“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.
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, businesses and the main roads leading to the city’s al-Shifa hospital.” Destroying the roads is an instructive example of Israel’s gratuitous, and clever, cruelty: It of course prevents ambulances and medics from moving where they’re needed; it also blocks the families who are fleeing to the hospitals for safety from the sudden explosion of their homes. But,
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