PALESTINE-ISRAEL: CONFLICT OR COLONISATION?

When discussing violence taking place in the Gaza Strip and across occupied Palestinian territories, people often explain it as a conflict between two equal sides fighting a war for decades.

However, in this 1 April clip from @piersmorganuncensored, US-based journalist and filmmaker Abby Martin (@fababs) told @piersmorgan this is an inappropriate lens to view the issue. The root cause, she argues, is the 75-year Israeli occupation inflicted on an indigenous people in service of a settler-colonial state.

Since the 7 October escalation, Israel has killed more than 33,000 people via bombardments and a siege. A provisional International Court of Justice ruling in January and a temporary UN Security Council ceasefire resolution in March have not stopped Israel.

Do you agree with Martin’s perspective? Let us know in the comments.