cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/14415246
Source for Palestinian right to armed struggle
UN General Assembly resolution A/RES/38/17 (22/11/1983), page 186:
"2. *Reaffirms *the legitimacy of the struggle of peoples for their independence, territorial integrity, national unity and liberation from colonial domination, *apartheid *and foreign occupation by all available means, including armed struggle;
3. *Reaffirms *the inalienable right of the Namibian people, the Palestinian people and all peoples under foreign and colonial domination to self-determination, national unity and sovereignty without foreign interference;"
Source: https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/un-general-assembly-resolution-38-17-november-1983
If it’s their choice, then the consequences of their actions also theirs. Palestinians have been remarkably awful at choosing their leaders. Every single one of them has abused and betrayed them.
Almost as if there’s a tendency for people who seek positions of power to abuse that power.