"Giving a platform to PACBI and talking about Justice would have been more appropriate as it all starts by recognizing and dismantling Israel’s 76 years of regime."
April 3, 2024
As much as I believe that Palestinians and Jews can be unified for “peace,” I don’t think that Standing Together is the best representative of unity. Standing Together does not speak for all Palestinians and Jewish people and their demands. This organization encourages Israeli normalization, for which the Palestinian campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI), one of the founders of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS), asked people, organizations, and unions internationally to not be involved with. Standing Together doesn’t acknowledge Israel for what it is, and it conceals Israel’s actions that have reached the genocide threshold. Contrary to Standing Together, most of the Palestinians support PACBI. Giving a platform to PACBI and talking about Justice would have been more appropriate as it all starts by recognizing and dismantling Israel’s 76 years of regime of settler colonialism and apartheid.
Fatima Haidar
Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME)