kate on Nostr: israel bears state-level responsibility for the violence, dispossession and human ...

israel bears state-level responsibility for the violence, dispossession and human rights abuses. this cannot be equated with the actions of a stateless, occupied people under siege.

the question of indigeneity isn’t about who was first in biblical or ancient terms, but about a people’s deep, continuous connection to a land over time. palestinians are descendants of the many communities who lived in historic palestine. their presence spans eras, and they’ve maintained cultural, social and familial ties to the land throughout. international bodies recognise palestinians as an indigenous people because of this historical continuity and because they’ve experienced dispossession, displacement and denial of self-determination in their own homeland.