Observer from A Black Sea Town
SEE https://youtu.be/O4d7YZ2KU-I?
AND … Part 2 https://youtu.be/hgkFVWS9ohU?
This UN film The Palestinians do have rights (1978), in two parts, provides a glimpse into Palestine after British intervention, and the Israel-Palestinian conflict. From the perspective of 2025, 47 years after this film was made, we can see that what is happening in Gaza today is nothing new but a continuation of Jewish-Zionist policy since the creation if Israel to (1) destroy the idea of a Palestinian state through violent means, (2) expand Greater Israel and (3) exterminate or expel Palestinians from their native land and (4) turn all Palestinians into “Terrorists” so Israel can claim the legitimate right to slaughter all Palestinians.
A key focus of the film is Palestinian identity and the right to a Palestinian state.
Orientalism rears its ugly head as Israel and the West have sought to turn Palestinians into Jordanians, then into Lebanese, and finally into Terrorists thus deleting from history that such a thing called Palestinians and Palestine ever existed. It is nothing but a devious evil colonial trick.
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An EDITOR’S NOTE
* The highlights are my hand.
* The author is a Westerner living ina Western country.
* The concept of “Orientalism” was coined by that brilliant mind, Edward Said, and new generations could begin with the Wikipedia introduction to Said before digesting his work.
SEE …..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orientalism_(book)#:~:text=Orientalism%20is%20a%201978%20book,%E2%80%94that%20is%2C%20the%20Orient.
Benjamin H. Freedman: 1961 Willard Hotel Speech (Full Unedited)-Genesis WWI, WWII and WWIII & Zionism
President Truman Discusses Challenges of Establishing Israel in Palestine
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/spw9lF8Wra4
https://island.lk/the-western-gaze-orientalism-and-middle-east-conflict/