Even if the Palestinians are not a People, they nevertheless are and always have been people—that is, individual human beings with natural rights, namely, the rights to life, liberty, property, and the pursuit of happiness. Like everyone else.
But individuals can come to be regarded as a People as a result of a long, continuous way of life in a particular area. This is true of the Palestinians. They are both a People and people. See this.
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"The truth is that, to many people calling themselves Socialists, revolution does not mean a movement of the masses with which they hope to associate themselves; it means a set of reforms which ’we’, the clever ones, are going to impose upon ’them’, the Lower Orders."...
The Israeli war on Gaza and surrounding region has revealed a constant inconsistency among Western governments. My own Australia has been among those nations unable to conduct itself with any true impartiality. Despite recognizing Palestine as a state, it has gone on...
“I don’t think we’re gonna necessarily ask for a declaration of war. I think we’re just gonna kill people that are bringing drugs into our country. Okay? We’re gonna kill them. You know? They’re gonna be like dead. Okay.”- President Donald Trump, October 23, 2025 As...
Rather than create a virtual state for Palestine that may only validate Israel again, states should REVOKE their recognition of Israel