By: Abbas Muntaqim
First and foremost, I want to extend my heartfelt congratulations to the Palestinian resistance in the historic Al-Aqsa Flood operation. I wanted to write an article to provide some education on what zionism is, and why Palestinains have the right to free the land, while also connecting the Palestinian struggle to the New Afrikan struggle and why we too have the right to free the land. So let’s hop into the facts so we can get some clear understanding of the situation.
What is zionism?
zionism is a racist, fascist, anti-Islam, settler colonial pseudo-Jewish movement which seeks to establish a so-called “Jewish” state in Palestine. I say “so-called”’ Jewish state, because nowhere in the Torah does it say that Jewish people should set up a pseudo-homeland in the state of Palestine.
The term zionism was created at the end of the 19th century by a european named theodor herzl, upon the belief that Jewish people have the right to committ genocide against indigenous Palestinians, and to develop a homeland for european Jewish people. This horrific and satanic plan came into reality as the United Nations General Assembly partitioned Palestine into two states in 1947, one european jewish, and one Arab — and in 1948 the state of israel was created. This led to the Nakba, in which nearly 100,000 Palestinians were murdered by the Zionists, and nearly 1 million Palestinians were displaced.
The establishment of the so called state of israel is directly a part of pan europeanism (the political, social, economic, and military unity of europeans and european nation states). The British played a foundational role in the creation of israel through its Balfour Declaration in 1917, and its colonial control of Palestine through 1920–1948. It was in the interests of Pan-Europeanism to create israel in order to loot resources, and establish a military stronghold in the Arab and African region — all largely with the goal of controlling, exploiting, and stealing Muslim lands and killing Muslims as well. We also know zionism will attack and kill all Palestinians, in addition to non-Muslim Arabs and Africans, as zionism is a white nationalist racist ideology.
We gotta understand that opposing zionism is not anti-semitic. Indeed zionism itself is anti-semtic, as it commits genocide against the Palestinans, who are a semitic people. zionism itself is not rooted in Judaism, rather it’s funneled by an imperialist, racist, settler colonial ideology using a false European centric distortion of Judaism as a shield to steal the land from Palestinians.
How does this relate to Africa?
One of the many historical facts that show that the zionist movement and thus the state of israel in occupied Palestine — has no historical basis, is that in the early 19th and 20th centuries, zionists proposed establishing a so-called european Jewish homeland in Uganda or Eritrea. In 1903, herzl, the founder of the zionist movement, presented the state of israel being created in Uganda, at the sixth zionist congress. Additionally, in 1922, the british government offered the zionists a territory in Eritrea for the establishment of israel, further showing that the creation of israel has no historical basis, but rather its goal was to establish European jewish control of land that isn’t theirs! You gotta ask yourself, do europeans historically belong in Africa? The same question then must be asked about Palestine!
Since the state of israel has been created, it constantly has been meddling in the affairs of African nations, whether it be war or clandestine operations.
The Egypt-israel war, which started on June 5th, 1967 when the israelis struck Egyptian air bases, thus destroyed much of the Egyptian air force. The zionists also led a ground invasion and captured the Sinai peninsula.
Eritrean War of Indepence: israel militarily supported Ethiopia’s colonial occupation of Eritrea
Operation Bamba 2006: israel carried out airstrikes in Sudan. Meddled in countries affairs.
The zionists also have been funding extremist organizations like al Qadea and boko haram to carry out clandestine operations that benefit the state of israel and pan-europeanism. Which makes sense when you consider the idf (israeli defense force) is nothing more than a coalition of zionist terrorist groups. I.E. igrun and the stern gang.
Clandestine operations in Uganda and meddling in the counties internal affairs
Classified clandestine operations to destabilize the region
israel’s support of the destruction of Libya
israel’s support of apartheid South Africa
Supplying of arms in Rwandan genocide
Meddling in Chad’s elections
Interference in Kenya’s internal affairs
How does this relate for New Afikans in the so-called United States?
Joint Struggle
As New Afrikans (Black), we understand the joint struggle we share with Palestinains, as we are both under the heel of settler colonialism. Thus we both have the innate human rights under international law to resist settler colonialism by any means necessary. United Nations law states that “all peoples have the right to self-determination; by virtue of that right they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development.” Not only that, in General Assembly resolution 2621 of October 1970, states that “colonial peoples have the inherent right to struggle by all necessary means at their disposal against colonial powers and alien domination in exercise of their rights of self determination recognized in this Charter of the United Nations”.
The condition we New Afrikans face here in the occupied united states, as well as the condition of Palestinians, is a situation of genocide. Under international law, genocide is illegal, and that victims of genocide have the right to stop such genocide, by any and all means necessary, thus legalizing armed miliatry resistance to settler colonialism.
Policing and Military Occupations
Both New Afrikans and Palestinians face military occupation of our neighborhoods and communities. It is well documented that over 1000 police officers in the usa have been trained by the zionist entity since 2002. The infamous nypd itself not only has joint training with the idf, but also has nypd officers as liaisons in the zionist state. We are also seeing the rise of cop cities in amerika, which should be understood as military bases, meant to deploy on colonized nations within amerika. These bases are a normality in occupied Palestine.
There is also a technological aspect at play in terms of the zionist and amerikan occupation of land. Both regimes share and develop technology and use it as a part of their “domestic” and abroad military occupations. Whether it be spyware developed for tracking iPhones (such as the israeli created pegasus), using artificial intelligence for military hardware such as the so called iron dome, shot spotters, drones, robots, and etc., all of this is used to further secure their position as settler colonizers and enact military rule on the oppressed. Essentially using technology to create digital prisons.
Since the creation of the zionist state, the united states of amerika has given billions upon billions to the military of israel. After the historic Al Aqsa Flood by the Islamic Resistance of Palestine, joe biden, with a stroke of a pen, sent 8 billion dollars to israel, while hundreds of thousands New Afrikans sleep on the street every night. As Tupac said, “They got money for the wars but can’t feed the poor.” This shows us that zionism can’t exist without the backing of amerikan firepower. In many ways, israel is the demonic spawn of amerika, protecting amerikas imperialist interests in West Asia and Africa.
Why we must free the land? Programs for Decolonization
Ultimately we must understand that the united states of amerika is the top dog of pan-european imperialism. The usa is the biggest threat to humanity. Imperialism is like an octopus with many tentacles. It has its tentacles all throughout the world. You cut off one tentacle, and another tentacle grows somewhere else. But if you go for the head, the tentacles can no longer grow. This is why we must struggle here inside the belly of the beast of the united states of amerika and end imperialism and settler colonialism from within! We must fulfill our historic obligation to humanity, and free the land from euro-amerikkan control!
This requires us to build revolutionary organizations, and to develop programs for decolonization in our community with the offensive objective of freeing the land. These programs for decolonization will provide the infrastructure in the community to become autonomous, and will be a material lifeline to the community before, during, and after the revolution. Programs like free health clinics, free grocery programs, street medics, and farming for example will provide the daily needs for the movement, while advancing the political, social, economic and military goals of creating unity in the community to advance the struggle for decolonization.
Closing
Palestinians and New Afrikans have the right to resist by any and all means necessary. This is part of the process of becoming dignified human beings and reclaiming our humanity, by freeing the land! When we fight to free the land we become aware of our humanity — and when we see our humanity we can realize that these oppressors are humans just like us, like Fanon said: “believe me, the zombies are more terrifying than the settlers”!
Free The People,
Free The Land!
And never forget: We Are Our Own Liberators!
