If expelling people because they are different does indeed constitute “anti-semitism,” then the Nakba — in which roughly 750,000 Palestinians were either expelled from their homes by Israeli forces or fled constitutes a vast “antisemitic” atrocity.
Even when human solidarity in the West is justly expressed with Ukraine, we cannot overlook its racist context. Official empathy is nowhere to be found when violence is directed against non-Europeans, in general, towards Palestinians, in particular.
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A history of colonialism and occupation has had dire consequences for Palestine’s women, from lack of education and access to resources about family planning to extreme physical conditions in which they must live and give birth.
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Netanyahu’s political troubles — and an arms industry eager to battle test new wares on Gazans — may help explain the latest escalation of violence.
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