criticism of Israel. This a testament to the fact that the ruling class in DC and the Israeli lobby are terrified that the truth about Israel is becoming known to a mass number of Americans: how Israel was founded on the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, its racist policies of apartheid, it's brutal and illegal occupation, and now it's genocide in Gaza. It's also a testament to the power of activism, words, and what many of us are doing here on LinkedIn: using free speech to fight injustice, oppression, and crimes against humanity. In the video below, Glenn Greenwald, who is Jewish, demonstrates how the components of this bill are designed to suppress free speech and stifle criticism of Israel.

Stop the madness! Humanity needs fresh ideas and a new type of politics, representing mankind as a whole instead of fragmented political interests! We have to grow together in order to urgently address the issues that impact all of us like conflict, climate change, inequality and forced migration, unitedly. This we can only do without any dominance, as equals. Collectively in Solidarity. www.convergence.ngo & www.pax.ngo

This decade is shaping up to be one for the unmasking of the very fragile underpinnings of democracy. Right wing Nazi-style parties are on the rise in Europe. The largest election in the world (in India) is about to reelect a government explicitly engaging in hate speech against Muslims and Sikhs. And in the United States, which fondly styles itself as the cradle of democracy, they are now jailing people simply for expressing political opinions. To take an anti Zionist is NOT to be anti-Semitic. To support the human rights of Palestinians is NOT to deny any human rights of Jews. And to criticise Apartheid and Ethnic Cleansing actions of an extremist government which has been found to be engaging in genocidal actions is the OPPOSITE of being anti- Semitic, as it recalls the cry of ‘never again’ after the Holocaust that was the shame of Europe and the world.

UN expert: ‘Very little hope’ of Israel abiding by ICJ order to stop Rafah invasion. So when the violators are enemies of the US it screams injustice. But when it is its ally, the US sides with the violator. In this case it's Israel, its actions are so obvious and blatant, yet you have Biden saying categorically Israel's actions are NOT Genocide! That despite the fact that Netanyahu made it very specifically clear that is "Amalek" which calls for the annihilation of the Palestinians. And Nikki Haley stating her disgust with the ICJ order stating the Israel is conducting the most humane war in History. One can only conclude that the US Government and its politicians are not only slaves to the Zionists in America, they are accomplices and partners in crime. And that is very detrimental to the Values America claims to stand for, we lost our moral standing and credibility in the world. Most importantly, if Biden and even the US congress and Senate believe they are protecting Israel and Zionism, in fact they are accelerating its demise and the end of Zionism. One only needs to witness the global view of Israel and Zionism to understand the gravity of the situation. Biden is sacrificing his own reelection to save Netanyahu.

“Hauling the Jews in to plead their case before a special tribunal and face the charge that they are the real Nazis has been the fantasy of every antisemite since the first gavel hit a soundblock in Nuremberg in 1946. It is the dark fantasy behind the insistence over decades on speaking of controversial Israeli actions always in terms of "war crimes." This, and not a poor grasp of complex legal arguments, is the reason every Israeli military action in the last half century has been criticized as "collective punishment" or "disproportionate." As long as the Shoah looms large in the civilized conscience, there will be those among us who project our fears and our discomfort in the most transparent way. “The damage from this obsession is enormous, both to the cause of human rights and to the people this obsession claims to care about, the still-stateless Palestinians. “That it is impossible today to enter the milieu of people who care about global justice, climate change, international law, or world health without being committed to the theology of a uniquely evil Jewish state standing in the path of world peace is a moral travesty, but it is not an accident. A panoply of bad actors from decidedly non-progressive regimes have benefited enormously from turning the kinds of post-1945 institutions that should be protecting the world's most vulnerable into talk shops of Israel hatred. Every well-meaning institution and every progressive cause that has been colonized by anti-Israel activism has emerged from it hollowed out and irrelevant. “If the Genocide Convention goes the way of, say, the UN Human Rights Council, and becomes a meaningless provision used by failing regimes and wealthy petro-dictatorships to mobilize hatred against Israel and distract from their own problems, we will all be poorer for it.” Superb piece by the brilliant Shany Mor, not only exposing the entire non-sensical notion of accusing Israel of genocide rather than lauding it for defending against it, but also looking at the dark forces that drive this process: https://lnkd.in/dmQx6UMc