PALESTINE & LEBANON
When Courage Calls Out a Terrorist State
Nabil Boukili is a breath of fresh air this world needs
I grant you and the little ones refuge, the little ones who
change the rocket’s course before it lands with their smiles.
~ Hiba Abu Nada, Palestinian poet and novelist in Gaza (from, “I Grant You Refuge”)
Last night, I enthusiastically listened to an enraged Nabil Boukili — of the Belgian Workers Party — address Idit Rosenzweig Abu, the Israeli Ambassador to Belgium and Luxembourg. My heart and soul were elated as his words of 22 October 2024 washed over me —
Quel culot de venir ici? Et de défendre ce que votre armée coloniale est en train de faire au peuple palestinien et au peuple libanais. / What audacity to come here and defend what your colonial military is in the process of doing to the Palestinian and Lebanese people!
Over nearly five minutes, I found myself cheering his courage to say what millions of us across the globe have been clamoring for: an unconditional end to the occupation, a complete cessation of the atrocities against our Palestinian sisters and brothers!
Speaking in French, the Moroccan Belgian MP castigated the Ambassador with questions like these:
