We begin this week with the question: What does the defeat of Netanyahu and the establishment of a new government in Israel mean for the Palestinian people living under occupation? What does it mean for the Palestinian people when one right wing faction takes over from another right wing faction? As is often the case on TWIP, we turn to Ali Abunimah, publisher of the Electronic Intifada, for his answer to the question. Here he is speaking on a news report from Amman, Jordan.
In our feature presentation today, we hear from scholar, author, activist and Prof at UCLA, Robin C. Kelly talking about pro-Palestinian campus activism and the pushback by the Israeli Lobby to silence criticism of Israel. He draws attention to the Intersectionality movement, which is linking together the struggles of all oppressed people to stand against Apartheid, colonization, White Supremacy, racism, and Imperialism. This linkage is giving enormous energy to the Palestinian movement, which for too long has suffered in unique isolation. ...
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This Week in Palestine 6-20-2021
Abunimah on Netanyahu's fall; RC Kelly on Israeli apartheid and US Jim Crow