Reading a new book Israel, Palestine and the Politics of Race: Exploring Identity and Power in a Global Context, by Yasmeen Abu-Laban and Abigail B. Bakan (I.B. Tauris), I noticed a reference to an article I published online written in 2006. Regrettably the link is to a website that has since closed. I am taking this opportunity to republish the referenced article, The Holocaust and Defense of the Palestinians.
Today in 2020, the political situation has changed only in that Iran is not only again under threat by the United States and its satellites but also in greater danger as is the world’s people. — Suzanne Weiss
Forces responsible for slaughter of Jews now oppress the Palestinian people
By Suzanne Weiss
This article is
based on a talk given to a meeting of Muslim Unity of Toronto on December 23,
2006.
Sixty years ago, a
mass slaughter – a holocaust – was carried out against European Jews. Today its
memory is being misused to build support for Zionism and to oppress and murder
the Palestinians.
Prime Minister
Stephen Harper says that Canada must not talk with Hezbollah or Hamas,
organizations that defend the Palestinians, because they “advocate wiping
Israel off the face of the Earth” — an objective that he says is “ultimately
genocidal,” that is, another holocaust. (Globe & Mail,
Dec. 21, 2006) He uses this excuse to justify punishing Palestinians for
electing Hamas by cutting off aid to their government.
This is the Stephen
Harper who on July 14, 2006, called Israel’s slaughter of the Lebanese a
“measured response” to the abduction of two Israeli soldiers.
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