Author: Ibrahim Abusharif
Published on: 07/07/2025 | 00:00:00
AI Summary:
A July 5 CNN article reported three incidents in Melbourne, Australia. The article was scant on the details of the alleged crimes, but it did clarify that the business has been targeted by pro-Palestine protesters in the past. Reports are increasingly linking by default acts of aggression to activism they call “pro-Palestinian” hyphenation clanks as anachronistic when circumstances shift and new meanings emerge. To describe activism and peaceful protests against the genocidal violence in Gaza as “pro-Palestinian” is disparaging. Opposing the strategic starvation of a trapped population is hardly pro-palestinian. It is pro-humanity. In an era of impatience with rigour, “pro-Palestinian” is the rhetorical crutch that satisfies the manufactured need for immediate alignment without critical thought. It permits bad-faith actors to stigmatise dissent, dismiss moral clarity and delegitimise outrage. Liberation and freedom in most of these calls do not imply violence. Collapsing these diverse expressions into a vague label blurs reality and deepens public misunderstanding.
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