June 17
GUEST: Raz, artist, researcher and recent Palestinian immigrant to the US, talks about her family's history in the West Bank and Jordan, as well as the new links she has established with local human rights organizations like Jewish Voice for Peace and Mideast Crisis.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRGbOxHAhwo
Raz gives a good speech, full of reason as well as emotion. Why should Palestinians in their diaspora be scattered to the ends of the earth because Jewish supremacists insist on having the Holy Land all to themselves? Haven't the people of the world decided that apartheid is a crime? That the settlement of land occupied by a foreign country during war is illegal? And when will Palestinians be counted as human beings with the same rights as everyone else?
Politically, Raz has come to join local organizations like Jewish Voice for Peace - Hudson Valley and Middle East Crisis. Recently she spoke at a Black Lives rally, comparing the racism that exists in the US to racism in Palestine. She described the many similarities of the struggle, from police violence to economic oppression. And she asked the question that we have all been wondering about. Will America's waking up to racial injustice here at home spread to their perceptions about Palestine? For the first time, advocating for Palestinian rights is not being seen as antisemitic, but as a human yearning for freedom.
https://jvphudsonvalley.blogspot.com
