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Israel’s last attack on Gaza was too much for even Sen. Menendez, says Samer Khalaf of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. “It was so bad what they were doing that he finally realized, Wait a minute, something is wrong here.” But don’t expect political conversions from pro-Israel congresspeople. Just baby steps.
“The bigotry and hate we witness today are the legacy of brutal injustices of the past,” says “Facing History,” a nonprofit resource for teachers that is Progressive Except Palestine by functioning as though it is possible to be both anti-racist and Zionist.
Canada displays a pattern of systematically silencing anyone who advocates for Palestine.
Injustices towards the Palestinians' struggle don't stop at the borders of Gaza or the boundaries of East Jerusalem. Across Canada, the atmosphere is menacing for those who speak up for justice.
Ipso facto, Israel is an apartheid enterprise. Nakba year: 1948. The mass forced exodus begins. With its latest attack on Gaza—on the families it drove from their homes in what is now Israeli territory—Israel is surpassing itself in viciousness. As of today, Israel has killed 212 Gazans, including at least 61 children and 36 women. It is “obliterate[ing] multiple generations of families” in the middle of the night—at least 21 members of the al-Qawlaq family, from 6 months to 90 years old. It is pulverizing residential towers and media offices, and bombing “civic infrastructure, bu...