Human rights discourse serves the two-state paradigm, not the Palestinian people

Since Israel commenced with its genocide in Gaza, Israeli leaders openly spoke of ethnic cleansing and forced displacement. Protected by a web of international complicity, Palestinians who were…

Since Israel commenced with its genocide in Gaza, Israeli leaders openly spoke of ethnic cleansing and forced displacement. Protected by a web of international complicity, Palestinians who were not killed during the genocide are now living in around 30 per cent of what remains of Gaza which is not militarily occupied by Israel.

As winter draws near, Ajith Sunghay, head of the UN Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory stated, “Those displaced before the announcement of a ceasefire have little to no prospect of return to the areas they fled, most of which are inaccessible because they fall beyond the so-called yellow line. And they continue to be displaced again and again.” This is the brutality of colonial violence. […]