‘I’ve always been mortified by what’s happening to Palestinians’ –US street

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…