The absurd “Zionist Palestinian state” comment

Dear PM Carney,

In a recent interview you told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour “what’s needed is a Zionist Palestinian state.”

Sir, Zionism is what is wrong with the existing Israeli state: it’s not even possible to have a Palestinian state if it’s “Zionist.”

Why would you make recognizing Palestinians’ inherent right to self determination based on their accepting the supremacist ideology that has dispossessed them? How would that be any different than the situation that currently exists?

As Craig Mokhiber noted in response to your comment, “calling for a ‘Zionist Palestinian state’ is like calling for a ‘Nicotine-based cure for cancer’ or a ‘Ku klux klan civil rights bill.’”

I beg of you to reconsider what I shall generously assume to be ignorance-driven poorly chosen words.

It’s high time Canada get serious about Palestine. For years, Liberal governments have been pledging support for “a two-state solution” meanwhile refusing to recognize one of said states. If you have no intention to ever support a genuine Palestinian state, be honest and say so, so we at least know what we are dealing with.

(With thanks to Just Peace Advocates and Canadian Foreign Policy Institute for their form letter which I adapted here)

Send your own already-shaped message to Mr Carney: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/97198f1dd11c63bda2acd12ea3dc640dc401205b

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