Husam Zomlot, Palestinian Embassador in London, responses to Israel/Hamas conflict.
Channel: Said Samir
Date: 2023-10-08

Husam  Zomlot is the Palestinian  ambassador to the United  Kingdom. He says a century of historical context  must be considered.
Do I support  my people's cause for the last  hundred  years for liberation  and for ending this occupation and  for the very legitimate rights of self-determination and  Return,  YES.
Do I understand  the international position?  No I don't and I think we  need to discuss that first and foremost.

History  has not  begun only forty eight  hours ago, in  Gaza  'n around Gaza. History  begun here in fact,  in this very capital
hundred and six years ago when Britain  with  the US and the west decided  to give away our land  without consulting  us as.
The Balfour declaration denying  us even  the definition of people and the nationhood.  In  the Balfour declaration.

It was declared  that we were the non-Jewish  minorities when  in fact we were more than ninety six percent of the  population  owning
the majority  the vast majority of the land and then  it continued  during the  British  mandate  of Palestine they were committed contractually
with  the league of nations to  prepare  us for statehood and then  again, they denied  this,  our right of self-determination  and statehood. The west  continues to do the very same denial
that the  Palestinians  have equal rights.  Complete siding with  Israel. And absolutely what we are going  to witness  in
the coming  hours and days is going  to  be heinous. Mass murder will  occur Netanyahu  has already declared  to the world  that he will
target civilians,  he will wipe Gaza  of the map.

The question  that we  need  to be concerned  with  right  now  is: How do we stop this?  How do we stop the  bleeding? How do we stop further further illegalities and violations?