Please continue to amplify Palestinian and pro-Palestinian voices with your readers, especially at a time where coverage on Palestine has considerably decreased since the so-called ceasefire was announced on October 10, 2025.
To the Canadian Dimension,
I am writing on behalf of Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East to thank you for publishing the opinion piece titled: “The soldiers under the trees: On the possibilities and pitfalls of dialogue under occupation.”
For the past couple of months, we have been monitoring coverage of the Nakba exhibit, Palestine Uprooted, which highlights the ongoing dispossession of Palestinians, including the violent forced expulsion of more than 750,000 Palestinians from their ancestral homeland during the creation of the state of Israel.
Some outlets framed the Nakba (النكبة), meaning “catastrophe” in Arabic as “divisive.” Others omitted Palestinian perspectives entirely, some conflated the exhibit with antisemitism, and others exploited the vulnerability of queer Palestinians in an effort to suppress the exhibit from taking place. That said, we appreciate that the Canadian Dimension gave space to challenge some of the talking points used to suppress the exhibit, specifying that Palestinians must be able to speak fully about the Nakba, occupation, dispossession, and the atrocities in occupied Gaza.
Please continue to amplify Palestinian and pro-Palestinian voices with your readers, especially at a time where coverage on Palestine has considerably decreased since the so-called ceasefire was announced on October 10, 2025.
Media Analyst
Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East