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Efforts to suppress Palestinian history defeated

Efforts to suppress Palestinian history defeated

From the first days in their Jewish day schools and youth organisations, young Jews are drilled with the lie that Palestine was a land without people for a people without a land. From its inception, the Zionist movement has sought to suppress Palestinian history and narratives. Whenever there are exhibitions or events or publications featuring Palestinian artists, writers or speakers, there is a huge geschrei from the usual suspects in the Zionist propaganda machine, protesting at this example of antisemitism.

In the lion's den

In the lion's den

Waverley Council in Sydney recently voted to remove Greens councillors from their positions as Deputy Mayor and Committee members due to their position on the Israel/Palestine conflict. I was terrified of the deep irrationality and over-powering hatred and anger on display at the meeting. How can we usefully engage with such trauma and stop the horrors now being perpetrated against the people of Gaza?

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