A young Filipino-Palestinian speaks out

A Filipino activist tries to put out candles inside paper bags written with slogans in Quezon City after saying prayers calling for an immediate ceasefire and the establishment of a humanitarian corridor to ensure the safe passage of aid and civilians trapped during the Israel and Palestinian conflict. — AP

HISTORICAL flashback to 1947: “During that crucial interlude, four nations opposed to partition [of Palestine], Greece, Haiti, Liberia, and the Philippines, were subjected to a deluge of diplomatic pressures and menaces. The United Sates, again, acting on the instigation of the White House, threw the full impact of its tremendous prestige behind the Jewish cause.

Two justices of the US Supreme Court personally cabled Philip-pine President Manuel A. Roxas warning that “the Philippines will isolate millions and millions of American friends and supporters if they continue in their efforts to vote against partition”.