Listen now | A Palestinian group came to believe that Israel was using Soviet Jews as a weapon against Palestinian nationhood — and tried doing something about it.
Read the earlier piece on this event. Really appreciated shining a harsh light on historical nuance as well as difficult questions and quandaries . While one may question the wisdom and ethics of some Palestinian groups using tactics that would target groups like impoverished Soviet Jews, who like them were also victims and pawns of the whole zionist effort, the episode shows that Palestinian resistance is and was never based on some innate anti-Semitism. But rather based on a struggle against colonization even if some of the tactics were wrong headed and lead to needless tragedy. The late great Edward Said in his passionate defences of Palestinian rights dealt with these issues is some of his writings in the 1990s.
Read the earlier piece on this event. Really appreciated shining a harsh light on historical nuance as well as difficult questions and quandaries . While one may question the wisdom and ethics of some Palestinian groups using tactics that would target groups like impoverished Soviet Jews, who like them were also victims and pawns of the whole zionist effort, the episode shows that Palestinian resistance is and was never based on some innate anti-Semitism. But rather based on a struggle against colonization even if some of the tactics were wrong headed and lead to needless tragedy. The late great Edward Said in his passionate defences of Palestinian rights dealt with these issues is some of his writings in the 1990s.