Mo Chara of Kneecap was cleared of terror charges today as naval ships from Italy and Spain join the humanitarian Global Sumud Flotilla (recovering from more chemical and explosive drone strikes) now off the coast of Koufonisi, south of Crete.
Also on this day, most of the 150 delegates at the 80th United Nations General Assembly walked out on Prime Minister Netanyahu, who then spoke to a nearly empty assembly hall. Colombian President Gustavo Petro stood on a street in New York City (with Roger Waters of the former Pink Floyd) and called for an army larger than that of the United States to be comprised of soldiers from all willing nations to enforce the orders of international justice starting with the liberation of Palestine. He said, “Here humanity has been challenged and humanity must respond.”
On Thursday, United States President Donald Trump said he “will not allow Israel to annex the West Bank.”
Of the 193 United Nations member states, 157 recognize an independent state of Palestine. People around the world continue to protest crimes against Palestinians while the estimated number of deaths in Gaza exceeds 160,000 people of which more than 20,000 were children.
Guarding or owning animals, parenting children, teaching students, treating patients, employing workers, these all involve some autonomy and independence, but within the law and protections of human rights. A nation’s self defense must be proportional and no state has any right to target and starve, torture, psychologically harm or kill innocent people.
Humanity must respond, but how does the average person intervene in genocide? I don’t know. I emailed the Turkish Embassy and urged President Recep Tayip Erdoğan to mobilize partnerships in the region and call on National Defense Minister Yaşar Güler to assist in safe passage for the Global Sumud Flotilla. I emailed President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi of Egypt, President Donald Trump, and President Gustavo Petro to respectfully request the same, assistance for the safe passage of the flotilla crew and survival aid to Gaza.
On board the humanitarian flotilla, Tadgh Hickey titled one of his videos, “Do something before we’re murdered.” I read that to mean all of us.
Mo chara is “my friend” in Irish, and I think it would be a beautiful thing to live in a world where we could say about all innocent people everywhere, mo chara is free, my friend is free.
Rogue Diplomacy 