Article describing an encampment as a protest against the "Israel-Hamas War" is inadequate and inaccurate
The People’s University at UBC has clearly stated their demands: Divestment from all companies complicit in the Israeli apartheid regime and the genocide of Palestinians; Participation in a global academic boycott of Israeli universities and institutions; Public condemnation of the genocide and scholasticide in Gaza; Keep cops off the campus; and Reaffirmation of Palestinians’ right to resist and their Right of Return.
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Describing an encampment as a protest "in solidarity in Gaza" is inadequate
The violent police crackdown on the encampments across the US is imperative for Canadian readers to know, especially as a McGill encampment in Montreal emerges and takes root. Please elaborate on this unfortunate pattern that has been observed in the United States and Europe.
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CBC should quote those who organize the encampments, not just those who condemn them
To consistently quote those who tend to condemn the protests/encampments but not those who organize them is illogical and journalistically irresponsible.
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Article fails to give voice to people supportive of McGill's pro-Palestine encampments
There are 338 MPS, so it is unfortunate that a media outlet constantly focuses on what one MP has to say, especially when it is always in opposition to anything related to Palestine.
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Article needs to provide a more complete and unbiased depiction and explanation of Intifada
These two uprisings resulted in the deaths of over 5,000 Palestinians and approximately 1,400 Israelis. Reducing the Intifada to mere violence overlooks its multifaceted nature; it encompassed a spectrum of social and political movements, many of which were peaceful.
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Article misses crucial context & calls Hamas a "terrorist group"
You write simply that “After decades of enmity and proxy conflict, Iran directly attacked Israel for the first time on Saturday.” This incomplete picture is unfair and your readers deserve the same context provided to Israel in such circumstances.
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Far-right individuals use the terms "checkered scarf" to refer to the keffiyeh
When Israeli authorities banned the Palestinian flag from 1967 until the 1993 Oslo Accords, the keffiyeh became an expression of Palestinian identity. In the 60s and 70s, during the anti-war movement, students and anti-war campaigners started to adopt it. The keffiyeh became an overarching symbol of anti-colonialism and anti-imperialism. In short, the keffiyeh symbolizes the Palestinian identity, struggle, and resistance.
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"Cultural cloth" is not an adequate description of the keffiyeh
Please update “the scarf,” “cultural cloth,” and “black and white checkered scarf” to simply “keffiyeh,” as it can be deeply offensive to Palestinians and their allies to use reductive terms to allude to the keffiyeh without providing any proper description of it, especially amidst the rise of anti-Palestinian racism.
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Thank you for a refreshing article about the importance of teaching the Nakba
In the sea of popular Canadian media indulging in the pro-Israel lobby’s narrative that teaching the Nakba somehow distorts history, this type of article is rare, refreshing, and much appreciated. Some articles that have been widely circulated across media outlets border on one of the most pervasive forms of anti-Palestinian racism: Nakba denial.
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