Reiterating the obvious is one prerequisite for being a diplomat. With the Jenin refugee camp becoming the latest attraction for the international community’s humanitarian agenda, the grotesque statements are paying more attention to Israel’s security narrative than the ongoing Nakba (Catastrophe) of the Palestinian people. An international delegation led by the EU’s representative to the occupied Palestinian territories, Sven Kuhn von Burgsdorff, put forth the following generalisation. “We are concerned about the deployment of weaponry and weapons systems which question the proportionality of the military during the operation,” said von Burgsdorff, while calling the military incursion “a violation of international law.” Why is the EU representative concerned about the deployment of weapons and not about Israel’s qualitative military edge, though? … Continue reading Jenin’s marginalisation in international rhetoric