Ami Ayalon, former head of Israel’s internal security service Shin Bet, and a former minister and parliamentarian, once told ABC News during the height of the Hamas-Israel conflict, “If I were a Palestinian living under occupation, I would fight Israel for freedom. If someone came and stole my land, I would fight him without limits. The Palestinians are a people demanding independence, not just individuals seeking their daily needs of food and drink!” A very similar stance was expressed by Ehud Barak, Israel’s Prime Minister from 1999 to 2001, who recognized the Palestinians’ right to resist.
Yet, paradoxically, some among our own people deny this right to the Palestinians, who are the true bearers of the cause and those paying the heaviest price every day. They also deny Palestinians their right to resist and to live with dignity, openly demanding unconditional surrender to Israel because they believe it is impossible to defeat. This is truly shameful and can only be explained as serving Zionist interests.
The clearest evidence lies in the hundreds of articles they have written and dozens of television interviews they have given since October 7, 2023, none of which have ever condemned the criminal actions of the Zionist government, not even once. They also claim that the Palestinians previously sold their land to the Jews, who, according to them, have consistently rejected all peace offers, from before the founding of Israel to the present day, along with other shameful lies.
US President Truman, the first world leader to recognize Israel, made a powerful statement, declaring that the Zionists want all of Palestine for themselves, “devoid of all its inhabitants,” and that this would not be an easy task. This stands as a clear rebuttal and refutation of the global Zionist narrative that Palestine was a land without a people given to a people without a land.
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British-Australian actress Miriam Margolyes, born in May 1941, is known for her outspokenness and strong opinions, as well as her extensive work in film, television, and theater. She has won the prestigious BAFTA Award and gained international fame for her role as Professor Sprout in the Harry Potter film series (2001–2011). Margolyes is also a recipient of the Order of the British Empire, one of the highest honors in the UK.
In light of France’s recent announcement of its imminent intention to recognize a Palestinian state, and growing pressure from 100 British Parliament members urging Prime Minister Keir Starmer to do the same, Miriam Margolyes has declared that she considers Gaza her greatest cause. A long-time supporter of Palestinian rights, she is deeply concerned with the situation there, especially because, as a Jewish woman, she is fully aware of the historical accusations, violence, and suffering her own people have been subjected to.
Therefore, she cannot bear the thought that the Jews, her own people, are now inflicting the same suffering on another people who had nothing to do with the horrors of the Holocaust, a tragedy that was a purely European crime, for which Europe alone must bear responsibility, without forcing another people to pay the price. Her heart aches as she confronts this painful reality. It pains her deeply to acknowledge that, in a tragic way, Hitler ultimately triumphed over her people by turning them into his own criminal counterparts.
By Ahmad alsarraf
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