Joxean Koret (@matalaz) @joxean@mastodon.social
'I Would Like for Israelis to Understand That Zionism Is Racism'
'Lyd,' co-directed by Palestinian journalist and activist Rami Younis, depicts what life might have been like if there hadn't been a Nakba. Banned in Israel, the film is drawing crowds in North America. 'To this day, apart from the Arab world and a few bleeding-heart left-wingers – no one actually acknowledges what happened to us'.
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This is what I call "Schrödinger's zionists": no #nakba ever happened, but Palestinians deserve another one.
It's the exact same thing that happens with what I call "Schrödinger's nazis": they deny the #holocaust ever happened, but Jews deserve another one.
![Extract from news in Haaretz:
Is that the situation you would like to see here?
"What I would like is for Israelis to understand that Zionism is racism, for them to understand that it's out of the question not to acknowledge the crimes of the past. Because, as Tamer Nafar wrote in Haaretz not long ago, if you don't acknowledge a crime, it repeats itself. And that is exactly why, at the beginning of the current war, we saw figures like [former Shin Bet security service head and current Agriculture Minister] Avi Dichter threatening a 'second Nakba.'
"That's really stupid because, after all, he doesn't even recognize the first one. But it also shows that it worked for them in the past, because the world went along with it, and the fact is that to this day, apart from the Arab world and a few bleeding-heart left-wingers – no one actually acknowledges what happened to us. And if that's so, then hey, it's possible to do it again. That's what I want people to understand."](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/548/609/151/664/985/original/354db924af660893.png)