Palestinians are the Priority an open statement of commitment to
the Palestinian Solidarity Cause
*
deliberately shifting focus away from Israel's war crimes and its
supremacist Zionist ideology;
* imposing unilateral agendas by
presenting both sides as victims;
* sabotaging service to the
just cause of the Palestinian people;
* ignoring the issue of
right of return for the Palestinians;
* utilising the platform
of the Palestinian discourse to argue about anti-Semitism, which is
not a Palestinian problem and not created by Arabs.
Our
primary and single concern is solidarity with the Palestinian
people.
As ethical human beings we consider it our obligation
to:
* do all we can to allow the information to be diffused as
widely and as quickly as possible;
* ensure the argument of
the oppression and disenfranchisement of the Palestinian people stays
in the forefront;
* present as clear and honest a picture as
possible of the meaning of Zionism and the Jewish State;
* to
cross the divide and to unite in our war against the Zionist
crime.
We accept and believe in equality of all persons,
regardless of their race, religion, political or other orientation.
We believe that full and unconditional support of the Palestinian
people is a condition sine qua non for activists to adopt, and we
recognise that their attachment to their homeland is a fundamental
and unalterable condition. To that end we advocate for one unified
State with equal rights for all its citizens.
Any attempts at
censoring reasoned critique of Israel and Zionism must be refused a
priori, as it is in conflict with the goal of seeking to protect and
support the Palestinian people - as their empowerment is the only way
to peaceful coexistence for all the populations of the Middle East.
Any attempts at dictating what the Palestinians should do will be
looked upon with great circumspection and suspicion. Palestinians
themselves wish to construct their own future and are not pawns to be
shifted on the chessboard.
We demand free speech for sincere
critics of Zionism and call for an end to campaigns created in order
to ostracise its most vocal critics. Smear campaigns will not be
tolerated, as we recognise that they are the instrument of choice of
Zionists, and detract energy from our work. We will not hesitate to
expose the instrumental usage of them, no matter the claimed
principles of those who are engaged in creating such campaigns. On
the other hand, open dialogue and reasoned argumentation is welcome
and greatly encouraged as a tool to understanding and
collaboration.
The indigenous people of Palestine are facing
extermination by the hands of the Jewish State, and the world keeps
silent. The sooner we draw public attention to Israel's needless
wanton destruction, the sooner we can do away with this horrifying,
insufferable situation.
