After their kidnapping from international waters and abuse in illegal detention in Israel, Saif Abu Keshek and Thiago Avila have been released.
What does it say about how Israel is doing?
In short, two things.
One, that Israel can still operate with impunity, emboldened by the inaction and cowardice of our governments.
It can kidnap humanitarians from international waters as the whole world is watching. It can continue its illegal occupation. It can continue its genocide in Gaza. And it can continue its destruction of Southern Lebanon.
Two, it shows that international pressure, however insufficient to prevent the crimes listed, does carry some weight.
The fact that Thiago and Saif have been released – and not kept in Israel’s torture dungeons indefinitely, like what it’s doing to thousands of Palestinians – is a success. It is good news. It is a small but meaningful sign that Israel cannot do anything it wants to anyone. And it is only possible because of the pressure we collectively build.
And this is exactly what we have to continue doing.
Because Saif and Thiago are free, but Palestine isn’t.
There is no way back to not caring, to unseeing, to unfeeling.
As long as Israel exists as a supremacist apartheid entity, unleashing death and suffering onto the whole region (including burning itself from within), our work continues.
The good news: we are in a company that contains the best of our humanity. And some of them were just released from the illegal detention of the occupier ✊🏽
As always, stay strong, check on others, and keep your heart open.
❤️💔❤️
Justina
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