by Malik Washington, Destination Freedom Media Group
Australia, Canada, and now the United Kingdom are calling for the creation of a Palestinian State. The consensus appears to be that this move will usher in an era of peace amidst the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas. I BEG TO DIFFER. I predict that the state of Israel will now aggressively annex large portions of the West Bank in an effort to thwart anything that remotely looks like a Palestinian State.
Today, Monday, September 22, 2025 the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) meets in New York City for its general meeting. This week many nations throughout the world will be announcing their support for the formation of a Palestinian State. This announcement comes as Israel bombards Gaza City with bombs in what it claims is an effort to destroy Hamas.
It is my prediction that Israel and extremist members of Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet will lobby for the annexation of large portions of the West Bank in order to thwart any constitution or creation of a Palestinian State. RETALIATION AND RETRIBUTION ARE REAL!
Tomorrow U.S. President Donald J. Trump will address the U.N. General Assembly.
The following Open Letter is directed at all members of the United Nations.
OPEN LETTER TO THE UNITED NATIONS
Dear respected members of the United Nations,
My name is Malik Washington. I am an American journalist currently located in the State of California. I have a brief message for the General Assembly, and I humbly request that the entire international body sincerely consider my requests and words.
When the full horror of the Holocaust was revealed in 1945, the phrase “NEVER AGAIN” became a moral rallying cry. It was not meant to apply to a single ethnicity or faith it was a universal vow to prevent mass atrocities, famine and genocide no matter the victims’ religion, race or nationality.
In 2025 the people of Gaza and the West Bank find themselves on the brink of destruction, facing starvation, mass displacement and military assault by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). In order to honor the original spirit of “NEVER AGAIN”, the global community must recognize the humanity of all—Palestinian civilians and Jewish hostages alike. The members of the UNGA must act before this man-made catastrophe reaches its final, irreversible stage.
Re: Section #2 of Article In 1943, the Nazi siege of the Warsaw Ghetto created conditions of famine and disease, softening the population before mass deportations to extermination camps like Auschwitz. Today, satellite imagery and field reports from Gaza show systematic destruction of farmland, greenhouses and water infrastructure. These are the hallmarks of a siege strategy. Where will the Palestinian people be moved to? Is Southern Sudan a viable option? Why would anyone even consider this when Sudan is in the midst of its own humanitarian crisis and civil war.
If “NEVER AGAIN” means anything, it must mean protecting and rescuing Jewish hostages from Hamas’ barbaric cruelty and safeguarding Palestinian civilians from Israel’s military machine. The moral high ground demands both.
The International Community Must:
1.) Demand an immediate ceasefire and restoration of humanitarian access;
2.) Demand that Hamas release all hostages NOW!;
3.) Pressure Israel to lift journalist bans in Gaza;
4.) Investigate Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid sites for possible war crimes; 5.) Dismantle covert programs like Project ESTHER that target lawful political speech, and finally;
6.) Apply U.S. law equally when Americans are killed abroad, regardless of
ethnicity or religion.
The original promise of “NEVER AGAIN” was not a slogan–it was a covenant. Today that covenant is being tested. History will remember who stood aside and remained silent in the face of such dire circumstances.
Thank you for your time.
Malik Washington
Photo credit: Journalists Killed in Gaza
Caption: The Gaza Media Center says that 238 journalists and media workers have been killed in the conflict. Photograph: Gaza Media Center/Anadolu/Getty Images
THE UNITED STATES IS NOT THE ONLY PLACE WHERE FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND FREEDOM OF THE PRESS IS UNDER ATTACK!
As we always do, we leave you with this song and video:
“Skin I’m In” by Cameo
Malik Washington is a freelance journalist and Director at Destination: Freedom and Destination Freedom Media Group. For over 13 years, Malik has been a published journalist and news reporter focusing on criminal justice issues, conditions of confinement in jails and prisons, as well as hot-button political issues. You can reach him via email: mwashington@destination-freedom.org
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Israel’s campaign in Gaza is not about “revenge and retribution.” It is about eliminating Hamas, a group that openly calls for Israel’s destruction and that continues to fire rockets into Israeli cities while holding Israeli hostages. To reduce Israel’s military response to an act of vengeance erases the very real threat Hamas poses to both Israelis and Palestinians who live under its rule. No democracy on earth would tolerate an armed terrorist entity on its border that diverts humanitarian aid into weapons and brutally crossed over to kill Israeli civilians and would have killed them all if they had the means.
Israeli strikes are directed at Hamas’ military infrastructure—tunnels, rocket sites, and command centers—many of which are deliberately placed within civilian areas. Civilian suffering in Gaza is real and tragic. It is a consequence of Hamas’ strategy of embedding itself in the population, not of Israel targeting civilians. To deny Israel’s stated objective is to dismiss the core fact: the war began with Hamas’ attacks, and Israel’s response is focused on removing that threat.
However, concern about annexation of the West Bank is valid. Expanding settlements or moving toward annexation is a grave mistake for Israel’s security, its democracy, and its moral standing. Those in Israel’s political class who push annexation are not strengthening the country but undermining any possibility of a viable two-state future. Friends of Israel can acknowledge this without buying into the claim that military operations in Gaza are a smokescreen for land grabs in the West Bank.
Invoking the Holocaust as a parallel to Gaza distorts history. “Never Again” was coined in the immediate aftermath of the Holocaust to mark the unique genocide of the Jewish people. Over time it has come to be used more broadly as a universal principle, but to strip it of its Jewish context while accusing Israel of Nazi-like tactics is a misuse of language and memory. A responsible international position holds both truths together: Israel has the right and duty to defeat Hamas, and Palestinians deserve a future free from both terrorism and occupation. To ignore either side of that equation is to abdicate moral clarity.