at open letterAsad Ghanem, a political analyst and professor of political science at Haifa University, urged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to stop using double standards and support the Palestinian struggle, describing his speech before the Knesset as a disgrace when it comes to the struggle for freedom and liberation, especially the Palestinian people.
Ghanem expressed – in his message published by “Middle East Eye” (Middle East EyeThe British – expressed its concern over Zelensky’s apparent double standards towards the legitimate Palestinian struggle against occupation, oppression, killing, racial discrimination and displacement, “which are crimes that Israel has been practicing against my people for more than 7 decades.”
Ghanem explained that Zelensky reversed the roles of the occupier and the occupation, and he missed another opportunity to prove the justice of his cause and the broader cause of freedom.
We reject the policies of America and NATO
Addressing the Ukrainian president, he said, “I am angry and sad because Russia seeks to occupy your country and crush the right of the Ukrainian people to self-determination and freedom, and I believe that every possible support must be given to the Ukrainians as they resist this barbaric aggression. At the same time, I reject the policies of the United States and its allies in (NATO). NATO (NATO) around the world.
He continued saying that he admired Zelensky’s success in building a large international coalition to support Ukraine’s struggle against Russian aggression, and expressed his wish that the Palestinians would be able to persuade the world to mobilize in the same way, and force Israel to abide by international resolutions.
Ghanem reviewed Israel’s crimes against the Palestinian people since the 1948 Nakba until now, and their racist nature, saying that with that, Zelensky took public positions in support of the Israeli occupation at the United Nations, and continued until the start of the attack on his country to practice double standards, as he is still willing to accept mediation between His country and Russia are being carried out by the right-wing nationalist Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at a time when Israel has been reluctant to accept non-Jewish Ukrainian refugees.
Ukraine’s victory gives us hope
The writer explained that most Palestinians are watching the stubborn struggle led by Zelensky, and wish him victory over the “brutal Russian aggression,” noting that a Russian victory would be a great gift to Israel’s aggressive stance.
He concluded his message by saying that the struggle and victory of the Ukrainian people, even with the destruction of a large part of their country and the displacement of tens of thousands of it, would give hope to other peoples struggling against oppression and erasure, “reviving our hopes of return and liberation. To this end, I urge you to stop support our persecutors.”
