In this new, even more horrifying phase of the 75 year long occupation of Palestine by Israel, it is important to give a platform to Palestinians struggling against ethnic cleansing.

Black Rose / Rosa Negra (BRRN) reached out to Fauda, a small group centered in the West Bank that identifies itself as a Palestinian anarchist organization, to get their perspective on the current struggle. Fauda is a group that is new to us, and which we don’t have more information about beyond the interview presented here and what can be found in their public channels. Because of our own limited understanding of Fauda’s politics, strategy and activity, publishing this interview cannot be a complete endorsement of them. But we hope that this interview will be a step in creating more connections between revolutionaries in the US and the militant youth in Palestine, and more knowledge and understanding of each other.

Regardless of any similarities or differences in our politics, we believe that we need to be listening to the perspectives of militants on the ground resisting the violence of US-funded ethnic cleansing. We hope that this short interview can be a contribution to strengthening our own work here of undermining imperialism and settler-colonialism.

Other than edits for clarity across translation, the content of this interview is presented unaltered. We want to thank our Palestinian and Arabic-speaking friends for their help with conducting and translating this interview. We also want to extend our gratitude to the representative of Fauda who thoughtfully engaged with our questions during a moment of extreme uncertainty and violence.

    • MambabasaOPM
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      41 year ago

      Oooof, thanks for this. Quoting the whole thing for reference for others:

      FWIW, I asked my former partner, who is an actual Palestinian anarchist in the West Bank, about this organization “Fauda” that has been getting a lot of attention.

      Not one to mince words, here’s what she had to say, which I share with her permission, “I only saw their Instagram page. It’s clear that they are a bunch of social media lazy fucks sitting on their ass somewhere in Europe as I don’t see any Fauda taking place here and they’re not even posting visuals from Palestine. I have serious questions about them, for now I would say don’t trust them or count they are organizing on the ground.”