The Palestinian narrative and resistance is being silenced throughout the country by pressure from the Israeli lobby, which is spending literally millions of dollars to stop and prevent criticism of Israel. The conflation of antisemitism with criticism of Israel, the threatened withdrawal of financial support, the cancellation of pro-Palestinian events and organizing, are just some of the tools being used to silence the Palestinian resistance. The Nation magazine put together today’s forum to sound the alarm of this staggeringly organized and well financed program to censor Palestinian voices and events that dare to challenge occupation, apartheid, and colonization of their homeland. The event was 12-14-2023: “Can We Talk About Palestine?” Panelists Viet Thanh Nguyen, Mohammed el-Kurd, Radhika Sainath and Nathan Thrall discussed free speech, journalism, and censorship in a conversation moderated by D. D. Guttenplan and hosted by Katrina vanden Heuvel.
This Week In Palestine (a weekly part of Truth and Justice Radio) is an award-winning three-quarter-hour segment of news from Palestine and discussion of issues relevant to the Palestinians' struggle for freedom from Israel's brutal military occupation and colonization of their homeland. It speaks from the point of view of Palestinians and those who care about them. It's a regular part of Truth and Justice Radio, aired Sundays 6-10am ET on WZBC 90.3FM, Newton, MA, streaming live and archived for two weeks at wzbc.org; Truthandjusticeradio.org has a link to This Week In Palestine archives back thru 1-6-2008. (TJR airs occasional Palestine coverage IN ADDITION to that provided by This Week In Palestine.) We hope you'll write to us at tjradio@fastmail.com if you rebroadcast our work, or have questions or comments.
This Week in Palestine 1-7-2023
The Nation magazine presents a webinar on the rapidly growing web of censorship being cast over our colleges, universities, libraries, and other major US institutions that provide public forums