My friend and Freedom Advocacy Network member Roel Zylstra, one of the organizers behind the United For Peace (U4P) campaign educated us on the U4P https://u4pal.com/u4p/ campaign’s goals, history and future plans. This is yet another tool in the belt for struggle for Palestinian liberation.
Agenda:
What is U4P?
• Versus UNSC resolutions and R2P
Why advocate U4P for Palestine?
• As opposed to:
o Boycott – generally by individuals
o Divest – by organizations, including commercial, governmental, and non-gov/commercial
o Sanction – by governments
o Legal – Hind Rajab foundation, etc.
o Material action – Palestine Action, etc.
• United Nations
o UNSC vs UNGA
o History of UNGA votes in 2024, 2025, and 2026
o Votes needed for U4P
• Columbia’s call for U4P
o Undoubtable coercion from the US prevented Colombia presenting its proposal earlier
o Is there a lack of support, perhaps shown by the lack of people at rallies?
• Trump’s plan
o Phase one and two
o Why did all UNSC countries (except Russia and China, who abstained) vote for the Trump plan?
o The inevitable failure of phase two of Trump’s plan due to, for example, lack of details, who provides troops, etc.
o Palestine Authority’s complicity in the genocide of its own people
o Understanding Mahmoud Abbas and the people who work with him
What do Palestinians want?
• PNGO, civil society
• Hamas, other factions
o Details of civilian help, armed troop locations, etc.
What should be done now?
• Continue to spread the word via various channels
• Target citizens in aligned countries to pressure their governments
o Messaging – Tie Palestine’s fate to the fate of regular people in the Global South, including other Arabic countries
• Embargoes? – this will not stop Israel’s genocide in the short term
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