A recent article by Bill Fletcher reflecting on the experience of a delegation of African-Americans to Palestine concludes with a perceptive reflection on the relationship between Indigenous People’s history in the U.S. and the colonial experience of Palestinians. The article as a whole has a lot to say about the complex issue of racism in… Continue reading Palestine and Indigenous Peoples
Category: Israel-Palestine and the Mideast
Gaza – What the flotilla and the Tahrir is all about
A naive and somewhat biased friend first writes:“Tell me if someone wishes to go to Gaza – why not go to Cairo and take a bus?” and later attempts to remind me that Gaza is, in his words “Egyptian territory” and castigates the Egyptians for “holding them [Palestinians in Gaza] hostage to Islam’s agenda against… Continue reading Gaza – What the flotilla and the Tahrir is all about