These struggles for self-determination have been fought for decades – Palestine for over 75 years, and Western Sahara since 1963, writes Shannon Ebrahim.
The pro-Palestine march is being held in response to the events in Israel and Gaza. South Africa’s foreign policy is premised on our values and principles, key amongst which is the right to resist illegal colonial occupation and to realise self-determination. This is a right provided for by the United Nations and is one of the most significant gains of post-World War II international law.
The UN Charter defines self-determination as essential for strengthening universal peace. It deems the process of liberation irresistible and irreversible and argues for an end to colonialism and all practices of segregation and discrimination. Despite these resolutions, global powers have done little, if anything, to put pressure on the occupying powers to adhere to UN resolutions, thereby enabling their intransigence.
In the face of international inaction, the legitimate representatives of the Sahrawis and the Palestinians – the Polisario Front and the PLO – both declared statehood respectively from Algiers. Growing oppression, human rights violations, and continuing territorial conquest on the part of the occupying powers in these two illegal occupations have led to frustration which has made the status quo simply untenable.
Just as with the Sahrawis, the Palestinian Intifadas and attempts at armed resistance have emerged out of the boiling frustration of the people who cannot continue to live under siege and as second-class citizens in their land.
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