"An event in Boston by Palestinian solidarity activists demonstrates the shift that is taking place in the American discourse. December 31: They set up a blockade on a city street. A simple demonstration of the inability of Palestinians to get basic goods. A man makes the statement in my headline. Note the little kid in the New England Patriots hat who asks, "Is that real? That sign-- Israel bombed my house?!" Yes. And note the pure pathos, at 4:30 or so, of a few American youths trying to mime the inhumanity of the Gazan situation..."
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<span>Obviously fleming is not a US streeter. He visited today to say that Palestine is a backward society so it shouldn't matter. I wasn't impressed by the quality of his droppings. I flushed it away.
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والله كان خليتو يحكي عشان الناس يشوفو حيونتهم
ReplyDeleteطريقتي بتريديبه انه لا يعود يعرف اي شئ يبقى واي شئ يمحى . خليه يعذب نفسه و يحتار
ReplyDeleteانت مربي قدير :)
ReplyDeleteIt's kind of hard to say where the American street is on Palestine. It's far away and seems confusing and if you ask anyone anything you could very well be yelled at for being an anti-Semite or a Zionist or something else. I find a lot of people are uncomfortable with the issue, especially since I talk about thing they never have heard of, such as the Nakba so they end the conversation with a comment like, "Yeah, things are a mess over there." There are a lot safer things for people to talk about that aren't going to start an argument. Occasionally someone will get outraged at my opinions and say something like. "Why are you speaking against your own people? Don't you know Arabs want to cut your head off????"
ReplyDeleteI think the American people can understand what the "mess" is about over there if it is broken down in a way that is relevant for them with a slogan like:
I support equeal rights in the Holy Land.
or
Stop the destruction of Palestine!
("End the occupation" makes the conflict sound like a peaceful(if unpleasant for the Palestinians)stalemate and not an ongoing destruction of an entire nation.
It's kind of hard to say where the American street is on Palestine. It's far away and seems confusing and if you ask anyone anything you could very well be yelled at for being an anti-Semite or a Zionist or something else. I find a lot of people are uncomfortable with the issue, especially since I talk about thing they never have heard of, such as the Nakba so they end the conversation with a comment like, "Yeah, things are a mess over there." There are a lot safer things for people to talk about that aren't going to start an argument. Occasionally someone will get outraged at my opinions and say something like. "Why are you speaking against your own people? Don't you know Arabs want to cut your head off????"
ReplyDeleteI think the American people can understand what the "mess" is about over there if it is broken down in a way that is relevant for them with a slogan like:
I support equeal rights in the Holy Land.
or
Stop the destruction of Palestine!
("End the occupation" makes the conflict sound like a peaceful(if unpleasant for the Palestinians)stalemate and not an ongoing destruction of an entire nation.