Not too sure how effective this is tho, as a solution.
It seems to me like a diplomatic escalation in the sense that banning the Russian ambassador from attending this commemoration event gives Putin something to instrumentalise anyways, at least for internal consumption. In the same time this move does not apply any kind of actual pressure on Russia. So I honestly don't know what good can come out of this move.
I believe your comment was clearly about the outlet. I just took the opportunity to say where I stand on this topic, as well.
I think I just understood our main point of difference. Maybe.
For me, the problems in the middle-east / West Asia for example, have been created due to colonialism. More specifically, because eurpean colonisers carved up the area when the Ottoman Empire started to crumble. In a way, I look further back in time to find the root cause, which is not that long ago, if you think about it. Btw, I also consider the US power-house as a problem that derived from european colonialism. Similarly, Australia and Canada even if they don't seem to have the US power ambitions on global geopolitics.
This is why I also see migration as such a difficult issue, but as you might have noticed I didn't talk about solutions. The prosperity of western societies was created and is maintained due to the exhaustive exploitation of other parts of the world. I believe before the west addresses that, there can be no solutions, and and-aid legislation (best case scenario that is) cannot help the healing of such deep wounds.
That is because you are describing the EU as an union of colonizers,
Not at all. Yes they started with their neighbors. You mentioned a couple of examples, another would be Ireland and the UK. Still, some common things tho between european colonisers was their sense of superiority and their brutal practices towards indigenous peoples and their environment.
On the one hand, the current refugees are not coming to Europe from old European colonies, but from Russian ones.
This is not my understanding, for 2 main reasons
Edit: I moved around some sentences to make it more coherent. Hopefully.
I also believe that migration, refuge status and asylum are very difficult topics but I don't agree with the framing you make because it seems to me you present the issue as something that came out of the blue.
For me, the context mainly derives from European colonialism, since this is how global inequalities have been established in the first place. European countries have exhausted the resources from formerly colonised places for their benefit. We also need to examine if this so-called "post-colonial era" has really shifted towards decolonisation or to a neo-colonialism in practice.
Without using taking into consideration these aspects, I don't think we can have a meaningful conversation on the topic.
Of course, and I should have specified that the military occupation of Palestinian territories is illegal according to international standards, as well as the longest one in modern history.
For Lebanon and Syria, I believe you are right.
For Gaza, not so sure because it is part of the Occupied Palestinian Territory by Israel, for many decades now.
I don't like the Washington Post neither. After reading a few articles on this topic from other outlets that are compatible with this community's rule about MBFC, I chose to post this one because it's content was relatively ok imo.
Maybe I missed a better article? Sure.
At the same time, kinda tragic of the state that western mainstream media are? I would argue, totally.
I found a site called Committee to Protect Journalists and I though of sharing some relevant info:
As of April 16:
- 175 journalists and media workers were confirmed killed: 167 Palestinian, two Israeli, and six Lebanese.
- 93 journalists were reported injured.
- 2 journalists were reported missing.
- 84 journalists were reported arrested.
- Multiple assaults, threats, cyberattacks, censorship, and killings of family members.
Ok, I hear you about Press TV.
If you have links contradicting the content of the article itself, please share.
Note: About links from wiki on this topic I am skeptical after seeing the following video. So other sources are welcome.
And there is the Lancet Report:
Gaza death toll 40% higher than the official number, Lancet study finds - The Guardian
Analysis estimates death toll by end of June was 64,260, with 59% being women, children and people over 65
The actual report: Traumatic injury mortality in the Gaza Strip from Oct 7, 2023, to June 30, 2024: a capture–recapture analysis
This is not exactly what you asked for, but it's the closest thing I can think of. The Forensic Architecture site has some accurate info for Gaza, Palestine but they date back to 2024. Still, I think it's worth keeping an eye out for any new investigation they might do.
A Cartography of a Genocide