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- Comment on Queensland moves to ban pro-Palestine slogan ‘from the river to the sea’ under sweeping new hate speech laws 2 days ago:
Today the idea of a country is often conflated with the modern concept of ‘nation-state’, but this was not always the case and countries existed long before nationalism or the creation of metanarratives for the nation-state. The conception of Palestine as a geo-political unit and a country (Arabic: bilad or qutr), with evolving boundaries, has developed historically and continues to do so. The identity and cultures of Palestine are living organisms: they change, evolve and develop. This work explores the representation of Palestine over time as a mixture of the perceived and conceived and the lived realities of the country.
- Comment on Israeli policy in West Bank 'close to ethnic cleansing', says Ehud Olmert 3 days ago:
It’s been ethnic cleansing since before the nakba, it’s simply ramping up in intensity once again
- Comment on Queensland moves to ban pro-Palestine slogan ‘from the river to the sea’ under sweeping new hate speech laws 3 days ago:
No, I’m not going to apologize for supporting emancipation
- Comment on Queensland moves to ban pro-Palestine slogan ‘from the river to the sea’ under sweeping new hate speech laws 3 days ago:
Again, wrong. Maybe do so reading.
Unless you mean state as in nationalism, wasn’t a thing until the 19th century. Where Palestine was self-governing under the ottoman empire until British occupation began.
From the Introduction
Conventional wisdoms are often articulated by powerful elites; they are not always based on facts. The conventional wisdom is that Palestine never in its history experienced self-government, political or cultural autonomy, not to mention practical sovereignty and actual statehood. Nothing is further from the truth. As we shall amply demonstrate in this work, over three millennia from the late Bronze Age and until the establishment of the Israeli state in 1948, Palestine enjoyed a great deal of social, political and economic autonomy and also experienced statehood through six distinct, though not mutually exclusive, ways – ways which had a profound impact on the evolution of the ideas of Palestine across the millennia: • Autonomous economic and monetary systems and the issuing of Palestinian currency: the institution of independent monetary policies and the minting of distinct Palestinian currency were evident in the cases of the coinage of Philistia or Philisto-Arabian in the 6th‒4th centuries BC (discussed in chapter one) and the minting of Arab currency ‘in Filastin’ throughout early Islam (discussed in chapter six). • Imperial patron‒protégé systems: the construction of patron‒client systems and the rise of local and autonomous regional and urban elites in Palestine, as was in the case of the ‘urban notables’ of Ottoman Palestine. But ultimately, as we shall see in chapter eight, these Ottoman urban elites in Palestine were rule-takers not rule-makers and rule-breakers. • Administrative, provincial and military autonomy: this is evident throughout the Roman and Byzantine periods in what became widely known as Provincia Palaestina or the Dux Palaestinae, the ‘military commander of Palestine’ (discussed in chapter four), Mutawalli Harb Filastin (“ ”, Military Governor of Palestine) (discussed in chapter six) and in late Ottoman period Palestine with the creation of the autonomous administrative Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem as the key province of Palestine (discussed in chapter nine). • Palestinian client states: the emergence and creation of several Palestinian client states, partly based on the same patron‒client relationships. Although the types of client states in Palestine and the degree of their subordination to imperial or powerful states varied significantly, the kings of Philistia throughout much of the Iron Age, the client King Herod the Great under the Romans in the 1st century AD (discussed in chapter four), the Ghassanid tribal Arab federate kings (supreme phylarchs) of Palaestina Secunda, Palaestina Prima and Palaestina Tertia in the 6th and early 7th centuries (discussed in chapter five) and to a lesser extent the autonomous regime of Ahmad Pasha al-Jazzar in the 18th century were cases in point. • Palestinian practical sovereignty and statehood: this was achieved by Daher al-‘Umar following his successful rebellion against Ottoman rule in the middle of the 18th century (discussed in chapter eight). • Ecclesiastical independence and autocephaly: this was achieved by the Church of Aelia Capitolina and Provincia Palaestina from the mid-5th century following the Council of Chalcedon (discussed in chapter four).
- Comment on Queensland moves to ban pro-Palestine slogan ‘from the river to the sea’ under sweeping new hate speech laws 3 days ago:
Yeah, it’s not a surprise that ethnosupremacist fascists dedicated to ethnic cleansing use their twisted version as a call for even more ethnic cleansing.
- Comment on Queensland moves to ban pro-Palestine slogan ‘from the river to the sea’ under sweeping new hate speech laws 3 days ago:
Palestine As A Name Commonly Used Throughout Ancient History
> First documented in the late Bronze Age, about 3200 years ago, the name Palestine (Greek: Παλαιστίνη; Arabic: , Filastin), is the conventional name used between 450 BC and 1948 AD to describe a geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River and various adjoining lands. This work explores the evolution of the concept, histories, identity, languages and cultures of Palestine from the Late Bronze Age to the modern era. Moreover, Palestine history is often taught in the West as a history of a land, not as Palestinian history or a history of a people. This book challenges colonial approach to Palestine and the pernicious myth of a land without a people (Masalha 1992, 1997) and argues for reading the history of Palestine with the eyes of the indigenous people of Palestine. The Palestinians are the indigenous people of Palestine; their local roots are deeply embedded in the soil of Palestine and their autochthonous identity and historical heritage long preceded the emergence of a local Palestinian nascent national movement in the late Ottoman period and the advent of Zionist settler-colonialism before the First World War.
- Palestine, A Four Thousand Year History - - Nur Masalha Introduction
From Philistia To Provincia ‘Syria Palaestina’ (135 AD‒390 AD)
> The administrative province of Roman Palestine During Roman rule in Palestine, and more specifically between 135 AD and 390 AD, Palestine became one of the Provincias of the empire. This is also a period from which many written records were preserved in a variety of languages – Latin, Greek, Aramaic, Hebrew –and also covered in the annals and texts of the new religion of Christianity. By this time the name ‘Palestine’ was more than a millennium old and had substantial currency. During the Roman period the official/administrative name of ‘Palestine’ was consolidated and popularised in Latin and Greek, which were the two lingua francas of the Roman Empire and Eastern Mediterranean. These two languages affected trade, administration, education, religion, architecture, diplomacy, coinage and key place names throughout the Eastern Mediterranean.
- Palestine, A Four Thousand Year History - - Nur Masalha Chapter 3
- Comment on Queensland moves to ban pro-Palestine slogan ‘from the river to the sea’ under sweeping new hate speech laws 3 days ago:
It is an emancipatory slogan that calls for an end to apartheid and for equal rights.
Yousef Munayyer, head of the Palestine-Israel program at the Arab Center Washington D.C., has written extensively about the meaning of the slogan before and since Hamas’s attacks on Oct. 7, which led to Israel’s current bombardment of the Gaza Strip.
“It’s an expression of Palestinian nationalism and it’s an expression of a demand for Palestinian freedom or self-determination,” said Waxman. “I think Palestinian self-determination need not come at the expense of Jewish self-determination. Nor do I think Palestinian freedom has to be considered a threat to Jewish rights.”
Simply put, the majority of Palestinians who use this phrase do so because they believe that, in 10 short words, it sums up their personal ties, their national rights and their vision for the land they call Palestine. And while attempts to police the slogan’s use may come from a place of genuine concern, there is a risk that tarring the slogan as antisemitic – and therefore beyond the pale – taps into a longer history of attempts to silence Palestinian voices.
The use of the phrase “from the river to the sea” has come under particular scrutiny in the last three months. When Palestinians, or anyone on the left, has used the phrase to demand a free Palestine—as in the popular chant, “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free”—those on the right have disingenuously argued that it is calling for the death of all Jewish people in Israel.
In 2021, the Palestinian-American writer Yousef Munayyer argued that those who saw genocidal ambition in the phrase, or indeed an unambiguous desire for the destruction of Israel, did so due to their own Islamophobia.
It was instead, he argued, merely a way to express a desire for a state in which “Palestinians can live in their homeland as free and equal citizens, neither dominated by others nor dominating them”.
Preventing any possibility of a Palestinian state has always been Israel’s policy, one that the settlement building in the Occupied Territories is meant to ensure. This policy has been intensified under Benjamin Netanyahu, who in January 2024 publicly vowed to resist any attempt to create a Palestinian state and to maintain Israeli control from the river to the sea.
It is often maintained that the slogan ‘From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free’ expresses a genocidal and antisemitic intention. But this is generally not the case. On the contrary, the slogan has historically been used to articulate a wide variety of political strategies for Palestinian liberation
Denying such demands seems as self-evident to most Israeli Jews as the air they breathe. It is this denial that has led to the dehumanization of Palestinians and has culminated in the genocidal mood that is prevailing in Israeli Jewish society today and in the assault taking place now in Gaza. This should be viewed as the real problem and not the legitimate chant of ‘from the river to the sea: Palestine will be free’.
- Comment on An oopsie occured 3 days ago:
I’m not going to punish the service workers for the shitty hyper-capitalist exploitation that is tipping culture
Even in states without subminimum wages, the wage is still usually not a livable one
- Comment on An oopsie occured 3 days ago:
Me too but unfortunately I live in America
- Comment on An oopsie occured 3 days ago:
Did you tip?
- Comment on Sure, Jan 4 days ago:
Ah, professionally stupid and racist. Salary must be nice
- Comment on Sleep 1 week ago:
Unexpected comm for this, but cute animals are always top tier content
- Comment on ...is this retro? 1 week ago:
It’s never too late to find a time warp to go back a few decades. The holos just don’t hit the same
- Comment on Terrorism is seen as bad in the US because it's how a weaker force can fight a much stronger force 2 weeks ago:
Relevant comment I made a year back
I could much more easily call Israel a terrorist state, and by looking at cases of actual acts of terror, it’s clear that Israel does magnitudes more. But while acknowledging acts of terrorism is important, giving the label of terrorist to an entire group is not really useful. It’s mostly use to de-legitimize acts of resistance against colonialism and occupations. Such is the case with Ireland, Vietnam, Algeria, South Africa, and many more. Both the Occupier and the Occupied can and do use acts of terrorism to further their aims, but the aims are diametrically opposed. The aim of the occupier is to continue the occupation, that requires violence to maintain, and ethnic cleansing. The aim of the occupied is to end the occupation, by any means possible, and gain emancipation. We see that one is a reaction to the other, Israel’s perpetual violence towards native peoples is the underlying cause of these conflicts. Solutions to ending the violence of anti-colonialism can only come from ending the underlying violence of the colonialism. We see that permanent occupation develops into an Apartheid, as the settlers / occupiers have rights upheld by the State and Military, while the natives / occupied have no rights and subjected to violence from both the Settlers and Military. The State, who holds the monopoly on power, uses terrorism to suppress resistance to the occupation in order to maintain it. The occupied, having no power, uses terrorism as a means to resist the occupation. Israel has no interest in peace, it has interest in land grabbing, which is in complete opposition to peace. This is fundamental to Zionism. Which is why an end to Zionism and a regime change, where a Secular Bi-National One-State that gives equal rights to Palestinians and Israelis is the only way for the conflict to really end. Not only with Palestinian resistance, but with all resistance groups that were created by Israeli occupation.
- Comment on Cronch 2 weeks ago:
Not with that attitude
- Comment on I CAN'T go outside without permission - is there any way I can help fight for a better world from the comfort of my bedroom? 4 weeks ago:
DSA has a lot of working groups that are remote and action items you can do from your computer. You should check out a local chapter and see which ones you can join.
- Comment on I Love ‘Star Trek’ (Over ‘Star Wars’ & All Other Space & SciFi Entertainment), But I have One-Problem. What Do The Rest of True Fans Think? 1 month ago:
Legacy star wars is still goated imo
Same with Stargate SG-1
Foundation too for a modern sci-fi show imo
I like picking and choosing what parts of star wars or star trek I like and consider my personal canon
Although, all REAL space commies stan Kira. No exceptions 😤
- Comment on "Intifada is what the kid is doing. Terrorism is what the tank is doing." -Palestine Action Group Sydney on IG 1 month ago:
The kid is resisting oppression
Intifada means Uprising
Globalize the Uprising means to globally resist oppression
International solidarity.
- Comment on "Intifada is what the kid is doing. Terrorism is what the tank is doing." -Palestine Action Group Sydney on IG 1 month ago:
That user is a Zionist, no surprise they cynically conflate Zionism and Judaism, of which is actually antisemitic to do
- Comment on iPhone case with e-ink display lets users read books and comics without screen glare 2 months ago:
Kobo is fantastic
- Comment on If you wanted to create a long lasting community, is it better to create it on Piefed or on Lemmy? Does Piefed's development have the funding to go on long term? 2 months ago:
From Lemmy to Piefed I believe so. I don’t know any other details tho
- Comment on Israel Knesset panel advances bill to execute Palestinian prisoners 4 months ago:
No, supremacism is not a cornerstone of every country’s governance, only the fascist ones
- Comment on Israel Knesset panel advances bill to execute Palestinian prisoners 4 months ago:
this is what happens when you have an entire country based on
religion and geneticssupremacy - Comment on Hotdog, egg, and pickle bunt aspic 4 months ago:
I think this is the first image that has made me physically sick
- Comment on THIS JUST IN: FBI suspects Kirk was likely targeted, more info to come 5 months ago:
He’s planning on going after all political dissenters from what he said when he addressed the nation yesterday
- Comment on Google’s $45 Million Contract With Netanyahu's Office to Spread Israeli Propaganda 5 months ago:
Don’tbe evil - GoogleAt least their logo was 2/3rds right
- Comment on The duality of man 5 months ago:
You don’t understand how Democratic politicians that have directly funded trump and normalized right-wing positions (immigration is a great example of such) are far more responsible for Trump winning the election than online commenters who criticize the Democratic Party due to it’s proximity to the Republican Party?
Capitalists are responsible for the rise of fascism. Both parties are beholden to the interests of their capital donors, they simply play different roles to uphold that interest.
Progressives who criticize the Democratic party for failing to represent their constituents, who are supposed to be working class Americans, not billionaire donors, are the ones applying pressure on the Democratic party to actually fight against fascism instead of against progressive candidates and policies. The Democratic Establishment will not change without overwhelming pressure from working class Americans
- Comment on The duality of man 5 months ago:
- Comment on Israel’s attack on hospital in Gaza may constitute a war crime on many fronts 5 months ago:
By your logic there have been zero ‘official’ genocides.
Reading even a single report makes it obvious how exactly it is a genocide under international law
- Comment on Israel’s attack on hospital in Gaza may constitute a war crime on many fronts 5 months ago:
The ICC prosecutes individuals, such as the arrest warrants for netanyahu and multiple other Israeli officials for war crimes. The ICJ prosecutes countries, such as the current case on the Gaza genocide.
The ICJ reported, as part of its decisions in March and May, that the situation in Gaza had deteriorated and that Israel had failed to abide by its order in January.
That was the previous year. The genocidal actions and statements have only escalated. Acting as if the court case exists in a vacuum, or that it can only be a genocide after the case is closed, only serves to run defense for Israel while the genocide continues unabated.