Swedish police list Palestine flag as terror symbol/Letter to the Swedish ambassador in the Netherlands

””Recognizing the imperative need to put an early end to colonial and foreign domination and alien subjugation,1. Reaffirms the inalienable right of all peoples under colonial rule, foreign domination and alien subjugation to self-determination, freedom and independence in conformity with General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) and other relevant resolutions of the United Nations;”

Background:

The whole story came out into the open, after Orebro police

officers shared internal material with a Swedish high school

where youths had previously left to fight in Syria, probably

with the militant group IS [ISIS] [2]

In order to prevent this in the future, the school decided to

increase awareness about international terror groups and

and enlisted the help of the Orebro police, which shared its

internal material about recognizing terror groups.

Among the documents was a page with flags of known

terror groups, one of which was the Palestinian flag. [3]

Occupation and right of resistance

May I remind you of the nearly 47 years Israeli occupation

of the Palestinian territories, which is not only a blatant

flagration of International Law, but brought with it, like

any occupation, oppression, humiliation and serious

human rights violations and warcrimes, like last

year in the bloody Gaza military attack, ”Protective Edge”

which costed more than 2137 Palestinian lives. [4]

This is one horrible example:

In previous Israeli military attacks on Gaza, a great number

of Palestinians died, like in ”Cast Lead” [2008-2009] and many Israeli warcrimes

were committed. [5]

And not to forget the Israeli army military behaviour, systematically

committing war crimes, as concluded by Amnesty International. [6]

The Palestinian people and their organizations have the universally

acknowledged right to resistance against this occupation, as stated

by UN GA Resolution, 29 november 1974. [7]

Therefore the Palestinian flag, as a symbol of the Palestinian

people’s right to selfdetermination, is a symbol of

rightful resistance, not terror.

EPILOGUE

I consider it as a shame, that I have to write this letter to

protest against those wrong documents list of the Swedish

Osboro police, not only since the Palestinians have the right to

resistance against the Israeli occupation, but also, since

your country, Sweden, made such a good start by acknowledging

a Palestinian State,  being the first EU member country. [8]

Although I read, that Swedish police considers the enlisting

of the Palestinian flag among the terror symbols a ”mistake” and

will change this and ”update” the list [9], this is a good step,

but not not enough for me,

as long there is no clear evidence they really did.

Therefore I request to you to use your influence on your

government to see to it, that as soon as possible the

Palestinian flag is actually removed from the list of

terror symbols.

I am convinced you will give your cooperation, respecting

International Law.

Thanks in advance and for reading this letter.

Kind greetings

Astrid Essed

Amsterdam

The Netherlands

[1]

POLICE LISTS PALESTINE FLAG AS TERROR SYMBOL

2 MAY 2015

DAYS OF PALESTINE

SWEDEN LISTS PALESTINE FLAG A TERROR SYMBOL

3 MAY 2015

[2]

[3]

[7]

RIGHT TO RESISTANCE AGAINST A FOREIGN OCCUPATION

1. Reaffirms the inalienable right of all peoples under colonial rule, foreign domination and alien subjugation to self-determination, freedom and independence in conformity with General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) and other relevant resolutions of the United Nations;”