NKRUMAH’S DAUGHTER STANDS WITH PALESTINE

Ghana is adding its voice to millions of others around the world calling for a just and lasting solution to the Palestine question.

Protesters gathered 2 November at a major interchange named after Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s first Pan-African president and prime minister. Attendees of the rally in the capital city of Accra included Nkrumah’s daughter, Samia, who condemned Israel killing civilians in Gaza. Many other voices came together, isolating that of Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo, who came under fire for voicing support for Israel, as it carries out indiscriminate bombing of civilians in the densely populated Gaza Strip for the third week in a row.

As of press time, Israel has killed more than 9,000 civilians in the 7.5-mile-wide and 25-mile long enclave that borders Egypt and the Zionist state of Israel. Many have described the Gaza Strip as an open-air prison or a concentration camp. It is home to more than 2 million people, half of whom are under 18 years old. Israel’s attacks have targeted sites, such as hospitals and refugee camps. Most United Nations member-states have condemned Israel in a UN General Assembly resolution, but the United States blocked two UN Security Council resolutions in mid-October that would have alleviated Palestinian suffering.

However, it goes beyond the UN. The bombs dropped on Gaza are US-made. The United States funds Israel to the tune of $3.8 billion annually and has been the largest funder of the Zionist state since after World War II. Anti-Israel sentiment, as well as Boycott, Sanctions and Divestment (BDS) activism, are heavily censored and punished in US society. As international outrage grows, however, it remains to be seen whether that will make the US government yield.

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