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@AlnaouqA - Ahmed Alnaouq
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The Palestinians lack international support due to their lack of wealth and power, which translates to fewer rights. This parallels the disparity in rights between poor black kids in urban areas and wealthy suburban residents in the US. The national interest is driven by the wealthy elite and major corporations, not the general population's desires. Public opinion is often ignored in policy-making, with decisions favoring the wealthy elite. Active public engagement is necessary to influence policy.
Translation: The lack of international support for Palestinians is due to their poverty and powerlessness, similar to how poor black kids in cities have fewer rights than wealthy suburban residents. Government policy in the US is driven by the interests of the rich elite and major corporations, ignoring the public's desires. Public opinion is disregarded, requiring active activism to influence policy.
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Speaker 0: Part of the tragedy of the Palestinians is that they have essentially no international support for a good reason. They don't have wealth, they don't have power, so they don't have rights. It's the way the world works, you know. Your rights correspond to your power and your wealth. Same inside the United States, we're not shouldn't be surprised to see it.
If you're a poor black kid in Roxbury, you don't have the rights of a rich person living in the suburbs, right. Same in the international arena. So the Palestinians, I mean, they may get statements of support, but nobody is going to do much for them, especially when the U. S. Threatens anyone who might try to do something.
What's called the national interest turns out to be the interest of dominant domestic forces in US society. So the national interest means the interests of the very rich major corporations, the ones who set government policy and so on. That's the national interest and not the population. The population is basically irrelevant. The population often strongly opposes government policy and they're simply disregarded.
Overwhelmingly, people say there should be much higher taxes on the wealthy. What happens? Taxes on the wealthy go down. And it's the same on issue after issue. We do not live in a society in which the public determines policy.
The public is around, but basically disregard it unless they force themselves to enter the system by serious activism.
@AlnaouqA - Ahmed Alnaouq
These kids almost died today drowning as they were trying to catch some food from the airdrops that fell into the sea. https://t.co/0mQGeHrnVJ
@AlnaouqA - Ahmed Alnaouq
Israel bombed tents of Palestinian refugees today in Rafah next to the Emirati hospital. DON’T LOOK AWAY. https://t.co/3Qk8aXVwGV
@AlnaouqA - Ahmed Alnaouq
Alazhar University in Gaza, where I did my first degree in English Literature, before and after the barbaric Israeli onslaught on Gaza. https://t.co/hhF3jXCWSz
