2024: A Year of Triumphs and Challenges for Palestine
January 5, 2025Looking back at 2024 🌗 I was overwhelmed with sadness and emotionally distraught thinking about the suffering and injustice that continues in Palestine 🇵🇸 and the destruction and death that befell Lebanon 🇱🇧. It made me feel helpless and ineffective.
But as I drilled deeper and more thoroughly, I found chards of light that poked holes in the darkness of last year. Decisions, actions, annoucements, movements, the chorus of voices speaking out for Palestine and the truth, the world leaders who changed course and international institutions passing resolutions that demonstrated a huge, global shift away from Israel, away from the USA, away from Zionism and towards justice and truth.
So, I invite you to take a few minutes and watch this video to remind yourselves of the victories, triumphs and successes that we all helped manifest through our collective efforts.
As Martin Luther King Jnr once taught us: « » » »The arc of the moral universe is long, but bends towards justice. » » » » We must remain steadfast in this belief and justice will prevail.
God has not deserted the Palestinians nor humanity. God is always shining his light and guiding us towards the path of salvation.
May we focus and build on the achievements of 2025 that we may end the march of the evil that inhabits our world at this time and save Palestine and humanity.
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English Script:
Daizy: Every day for the past year, I’ve woken up to news of more killings, more bloodshed, more genocide. And today, on New Year’s Eve, I ask myself, was this all 2024 Was about? Will this year go down as one of the most shameful and tragic in human history? And will we carry this heaviness, this darkness, hopelessness into 2025? Was it all bad? And that’s when it hit me. What if this is all part of the enemy’s plot to defeat us psychologically? So, I’ve chosen to remember this year differently.
What if, instead of focusing on all of the horrors of 2024, we turned our gaze upon all the successes, the triumphs, the victories for justice against injustice, for humanity, against inhumanity, for Palestine, Lebanon, and all who stood and stand against Israel and the axis of evil? Wouldn’t that revive our hope and restore our fortitude and spirit to bend that arc of the moral universe towards justice? As Martin Luther King once taught us. Well, this New Year’s Eve, instead of wallowing in the misery and depression, I choose to look at those victories of 2024 and celebrate the decisions and actions that will ultimately end Zionist domination and permit Palestinian liberation. And here are 50 good reasons why we should remain hopeful.
26th, 2024 The International Court of Justice found it plausible that Israel’s actions could amount to genocide. The 8th of February, Nicaragua applies to join the ICJ case against Israel. 11th March Belgium declares their intention to join the ICJ case against Israel. 28th March, 130 UK parliamentarians call for suspending arms exports to Israel. 28th March, the UN Special Rapporteur on Palestine, Francesca Albanese, publishes a report accusing Israel of genocide. 5th April, Colombia applies to join the ICJ case against Israel. April 9th, Turkey announces a restriction of exports to Israel. April 17th, Students at Columbia University, New York begin Gaza solidarity encampments that trigger similar actions across the United States and the world. April 20th, Barbados recognizes the State of Palestine. April 24th, Jamaica recognizes the State of Palestine. May 1st, Columbia severs diplomatic ties with Israel. Also in May, Turkey, Libya, Egypt, the Maldives, Mexico and Ireland apply to join the ICJ case against Israel. May 3rd, Trinidad and Tobago recognize the State of Palestine. May 8th, the Bahamas recognizes the State of Palestine. May 10th, the United Nations General Assembly passes a resolution, 143 for and 9 against supporting Palestine’s bid for full UN membership. May 12th, Egypt announces its joining the ICJ case against Israel. May 16th, Canada imposes sanctions on Israeli settlers. 28th May, Norway, Ireland and Spain recognize the State of Palestine. 29th May, Brazil withdraws its ambassador to Israel. 3rd June, Maldives bans Israelis from entering their country.
Across June, Chile, Palestine and Spain apply or declare their intention to join the ICJ case against Israel. 4th June, Slovenia recognizes the State of Palestine. 19th June, a UN Independent International Commission releases a report concluding Israel’s actions constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity. 21st June Armenia recognizes the State of Palestine. 23rd July, the International Court of Justice rules the Israeli occupation of Palestine is illegal and constitutes apartheid. 23rd July, Japan imposes sanctions on Israeli settlers. 25th July, Australia imposes sanctions on Israeli settlers.
29th August, San Francisco State University divest from weapons companies linked to Israel. 11th September, Palestine takes its seat amongst other states at the UN General Assembly. 28th September, Moody’s downgrades Israel’s credit rating. 6th October, French President Emmanuel Macron calls for a halt to arms to Israel. 8th October, a Belgian rights group follows a case in the International Criminal Court against 1000 Israeli settlers. 15th October, Spain and Ireland demand the EU suspend their free trade agreement with Israel. 15th October, over 40 British MPs call for the UK government to impose sanctions on Israel.16th October, France bans Israel from the Euro Naval Trade Show.
16th October, the UK imposes sanctions on West Bank settlers. 30th October, Spain cancels an arms deal with an Israeli company worth billions. 22nd October, Australian Israeli diplomat Mark Regev goes on trial for genocide advocacy. 3rd November, 52 countries call on the United Nations to impose a global arms embargo on Israel. 4th November, Malaysia proposes a resolution to expel Israel from the United Nations. 13th November, Turkey severs all relations with Israel. 13th November, Australia amends or cancels 16 defense exports to Israel. 14th November, Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of war crimes and ethnic cleansing. 14th November, Australia backs a United Nations resolution recognizing permanent sovereignty of Palestinians. 18th November, the US sanctions Israeli settler group Amana.
23rd November, an Italian court rules against Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. 26th November, Palestine appoints first Ambassador to Belgium. 21st November, the ICC issues arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. 3rd December, Australia splits from the US bloc and demands an end to Israeli occupation of Palestine. 5th December, Amnesty International publishes a damning report accusing Israel of genocide.
All of this is not to mention that ongoing global support for Palestine, the protests, encampments, resignations of U.S. officials and the shift in global opinion against Israel. Yes, the genocide is ongoing, but Israel has lost so much more than it has gained and is now considered a pariah state. The movement for Palestine is stronger than it has ever been. So happy New Year everyone, and let’s make 2025 about building on our successes for Palestine and for humanity.
