From Pine Ridge to Palestine: Indigenous Solidarity in the Ceasefire Movement - An Interview with Nick Tilsen, who is #Jewish and #OgalaLakota
by Cristina Veran
February 2024
"My Grandpa Ken always believed—and I also believe—that #Zionism was, and will always be, at odds with justice, so that has long been part of my political orientation.
"I am not against Jewish People having their own land, at all. What I am against is [#Israel as] a #SettlerColonial government that, by design, violates other people’s #HumanRights and becomes an avenue for #imperialism. For Jews out there who see Zionism as some kind of Indigenous rights movement, I say, 'You are misguided.' That movement is leading to #fascism, to the very things that are against #IndigenousValues about the interdependency that we all have as Peoples. In the #Lakota language, we say ‘#MitákuyeOyásiŋ’—we are all related."
Read more:
https://www.culturalsurvival.org/news/pine-ridge-palestine-indigenous-solidarity-ceasefire-movement-interview-nick-tilsen
#CeasefireNow #IDFTerrorism #Zionism #Fascism #Gaza #Palestine #October7 #IndigenousSolidarityWithPalestine