Marc Lamont Hill: "We have an opportunity to not just offer solidarity in words but to commit to political action. "
In a brief statement made yesterday, the US TV channel announced that “Marc Lamont Hill is no longer under contract with CNN”. Though CNN did not explicitly state that Lamont Hill had been fired due to the content of his UN speech, it is widely understood that it was this which prompted the news outlet’s move.
His use of the phrase “a free Palestine from the river to the sea” sparked an immediate backlash from Israel supporters who were quick to launch a tirade of accusations against the pundit, including claiming he had called for the destruction of Israel and killing Jews and was therefore anti-Semitic.
It is thought that CNN’s decision was swayed by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) – a powerful American NGO which monitors anti-Semitism – after it objected to Lamont Hill’s speech. Al Jazeera quoted left-wing activist group Jewish Voice for Peace as saying: “While the ADL markets itself as a civil rights organisation, its history betrays an extensive record of anti-Arab, anti-Muslim and anti-Palestinian advocacy,” calling into question its motives for denouncing Lamont Hill’s comments.
What I would do if I had money, is to publish the names of the U. S. politicians of the 25 states that proposed anti-BDS Legislation, as traitors since we lost Trillions of dollars and thousands of loved, needed, gullible American kids fighting just for propaganda of Zionism.
Very professional, well explained article-> Israel is not above the Law & it is normal to reprimand all unacceptable behaviour against individuals with no justification. PAST ISRAEL LEADERS HAVE OPENLY SAID “We control USA & they know it.” -this is pathetic that USA is allowing this This anti Semitic bias for complaining about deliberate violation by Israel of human rights of Palestine people- is unacceptable. Liberty of freedom to speak, write & have an opinion is a deliberate violation of our human rights & has dangerous consequences. It is another form of bullying as pressure groups set out to control what we do, what we say & what we write -> this is a form of Dictatorship not Democracy.
Of corse Marc Lamont Hill is right. The native Palestinian people were etnically cleansed in 1948 by zionist intruders and the robbing of land and cleansing of the native people continues up till now. The establishment of Israël, ánd the support it even today gets from the US, is clearly an act of neocolialism. Demographic figures of 1947 leave no room for other interpretations.