Liberal institutions are designed to acknowledge Palestinian oppression but not end it – Mondoweiss

This article from Mondoweiss examines how liberal institutions, such as Human Rights Watch and Doctors Without Borders, recognize Palestinian oppression but are structurally limited in challenging the underlying systems that perpetuate it. The article highlights instances where these institutions faced internal and external pressures to avoid actions that would challenge the status quo, such as acknowledging the Palestinian right of return or confronting Israeli settler colonialism. It argues that these institutions are bound by the legal frameworks of international human rights and humanitarian law, which emerged post-World War II but were designed to manage, rather than dismantle, colonial and racial hierarchies.