| Keith Sanborn via nettime-l on Thu, 12 Oct 2023 14:06:08 +0200 (CEST) |
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| Re: <nettime> nettime-l Digest, Vol 4, Issue 18 |
The notion that Palestinians remain in “camps” to promote anti-imperialist rhetoric is a gross misrepresentation. > On Oct 12, 2023, at 7:16 AM, Gebhard Sengmüller via nettime-l <nettime-l@lists.nettime.org> wrote: > > I agree. The role of Palestinians as pawns in the hands of Arab nations seems to be largely excluded from the left’s „imperialism“ discourse on the topic. Doesn’t make a difference for suffering civilians now of course, but just try imagine other countries in similar predicaments acting like this. > >> >> 1. Re: silence on Palestine? (Rahul Goswami) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2023 11:31:29 +0530 >> From: Rahul Goswami <makanaka@pobox.com> >> To: nettime-l@lists.nettime.org >> Subject: Re: <nettime> silence on Palestine? >> Message-ID: <a752f7a8-a77d-4e26-ad66-307086b92179@pobox.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed >> >> >> I present a few points here to bring balance to the subject: >> >> 1. On 29 November 1947, the UN General Assembly adopted Resolution 181, >> known as the Partition Plan. Acceptance of the Partition Plan would have >> meant the establishment of two states, but the surrounding Arab >> countries and the local Arab population vehemently rejected the proposal. >> >> 2. After the May 1948 war, Israel (other Western countries too) >> immediately absorbed Jewish refugees. Palestinian refugees were placed >> in camps and kept there generation after generation as a matter of Arab >> policy. Israel withdrew entirely from Gaza in 2005, but there are still >> eight UN-run refugee camps there. Why should there be? Gaza is >> completely under Palestinian control. But dismantling the camps would >> mean removing symbols of Palestinian ?resistance?. >> >> 3. During the 1990-91 Gulf War, Kuwait expelled over 300,000 >> Palestinians working in the country when Yasser Arafat supported Saddam >> Hussein. The Palestinians were seen as a likely fifth column. There was >> scant objection from other Arab countries, or pro-Palestine voices in >> the West, about the expulsion. >> >> Rahul Goswami >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Subject: Digest Footer >> >> -- >> # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission >> # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, >> # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets >> # more info: https://www.nettime.org >> # contact: nettime-l-owner@lists.nettime.org >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> End of nettime-l Digest, Vol 4, Issue 18 >> **************************************** >> > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > Gebhard Sengmüller > Leopoldsgasse 6-8/8 > 1020 Vienna, Austria > tel +43 699 15455929 > gebseng@gebseng.com > http://www.gebseng.com > > -- > # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission > # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, > # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets > # more info: https://www.nettime.org > # contact: nettime-l-owner@lists.nettime.org -- # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: https://www.nettime.org # contact: nettime-l-owner@lists.nettime.org