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tv   A Window To Palestine Israels selective murder  PRESSTV  March 28, 2024 3:00am-3:20am IRST

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we have just witnessed reveal the contradiction and confrontation between two stories that are disputed today, truthfulness in the construction of universal history. the first, a typical story of any colonial state that seeks to construct a usable past to found new identity, as stated by yilomo sant, a professor of israeli history in his book, the invention of the jewish people, and in his other book, the invention of the land of israel, where it is first intended to construct a revision of history in such a way as to make the people or nation that existed before this new colonial regime disappear. in palestine, we have been experiencing this for more than a century, but it is not the first time. palestine has been subject to invasions throughout its history and is really simply come to actualize this need of some western powers to occupy and dominate the most geopolitically and geos. strategically
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important place for humanity. the israelis, since the birth of zianism, that is, before the birth of the regime of israel, the imposition of the state of israel in palestine had been working on three processes: first, the dehumanization and invisibilization of palestinian culture, a culture that has existed for millenia, and that is part of the entire history of humanity as nerf center of its development, but at the same time the'. of this new story, already at the beginning of the zionist enterprise, spoke of a land without a people, for people without a land. however, in the early years of the last century, palestine was already recognized as one of the main exporters of oranges in the world. it sounds suspicious that a land that did not have people to work it was already one of the main orange exporting countries at that time. clearly there has been an attempt to distort the story. but in addition to fabricating
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this history, making the original people of this territory invisible, there has been a process of appropriation of their food, their dances as well. today when you see a video of of what supposedly israely dances or it is almost the same as what we just saw, and if you ask them for an old video of these dances, you probably won't be able to find them because those dances only exist in palestinian culture and tradition. now in fortunately, the categories of analysis and concepts are not an israeli invention, and the concept of the people and the concept of the nation or well before the birth of zionism, the palestinian people have existed in palestine since the discovery of agriculture, then the discovery of surplus in agriculture, the birth of the first cities, the expression of the division of societies into dominant and dominated classes, and the first storage silos that... we are talking
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about more than 5,000 years ago in the cities of ariha and giza, therefore this territory, which is the natural bridge that unites africa, asia and europe, and this territory, which was always known also as the fertile cresent for being bath by the nile and the euphrates, and again this territory, which was the most ancient territory known in the world has always been the center of dispute. beyond the fact that the zianist discord.
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as hugo stated few minutes ago, palestinian culture has always been present throughout the history of humanity, it has to do with a process of thousands of years of construction and also has very strong component that is diverse and intercultural. all the peoples, civilizations and cultures that have sought to dominate the world have passed. through the land of palestine, therefore, when one looks at the history and construction of palestinian culture, one has to make reference to egypt, greece, rome, syria, persia, babylon, and of course the ottoman turkish period before the arabs and the discovery of islam. you need to make reference to the crusades and also what has happened in the last century after the arrival of the industrial revolution and the re-evaluation of this territory. for being a
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nerf center for control of the largest oil reserves in the world, not because palestine has oil reserves, but because it is point equidistant from all reserves, that is geostrategic. relevant for the development of current capitalism, so what has zionism done since its arrival? trying to eliminate palestinian culture, trying to make not only history disappear from the roots, but also its traditions. now, since it is difficult to make traditions disappear, what they have done is to appropriate them. today they sell a lawful as if it were typical israeli food. nowadays, you see them dance dubka with very similar. name as if it were a historical israeli dance, and when one looks at the conception of the people nation, when one looks at the definition of the nation, it's taught us that nation has a common territory, has a common people, has a common history, has a common language and has a common
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psychology. if you are familiar with the definition about the term territory, you will realize that those who today call themselves israelis come from various territories throughout the world. the reason if they have different languages, if during the invasion of gaza, during this genocide, they abandoned their lands, if the tel aviv airport was full of israeli immigrants returning to their workplaces, but on the other side, the palestinians continue to resist because they have one language, one history, a common psychology, and of course territory that is their own, this is everything that israel seeks to destroy with this genocidal policy, therefore, when one asks how the rise of zionism has affected palestinian culture, well, it is the most important battle of all. the key point is that the palestinian diaspora in one way or another, also ensures the continuity of palestinian culture. the palestinian diaspora around the world has
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very close relationship with palestine, they travel, they invest, they maintain a relationship that is permanent and systematic, and the palestinian culture is being renewed like any cultural process and therefore it is absolutely impossible for it to disappear beyond the pretensions of israel, the united states and europe who feel effectively that they are the representatives the civilization in the face of barbarism, the last few days have shown precisely the opposite, they are barbarism, and it seems that the palestinian people today represent the last bastian of civilization and humanity a world where... humanity in numerical terms is growing, but humanity as value is decreasing and is on the way to, pero la humanidad como valor desaparecer. i would
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like to ask if there is a direct relationship between palestinian culture and its resistance againism. gracias javiera por tu pregunta. noted that this answer is not only valid for the palestinian people, resistance and culture are two sides of the same coin. all the peoples of the world that have suffered colonial enterprises have seen their culture as an indispensable and fundamental form of their resistance and their struggle to remain and transcend. without culture there is no resistance. culture is defined as all those forms of problem solving, resolution and satisfaction of needs, both material. material and immaterial that defined human group can carry out to reproduce its physical existence, but also reproduce its rituals, customs and traditions. today when you visit palestine, you realize that everything the palestinian people do, their entire culture is an act of
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resistance, studying, dancing, embroidery, painting, writing, working, doing crafts, if you visit hebron, you will see these glass factories, which are the same... factories that used to make glass 2,0 years ago, or you will see the olive trees that are in palestine, in the bethlehem area or in all of palestine, the palm trees with dates, there are some areas that have been planted for more than a thousand years and with trees that age more than a thousand years. that is why the israelies try every day to uproot and destroy these signs that are obvious manifestations of the culture of nation that have been present. the land for millennia. just look at the israeli settlements and the palestinian cities. palestinian cities or cities were not one building is the same as the other. each building has a specific place and has since most of them are hills a view, and all these houses climb onto each other
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and build a city that has the same shape as the geography, because it is amalgamated with the geography. by looking at them everyone immediately recognizes that these cities have been built over this. centuries, when one enters bethlehem and sees the paths where christ passed, one sees the ancient city, one sees the grotto of the nativity, one realizes that this city has been there for millennium. when you look at the israeli settlements, they are an absolutely spiritless and soulless repetition of housing unit that is repeated and could be repeated forever, and that erases geography, it erases history, it erases the landscape, in one way or another, it is even capable of intervening in water courses and changing it as it pleases without even respecting nature. one compares these two realities and immediately knows with absolute certainty which people
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i perhaps mentioned it at the beginning of my presentation, palestine is the natural bridge that unites africa, asia and europe. therefore, since ancient times, it has been an obligatory passage for all peoples, civilizations and cultures that sought to expand their domains and conquer and dominate the world. it is an old and well-known territory, but in addition to being a geopolitically and geostrategically important place, palestine is located in area that is known historically as the fertile cresent. this naming is because palestine was the most
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fertile area of the ancient world, especially in this region. the first agricultural communities emerged in this area as well as dispersed settlements. the first cities emerged here like ariha and gaza, which i mentioned earlier. we shouldn't also forget about the emergence of the agricultural surplus. when the concept of agricultural surplus spreads and some human beings real is that they can live off what others work for, they emigrate and go to build a compact city where domination is exercised and they separate themselves from the world that continues to produce through work and exchange of products and free energy. the city that emerges as the oldest city where everything starts. this claim is one of the inventions of israel that is referred to as jericho. when they invite you to visit jericho, they say come and see the place where everything started. in fact, the palestinian people continue to be people fundamentally with economy linked to
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agriculture, livestock and peasantry. no matter where in the world, they have never stopped being a people deeply linked to their lands and their identity, and perhaps that explains why the ones who are committing this genocide in that land and those who are uprooting that territory are in fact foreigners who have come from outside and not those who have lived there forever.
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the entire world has witnessed how one of the main objectives of the ongoing genocide
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carried out by the west at the hands of israel has been the murder of palestinian boys, girls and adolescents to annihilate once and for all the future of palestine, but palestinian children will continue to be born, they will continue to reproduce on this earth, they will continue to cultivate their culture and transmit it forever and ever until the last invaders leave pales. a land that is and forever will be palestine. in the next chapters we will be talking about the economic impact of this brutal aggression on the occupied territories. make sure to follow the program and join. eh, los invito a seguir este programa acompañarnos la próxima semana. more than 30,000 palestinians have so far been killed in israel's full-blown campaign
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of genocide against gaza since october 7th, last year. the war, like any other israeli action, has received full support from the united states, but the amount of us support for this particular war has been consequential and the death and destruction caused by it have been horrendous. "the us support for israel's bloodched has been so unconditional that it has prompted the closest allies of washington and tel aviv to speak up and urgen end to the american administration's blindbacking for the israeli regime. in this episode of the program we'll
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take a look at how the united states is liable for genocide in gaza as much as the israeli regime is in another." "the united states has been using its veto power at the united nations security council to protect the israeli regime, as a result, israel's killing machine has been able to keep going unphased despite the atrocious conducts of war, which has resulted in the incredibly high civilian death toll. the us first vetoed a draft security council resolution calling for immediate cease fire in october last year, days into the war. brazilian drafted text was killed on october 18th and along with it hopes that the mass murdering of the palestinians would stop. us ambassador to the un linda thomas greenfield said that the veto was because the draft did not mention what she called israel's right to self-defense. already over 3,0 palestinians had been killed. then on december 8th last year
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washington rejected another security council resolution aiming. to mandate a cease fire in gaza. deputy us ambassador to the un, robert wood said that text was rushed and ignored us demands. the palestinian death doll at the time was 17,400. the third us rejection of a ceasefire came on february 20th when thomas greenfield bizarrely claimed any cease fire would jeopardize us negotiations with the wiring sides. the palestinian death toll kept mounting and the humanitarian... crisis in gaza grew worse. the us stonewalling at the security council came even as votes at the united nations general assembly overwhelmingly called for a ceasefire. while resolutions agreed at the general assembly are non-binding, they carry political weights and reflect the international community's real stance on the israeli war. but the
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united states callous posture and utmost disregard for civilian loss of life has not been. limited to vetos at the security council. us officials have been making numerous trips to tel aviv to show support for the regime. us president joe biden made a wartime visit to israel in a dramatic show of support in october last year. us secretary of state anthony blincan has made several visits to tel aviv since the war started. us support for the war has been more than those vetos and official visits. the united states has been replenishing the israeli arsenal with would have gone dry days into the war given the intensity of the bombardments and other military operations in the densely populated gaza. us-made military hardware of all kinds has been flowing into israel from ammunition for small arms to missiles, land vehicles and aircrafts. while it is true that israel