A contextualized understanding of the recent attacks in Israel and Palestine
At the time of writing this article (Oct. 22), the death toll from recent devastation in Palestine has increased to 4,651 — including 1,750 children.
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At the time of writing this article (Oct. 22), the death toll from recent devastation in Palestine has increased to 4,651 — including 1,750 children.
On March 22, we walked out of a Duke event featuring former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett. Hosting Bennett on campus was a shameless attempt to normalize Israeli apartheid.
Less than a week since its Duke Student Government (DSG) recognition, Duke’s burgeoning Students Supporting Israel (SSI) chapter has already performed a paradigmatic analogy of settler-colonial projects: they came, they disrupted, they crumbled.
Duke Students for Justice in Palestine would like to bring to the attention of the Duke community an event that is taking place this Friday, titled ‘Israel Shabbat: Bedouin Style’. We are deeply offended in the framing of Israel Shabbat as “Bedouin Style” and see it as blatantly offensive cultural appropriation. Not only were there were no efforts made to incorporate Arab voices, but the elements that were intended to portray Bedouin culture are “Bedouin” tents, blankets and a rented camel. Such actions, no matter how well intended, treat Bedouin culture as a gimmick rather than a historical and nuanced culture and people. Notions that can perpetuate damaging stereotypes are already apparent in the language used in the event’s advertisement: