In September, 2023 I was invited to join a LinkedIn group of volunteers, American Voices for Peace (AVP). During our four months of activity we received over 10 million views and had 3,000 members. In January, our page was unceremoniously removed and our questions as to its removal remain unanswered.
Until the General Election, November 5, 2024, this was a support group for a leading presidential candidate. Members of the group were activists concerned with the disproportionate response to the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack, as assessed by the International Court of Justice (ICJ). We called for the application of International Law
AVP was an organic, grassroots movement of antiwar activists and groups acting synchronously to achieve what a two-thirds majority of the American people demand: a permanent ceasefire and an arms embargo on Israel.
Becoming a fact-checking news source
We posted letters on social media, on the State Department’s website, and to the offices of C.A.I.R., the Council on American Islamic Relations. We are also becoming a trustworthy “news service” by fact-checking and posting reports from conflict zones in Gaza, the West Bank, and Lebanon. Notifications of developments had been preceding the mainstream news outlets by two to three hours, typically.
For laws to work, they need enforcement so people will abide by them
Members of AVP were adamant that the United States federal government uphold and enforce law. International Humanitarian Law (IHL) is currently not being followed in the Middle East, with war crimes and crimes against humanity heavily documented. Indeed, the ICJ made it clear in the first day of their hearings on Israel’s genocide that the occupier does not have a “right” to defend itself from the people it is occupying.
I am a supporter of Palestine as a sovereign state and the Indigenous Palestinian people, comprising the Bedouin Jahalin, al-Kaabneh, al-Azazmeh, al-Ramadin and al-Rshaida.
Settler-Colonialism
Settler-colonialism is the antithesis of Indigeneity.
In a world ruled violently by materialistic interests, eager to remove the locals and extract the resources and gain yet more control from afar over peoples’ lives, we find ourselves yearning for peaceful resolution. Indigenous people still require protection from invaders. Such protections, including enforcement capability, are not yet enshrined in law.
