Earlier this month Israel launched airstrikes across Gaza. In our last episode, Mondoweiss’ Palestine-based staff talked about the historical and political context of this attack. Our Gaza Correspondent, Tareq Hajjaj, spoke movingly about what he experienced first hand during the assault. Listen to it here.
This week we’re excited to share an episode of the North Untapped podcast, hosted by Alex Cosh, a Canadian journalist and managing editor of The Maple. North Untapped is a weekly show about Canadian politics, foreign policy and history.
In this episode, Alex speaks to Michael Bueckert, vice president of Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East about Israel’s recent attack on Gaza, and the Canadian government’s non-response. They also talk about the roots of the current situation in Palestine, and how Canada helps Israel act with impunity.
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Clayton Ruby: weighing him in the balance – Another ruined dinner party… (judyhaiven.ca)
EXCERPT:
“Today the accusation of Israel being an apartheid state is often repeated by many world leaders –including former US President Jimmy Carter, the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu, former UN secretary Ban Ki-moon, & prominent Israeli author David Grossman to name a few. Respected human rights organizations including, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, B’tselem, 13 Israel-based human rights organizations, & the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, have condemned Israel for being an apartheid state.
“Israel is also a settler-colonial state. It is well-known that the Palestinians inside Israel who make up 20% of Israel’s population face discrimination in employment, university & teaching careers, & where they live. 90% of Arab-Israelis live in segregated Arab communities. The Arab education system receives 88% less funding per pupil than does the Jewish education system. Since most Arabs are not permitted to join the Israeli army—which is essential for social acceptance in Israel. Without access to a decent military service record, an Arab-Israeli’s post-secondary education, career & income will be severely limited.
“And that’s just about the Palestinians who live in Israel proper. For those who live in the Occupied Territories including the West Bank & Gaza, the situation is far worse. Under Israel’s illegal military occupation, more than 700,000 Jewish Israeli settlers have been encouraged to live in illegal settlements & outposts on Palestinian land. This is so in east Jerusalem where Palestinians in Sheik Jarrah are frequently kicked out of their homes of 50 plus years, only to watch their homes be destroyed or Jewish settlers claim those homes . Palestinians end up living in tents. To service the settler communities, Israel has created settler only-roads & highways. There are buses for Jews & buses for Palestinians. Palestinians are controlled through ID cards and differentially coloured car license plates. (cont’d)
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“There are more than 590 military checkpoints in the West Bank to ensure that virtually no Palestinians can easily enter Israel whether for medical appointments or for work. So many Palestinians in the territories live in abject poverty.
“In Canada’s national pro-business newspaper, Ruby et al wagged their finger at the left for their support of Palestinian human rights. Ruby and his co-authors made the shameful mistake of equating criticism of Israel with antisemitism, ‘We reject as anti-Semitic the shameful double standard applied to the only Jewish State.’ While they tepidly agreed Israel should be held accountable for its conduct, it should be ‘no more accountable than other nations, including Palestine.’ Since when have colonized people been held responsible for their colonizers’ outrageous aggressions? Clearly, Israel, which former PM Netanyahu cites as the 8th most powerful country in the world carries out a range of brutal, and murderous attacks on the Palestinian people who have no helicopter gunships, no armed drones, no tanks and no army.”