“Not another planet” / Quoting Jaffa political activist Abed Abu Shehadeh on why what's happening in Gaza must be explicitly named genocide:
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“Not another planet” / Quoting Jaffa political activist Abed Abu Shehadeh on why what's happening in Gaza must be explicitly named genocide:
[…] "The continuation of its military activity, combined with stopping humanitarian aid and water and electricity supply... after completely destroying the health system in Gaza, has one name: genocide […] Not war, not hostages, not security – just genocide and ethnic cleansing of the Gaza Strip.”
Abu Shehadeh criticizes Israeli civil society organizations and peace activists for avoiding this harsh reality and focusing instead on future political solutions while Palestinians die daily. He draws a parallel to #Holocaust survivor K. Tzetnik's concept of "another planet," arguing that Israelis view #Gaza as a separate reality where moral rules don't apply. He emphasizes that Gazans, not Israeli feelings or political futures, should be the focus now.
[…] “Then it was clear to me that #Auschwitz is not another planet as I thought before. Auschwitz was not created by the devil, nor by God, but by man… Hitler was not a devil. You could enter a kindergarten, among fifty children there was one child named Adolf Hitler. He was a man…” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yehiel_De-Nur
He also challenges the framing that blames only #Netanyahu, arguing the entire system is complicit. He calls for radical honesty about Gaza's reality, rejecting attempts to soften language for political acceptance. What matters most now is stopping the genocide, not preserving Israeli political legitimacy.
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