Free Palestine; free west Papua and free Western Sahara now.

The demand for freedom, liberation and independence for the people of West Papua from Indonesia, Western Sahara from the kingdom of Morocco and Palestine from the Jewish state of Israel must be intensified. The yoke of colonialism and apartheid is over and every nation has the right to self-determination up to secession if the will of the people is to be respected.


The former colonial power of West Papua was, the Dutch that paved the way for the Indonesian brutal occupation of West Papua since 1969. The people of west Papua lack the support of the “international community” as their struggle for independence has barely been reported. Indonesia continues to harass torture and kill the entire population. West Papua has gold, forest and even oil which has exasperated the situation in the country as Indonesia is not willing to allow the population to hold a plebiscite about the future state of the land.

The people have therefore taken arms and are waging low scale guerilla warfare. The Indonesian government has allowed hundreds and thousands of Indonesians to move into West Papua from the mainland in order to weaken the independence movement and realize the annexation of the land without any attention from the outside world. There is no secret these days and the Melanesian island should and would get its freedom sooner or later. They need our support in that struggle though.

Morocco does the same with the population of Western Sahara which was a Spanish colony that was annexed by Morocco in 1975. Western Sahara faces the same reality as West Papua. There are a lot of minerals especially phosphor in the land and Morocco does not have the will to give up this wealth any time soon. France and the USA support Morocco. Polisario has been fighting for independence for decades but has held a cease fire for years now in the hope of being able to hold a referendum in the near future.

Morocco is though frustrating the whole process and is doing everything possible to delay and dismantle the aspiration of the people of Western Sahara for a total independence. Thousands of Moroccans have been encouraged to move to Western Sahara through special beneficial deals that puts the existence of Western Sahara as an own entity in jeopardy.

Israel gets away with whatever violation of human rights it practices against the state of Palestine or any neighboring country as the “international community” suffers from the guilt feeling of the Jewish genocide during the Second World War. The holocaust of the Jewish people as a crime against humanity shall never be denied and downplayed in its significance to understand the dark sides of humanity but that issue should be held separately from Palestine. Anti-Semitism is not the concern here but the right for self-determination for the Palestinians.

The creation of the state of Israel in 1948 caused the exodus of the Palestinians in their hundreds and thousands. The Palestinians rightfully refer to that year as Naqba meaning catastrophe. They still live in refugee camps in the region under dire conditions. I wonder why some people and states enjoy a total impunity without taking responsibility for their actions. The British should take their part of the blame for the way Palestine has been handled by the United Nations and the Arab world. I do not see any reason for the continued occupation of Palestine by Israel in the name of “security concerns”.

Over six hundred thousands of Israeli settlers are spread throughout the holy land of Palestine now. They are not going to leave their “homes” without an armed resistance even after an eventual peace deal is struck one day. Jerusalem shall be the capital city of a free Palestine. No compromise in this regard.

The same policies of racial oppression and suppression are taking place in all the three colonies mentioned here. They call for the assistance of citizens of the world with some conscience and decency left in their minds.

Namibia, Eritrea, East more, South Sudan and many other territories have succeeded to gain full independence in the last 23 years or so after decades of bitter struggle. I am sure Palestine, West Papua and Western Sahara shall achieve that in the near future. It is not a question of if but when. Only time will tell. What if that could be realized soon enoughInsha’Allah!

Enough is enough!

Free Palestine; free west Papua and free Western Sahara now.