A Venn diagram showing the overlap of the political ideology of Zionism and white supremacy should not be a surprise to our people. Both involve the oppression of minorities, thereby justifying genocide and the theft and exploitation of land and resources.
In this 24 November video reportedly recorded at the Westfield Valley Fair Mall in Santa Clara, California (USA), a red-headed woman can be seen booing and spitting over a balcony onto a march of about 1,000 pro-Palestine protesters on the lower level. Afterwards, a Black man confronted the white woman because her spit had apparently landed on his young daughter. Instead of apologising, she hurled a profanity-laced insult against Black people.
The day after the US Thanksgiving holiday is called ‘Black Friday’ because companies look forward to people cramming into stores for cheaper holiday presents, pulling companies out of the ‘red’ (financial loss) and into the ‘black,’ denoting balanced account books. In this case, the possibility of a large shopping crowd presented an opportunity for Palestine supporters to highlight the 75-year struggle of Palestinians against the Israeli occupation while they protested a five-day ‘humanitarian pause’ in Israel’s military operation in the Gaza Strip.
Depraved acts as we see in this video are commonplace in occupied Palestine. A video of an Israeli woman recently attacking a bus transporting Palestinian orphans from Gaza has gone viral, as well as videos of Israeli settlers blocking aid from entering the besieged enclave. Plus, some Christians making pilgrimages to occupied Palestine have reported incidents of Israelis of spitting on them.
Meanwhile, Western countries may not be spitting on Palestinians. However, they have been providing surveillance technology to Israel, as well as bombs and weapons, billions of dollars, and several UN vetoes against a ceasefire.