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#Palestine / UN's Srebrenica recognition amidst Gaza genocide: double standard when it’s about Muslim lives

The recognition of the #Srebrenica #genocide is criticized for its timing, almost 30 years after the event, amidst the ongoing genocide in #Gaza. The recognition feels performative and serves to legitimize the ongoing violence against Palestinians, rather than genuinely addressing the issue of genocide.

Critics argue that this timing suggests a double standard, prioritizing the commemoration of past atrocities while seemingly ignoring the current genocide in Palestine. It’s not surprising that the involvement of countries like #Germany, which supports the Srebrenica resolution while simultaneously supplying weapons to #Israel, further fuels this criticism.

https://lefteast.org/yesterday-srebrenica-today-gaza/

Emina Bužinkić is a researcher, activist, and writer focusing on migration, refuge, education, transnational solidarities, and feminist praxis. Dr. Piro Rexhepi is a research fellow at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies at UCL.

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Dec 12, 2024 at 2:58pmWeb
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[…] In contrast to the politics of genocide denial across geographies, we call for the urgent ceasefire in #Gaza, end of bioterror in the occupied #Palestine, and peace and freedom for Palestinians. The global order that we commit to not only timely recognizes the genocidal intentions at the onset of settler colonial, occupational, and apartheid projects; but abolishes any possibility of supremacist ideologies, violence and erasure of peoples and lands.

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#Germany, among other countries, objecting a UN proposal to commemorate the #Nakba annualy. The resolution was adopted with 101 votes in favour & 27 against. Clearly, genocide should never be recognized by the international community while it’s happening… 🙄 so forgetting its roots is best.

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