The arrival of Israeli soldiers and former soldiers at Brazilian holiday destinations demands a question: does accountability for crimes disappear when military uniforms are exchanged for beachwear? Brazil…
The arrival of Israeli soldiers and former soldiers at Brazilian holiday destinations demands a question: does accountability for crimes disappear when military uniforms are exchanged for beachwear? Brazil cannot welcome as ordinary visitors people against whom there is credible evidence of involvement in atrocities without investigating those suspicions. As I have repeatedly argued, the genocide in Gaza is part of the history of Zionist settler colonialism. The Nakba, which uprooted more than 750,000 Palestinians in 1948, never ended.
It continues through land dispossession, forced displacement and the denial of self-determination. The destruction of Gaza deepens this process of expulsion and the attempt to eliminate the Palestinian presence. In September 2025, the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry concluded that Israeli […]
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